Strange love - Cricinfo
WEBSep 3, 2014 · A lifetime of supporting cricket's most infuriating team, and now five years of no home international cricket, places the Pakistani fan in a unique predicament. Being a Pakistan cricket fan has never been easy. Along with the highs of World Cup wins and fast-bowling heroes, fans have weathered match-fixing scandals, the national team's near ...
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Sreesanth: the story of a fall - Cricinfo
WEBOct 21, 2019 · Sreesanth spent 27 days in jail. G old's Gym in Vyttila, Kochi, is on the fourth floor of the Syama Business Centre. In sporting culture, Gold's Gym is known worldwide. It is where Arnold Schwarzenegger famously worked out in Pumping Iron.The Kochi franchise was clean but small; the lobby had a desk and a sofa.
Swing, smile, repeat: the secrets of Trent Boult's success
WEBJun 14, 2021 · T rent Boult had just been told there were at least eight things wrong with his bowling action.. He had already played Test cricket. His debut, in Hobart in December 2011 was - remarkably for a New Zealand player at the time - an away victory against Australia, the Black Caps' first Test victory in that country since 1985. He chipped in with four wickets in that match, and a brisk 21 on the ...
Who is the real Mohammad Amir? - Cricinfo
WEBAug 31, 2020 · The boy wonder of that first year in international cricket - the bells and whistles of the swing, the pace - was, in a way, a red herring. The real thing is the man you see now, charged not to blow your mind but to mildly arouse it. The day Bajwa first saw him, he tossed Amir a hard ball and asked him to bowl.
Jimmy Neesham: 'I've embraced walking towards pressure in
WEBMay 22, 2024 · Walking towards that pressure and wanting to be involved in those big moments is something I've embraced over the last four-five years. I think if you have a genuine desire to be involved when the game is on the line, then it's almost half the battle [won]. You accept that it's not always going to go your way.
Fast times with Jeff Thomson - Cricinfo
WEBApr 26, 2020 · Jeff Thomson on this gorgeous little cricket ground, shuffling to the crease before contorting his seemingly elastic body into a sideways-on, catapult action that for a few unforgettable years in the mid-seventies delivered the ball at 100mph. On that day at Uitsig in 2003, I can vouch that he was fast enough too.
Suryakumar Yadav: 'I wanted to do things my way, and it ... - Cricinfo
WEBOct 26, 2022 · A B de Villiers is the gold standard for batters in T20 cricket. Using his skills from different sports, de Villiers created magic, conjuring angles and gaps that left bowlers flummoxed and helpless. The term "360 batter" was coined to describe the way he hit to all areas of the ground, opening vistas that did not seem to exist for batters before.
The rise of Rabada - Cricinfo
WEBJan 22, 2018 · T here is no photograph, no newspaper clipping, not even an official scorecard of the match in which Kagiso Rabada first showed he was the real deal. There is only his father's memory. "Kagiso was 14 years old and playing in a time-cricket match at school, and his team were struggling to take the last wicket," Dr Mpho Rabada remembers.
Rashid Khan: 'If someone is going after me, I'm going to ... - Cricinfo
WEBMay 8, 2024 · T his interview was not planned. In 2021, the Cricket Monthly ran an interview with Afghanistan T20 captain Rashid Khan where he spoke about his life and cricket and dissected the various deliveries in his repertoire. So when Gujarat Titans presented me with an opportunity to chat to Rashid this year, in person in Ahmedabad, I wasn't sure we had enough to talk about.