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As cricket fans, what do we want? more cricket. Well, there's so much cricket in year 2013 than you cant' probably digest. Schedule, or so called fixtures table, is filled with mouth-watering contests with two Ashes series back to back, Champions Trophy (the last edition) of it as well as IPL 5..
Among major tours, we've Australia visiting India who themselves will have tough time in South Africa in late 2013. England tackle New Zealand before facing battle of urn while Sri Lanka move around the world more than they ever have.
In following, we've listed out the tours or series month wise for each test playing nation = India, England, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 05 January 2013
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There's more cricket happening around the world today than ever before. Gone are the days of "off-season" when players used to spend quality time with family as they're now made to tour abroad if weather back home isn't ideal. Cricket in year 2012 aka cricket schedule 2012 is packed with a match almost everday. here's a time table..
4th edition of Twenty20 world cup, to be played in Sri Lanka, is the one to watch out for but there are some very high voltage test series in 2012 like India v Australia and then India v Pakistan. England return to India for revenge series but new world no.1 test team will have their task cut out on South ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 15 September 2011
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Why would you want to watch or play or organise a cricket match that ends as draw? specially when one team was just couple of wickets or few runs away from their target?
Early 1900s was when timeless test matches were everywhere, mostly in Australia where even the domestic games were played without any time limit. Now ICC, the governing body which has been very active in recent times to revive the oldest format by installing UDRS and introducing test championship in 2013, has now come up with a plan to re-introduce the LONGEST FORM OF LONGEST FORMAT!
“For some time we have been working on a world Test championship” said ICC's chief executive ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 20 July 2011
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Which country plays where, when and what matches is the topic of following, formally called as cricket schedule, for year 2011..
The 10th ODI World cup in February & March is the only multi country tournament this year with no World T20 or champions trophy or asia cup but we do have some very high profile head to heads like India tour of England in July (and return series in October) as well as India's tour of Australia in December and Australia's tour of South Africa (the new arch rivals). Pakistan played 3 tests in New Zealand last year but that was their own series hosted abroad and this time Pak actually tours New Zealand.
Sri ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 23 May 2010
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Cricket's a collection of stats.. every ball bowled, every run scored, every wicket fell - some record is made or broken.
Can't itsonlycricket.com publish a million list of records? sure we can, but that wouldn't be much browse-able. plus, you don't get the whole story with just numbers & lists.
We've answered over a thousand questions (since December 2005) at forum.itsonlycricket.com and even published articles on special records worth writing about.. If you too can't find a cricket record, spare 2 mins & post your question for us to answer.
Meanwhile, as I said some records are so special they deserve to be written and read all the time, following is a ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 10 January 2009
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Most information pieces in cricket are series based. every next battle between different countries at different venues bring about new TV telecast details, Schedules, match start timings, news and much more.
Forum.itsonlycricket.com is where you can post your questions for specific information you may not find anywhere else on world wide web.. related to cricket, of course.
Sometimes, fans send us questions like what is Hawk eye technology, what bats cricketers use, Hot Spot and live scoring websites. Following is list of articles were we've collected all info in one place. What information do you need??
Neosports live cricket schedule 2009 : What cricket matches will be live on Neocricket this new ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 02 January 2009
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Someone said : Neo cricket has the television rights for all cricket played in India.. really? Glamorized Indian cricket tournament, IPL, is not included in the deal Nimbus Communication made with BCCI, neither are the ICC hosted tournaments like Champions Trophy, World Cups and other ICC cups.
Adding all, Neocricket have few hours of live cricket lined up for Indian Audiences in its schedule for year 2009. That said, most of it involves Indian team and makes Neocricket a must have sports channel. Following is a list of series that will be live on Neocricket this new year.
India vs Australia : 7 ODI series : October 2009 : ODI series in 2007, Test Series ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 12 December 2008
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Tensports is a sports channel owned by UAE businessman Abdur Rehman Bukhatir, who is behind the Sharjah cricket ground and also the newly built Dubai city stadium..
When Tensports started, some 4 years ago - it acquired major cricket broadcasting rights (featuring India) and forced cricket fans to include it in their cable TV package.. now when Tensports is available virtually everywhere - this sports channel has hardly any live cricket to show, specially those including Indian cricket team.
Tensports is available in country = India, Pakistan, Middle East, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri lanka, Maldives, Europe, Hong Kong, Indonesia and also in Japan.
Following is a list of cricket series that Tensports ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 25 November 2008
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What are top two electronic goods Indian people buy? I read long time ago that it's a FAN, then a TELEVISION.
India loves cricket too. now everytime you buy a TV, or in case you relocate to a new house - you've to decide which direct to home (DTH) service provider to subscribe to, or go for local cable tv connection.
As I write this - only two DTH options you have - Dish TV & Tata Sky. options might increase in future as more & more companies merge Internet with cable tv with phone connections in one DTH service. but as of now - which service is best as far as watching cricket (getting ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 26 February 2008
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Consider an India vs Australia test match being played at Melbourne (Australia).. when will each day's play start according to Indian timing (IST)? What will be the start time of a Day-Night oneday international to be played in South Africa, according to USA?
Confusing it may sound, but it's pretty easy to calculate the start timing of any cricket match to be played in any country, according to anywhere in the world you might be! indulge into the following..
First, we need to understand the 3 types of International cricket matches : 1st = test match & day oneday Internationals (both start appx. at same time). 2nd = Day-Night oneday Internationals and 3rd = Twenty20 International.
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Added on Tue, 18 December 2007
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On Christmas day, 25th December, people visit church and leave money & gifts for the poor in small boxes placed their by the priest, formally known as Christmas Box.
Also, in old days ~ servants used to work at their masters place on Christmas night. Thus, the following day, 26th December, they were given day off. Servants would bring small boxes in which their masters kept coins and food.. as bonus!
Today - that Christmas bonus hasn't changed, neither has the public holiday the next day of Christmas. Employees might not bring those Boxes to their employers anymore but to mark the days gone by, since 1980, Cricket Australia hosts a cricket test match at Melbourne ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 14 December 2007
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What kind of job do you do? does that require too much of attention or you can manage to read little bit of text along with score cards of live cricket matches?
Knowing Live scores of match in progress is easy, but those who prefer to move into a cricket match more than the scorelines - reading live commentary can be a good option. Little bit of humor, statistic & human input over conventional scoreboards should be better option. So, following is a small list of websites that offer commetary of cricket matches..
Cricinfo
has to be the first place you try. They cover not only the domestic matches within various countries, but ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 03 November 2007
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There is no Ashes series in 2008. neither there is a World Cup or India vs Pakistan test series. Giving a quick glance to International cricket schedule for year 2008 below, I see the biggest test series happening between Australia & West Indies, in April-May. We also have Aussies coming to India, then a ICC Champions trophy.. but in short - fixtures time table made by ICC for 2008 isn't as attractive as it could have been..
Most of the teams will play at home, or tour a country for a bilateral cricket series of some test matches & ODI tours. International cricket council also didn't plot too many tri-series (except one in Bangladesh) then the traditional Commonwealth Bank ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 04 July 2007
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2 years of cricket writing has given me plenty of online resources to find the latest news on Indian cricket, Pakistan cricket, England cricket & so forth. Today I'll share a few of them with you. Not that my own Itsonlycricket.com don't get you the hot cricket news from all International teams, but its a cricket blog ~ not a news site. I know I escape some of them.
Solving this problem straight for my cricket blog readers, I'll analyze which web sites target which kind of news on over favorite sport, starting with ever so reliable Google. many of you won't know, but this 6 letter search engine tracks all the cricket news happening around the world, and ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 19 June 2007
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My idea for this article was to offer information on which cricket bats to buy & what are their specialties. I also wanted to elaborate the several new bats cricket stores will be selling in coming months, but then ~ I realized how little I myself know about the latest available bats for sport called cricket..
Its been long since I started to write about cricket, but longer has been my days when I played the game. So, changing the plans from telling you which bats to buy, I've compiled an interesting story on which cricket bats (I mean of which manufacturing company) are used by batsman of top International teams like England, India, Australia, Pakistan, South ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 18 June 2007
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If you ever thought about turning a cricket writer, or simply any kind of blogger ~ note the following -- You got to love what you write about. Knowing more about that topic has to be your first goal, then to tell all to your readers..
That's how I'm working on Itsonlycricket for nearly 2 years now.
Reason I blurted above out, is because I wrote about HotSpot technology recently, & today I present you 'Hawk eye'. I myself learned much about these two Nine network inventions, than I ever did before. We fans all around the world are enjoying Hawk-eye replays with every cricket match we watch on our Televisions, even though the umpires have started ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 12 June 2007
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They made stump Cam (Stump camera) in the early eighties. then cricket coverage saw Snikometer in nineties with Speed Gun in 1999. Channel 9 network were not satisfied, so they made Hawkeye in 2002.
No one said Nine Network will sleep now, & neither they did. Come Ashes 2006, Channel 9 (must in Australia, famous worldwide TV network) came up with yet another new technology called "Hot Spot". The idea is to have two infra-red cameras static above the the field of cricket arena & contineously record the play. One edge or snick, bat-pad appeal is followed by feeding that Infra red camera recording into Computers which in turn show the negative image of the incident just happened. What ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 11 June 2007
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Mohammad Yousuf was in thrilling form and broke the record for most runs in a calender year, whereas Muthiah Muralitharan bowled the second most expensive spell in One day cricket..
Indian team won a test series in West Indies after 35 years, whereas Australians regained their Ashes urn. Pakistan dominated the newspapers with numerous controversies, whereas New Zealand played the least amount of cricket and rarely anyone noticed them..
Well yes, I am talking about the year of 2006, where 46 test and 160 ODI's were played.. including that forfeited match at The Oval. Australian won the Champions trophy for the first time this ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 04 January 2007
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The rule is to return the ball back to the players on the playing field when a cricket match is going on, but during a baseball game, you can take the ball home once it gets to you in the spectators stands... cool, isn't it..!!
I feel this trend should be started in cricket matches as well because it hurts lot more when a cricket ball hits you than a baseball ball... But then, its very important for a cricket match that the ball should stay in its “gradually deteriorating” condition as the match goes on whereas in baseball - they never pitch the ball on the ground, so there is no case of changes ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 30 July 2006
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I wonder if a Mobile phones' screen is big enough to create clear enough picture of a cricket match... but people are offering this facility and I have had people coming to my blog, trying to find cricket on mobile phone...This also has to do with the busy schedule of people are having these days that they want cricket in their pocket rather than sticking to a Television and spend whole day doing nothing. So I guess there are people who would want to read ahead.. -
Cricinfo.com has unleashed "Genie" - An application that allows you to catch live cricket between, lets say India vs West Indies ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 08 May 2006
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Previously, in ODI, there were no fielding restrictions. The fielding captain could keep his players anywhere he wanted. Then, around the World Cup in 1996, ICC introduced the 15 over field restriction rule. Only 2 fielders were allowed outside the 30 yard circle from the batsmen for the first 15 overs on an innings. And from the 16th over, 5 fielders were allowed to move out. One more important aspect of that rule was that two fielders had to be in catching positions - 15 yards from the batsmen, till the field restrictions applied.
Now, in mid 2005, ICC - headed by one of the slowest batsman - Sunil Gawaskar came ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 05 February 2006
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