Tag: "Cricket"

Red Sox Gilly?

You heard about him first a few months ago on Israellycool.* Now, the Americans are taking notice. Adam Gilchrist is renowned for his destructive hitting has caught the attention of the Boston Red Sox.   Red Sox first-base coach Jon Deeble said the Major League champions had expressed interest in the Test vice-captain in the [...]

It’s Just Not Cricket

For those who don’t already know, the Pakistani cricket team, like most teams before it, have been annihilated by the seemingly invincible Australian team. The Australians have been performing so well, in fact, that people have lost interest in the game. People prefer to see close, exciting contests, rather than the one-sided romps to which [...]

Worst Name for a Cricket Player

Apparently he’s not really dead. He’s playing cricket in the Pakistani domestic competition. Contrary to reports in some sections of the press, Yasir Arafat’s five wickets in six balls for Rawalpindi against the national champions Faisalabad in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy wasn’t a world record, but it was an impressive enough feat anyway.

Howzat!

At last I managed to find cricket, Israel, and Australia, all in the one article. This summer, the only game of the European Cricket Council championships that was jam-packed with spectators was held in Mechelen, between Norway and Israel. Neither of the teams is exactly a cricketing powerhouse, even in the ECC; so why the [...]

We Shall Prevail

It is not every day that Australia crushes the USA in a sporting event. So I am really looking forward to today’s cricket match.*   * I am really amazed that there are Americans who want to play cricket. Isn’t that tantamount to rejecting baseball, the holy grail of American sports?   Update: A debacle.