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October 2009 - Bat and ball

Shahid Afridi is cricket's first hired gun

Test cricket fan Paul Moon is full of praise for the explosively entertaining Shahid Afridi but less complimentary towards his decision to retire from Test cricket aged just 29 so he can travel the globe...

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Paul Moon

Oct 31 2009

Cricket Betting: Kieron Pollard's price tag and business as usual for the Aussies

Frank Gregan gives us his verdict on the inauguaral T20 Champions League and wonders whether it's time for new superstar Kieron Pollard and his T&T team-mates to go it alone in all competitions. Plus how...

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Frank Gregan

Oct 26 2009

Cricket Betting: Changes to playing staff don't stop the Aussie winning machine

The recent retirements from the Australian cricket team reads like a "who's who" of international cricket but as the likes of Andrew Symonds and Adam Gilchrist bow out, new players come through and the winning...

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Frank Gregan

Oct 20 2009

Cricket Zimbabwe's problems are here to stay

As the question of whether Zimbabwe should be granted Test status resurfaces, Paul Moon gives us an update on what's going on behind the scenes and whether their return to the five day game is...

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Paul Moon

Oct 13 2009

Cricket Betting: The Top Five Innovations of 2009

We live in strange times. Cricket, for so long the sport of crusty traditionalists, is changing out of all recognition and every month seems to bring a new development in the sport of bat and...

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Andrew Hughes

Oct 12 2009

Cricket Betting: Shane Bond - The best since Hadlee

Shoaib Akhtar and Brett Lee are often said to be the best fast bowlers of the early 21st Century. But one man deserves to be ranked alongside them. Andrew Hughes tells us more.

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Andrew Hughes

Oct 8 2009

ODI Cricket Betting: The seven cardinal sins of 50-over cricket

A trip to Seville, Rana Ul-Naved bowling the 45th over in the ICC semi-final and Brendon McCullum dropping a sitter got Jamie Pacheco thinking about the no-nos of ODI cricket....

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Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Oct 7 2009