India has a huge pool of people playing competitive cricket. Given this fact, it must not be too difficult to produce a world-class team. However, this is where India has failed consistently over the last 75 years. Fixing this is not at all a complex task. This article provides an overview of a simple mechanism to pick the right people to build a world-class team and the role numbers and analysis can play to achieve this goal. Cricket is a game rich in numbers. But a straight forward approach of just picking the people who have the highest batting and […]
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Prince Albert is a delightful South African village in the Karoo, which is part of the Western Cape. Although we live in an arid region we are blessed with water from the Swartberg Mountains and the village is a little oasis. We enjoy a superb climate, with a high sunshine index and spectacular night skies. The village is a small gem, with beautifully preserved Cape Dutch, Karoo and Victorian buildings – 13 of which are National Monuments*. There is ample hotel and guest house accommodation to suit all preferences and pockets. We also offer farm accommodation. Prince Albert is known […]
Indian cricketers would continue to let down the Nation’s fans as ever Before; because they are part of a “Secular Team and not a National Team” I have been closely monitoring Indian cricket from quite sometimes now; but how deeply I was hurt when our team failed to qualify for World Cup and has forced me to carry out an insight analysis of the debacle. The team has not only played with the sentiments of over a billion people but also let down the National esteem as well. Some of my friends have even gone to extent of saying entire […]
The Indian batting genius Sachin Tendulkar who has made a come back from his groin injury will boost the team’s chances against the rival Sri Lankan team. The last international match played between these two cricket mad countries was in the final of just concluded Asia cup in Pakistan. Ever since the final performance by Ajanta Mendis who ripped through the inexperienced Indian one day international batting line up with 6/13, he has enjoyed super stardom in both India & Sri Lanka. He is probably the only player in the entire cricketing world who has become centre of all the […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been having brainstorming virtual sessions with all stakeholders on resumption of cricket in the past months under the shadow of the Coronavirus pandemic. Till now the Council has not been able to take a final call on the main issue of contention: when to hold the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup. It’s very ironical that in a year which can also be termed as T20 the T20 mega event just cannot get underway that was originally scheduled in October, 2020 in Australia. Now, the Indian cricket board, Board of Control for Cricket in India […]
The History of Cricket in Sri Lanka begins with British colonization of the country. The first cricket match in the country was played in 1832. First class match here was played in 1905. First international cricket was played in 1926-27 but officially it entered the international cricket in 1975. The Sri Lanka National cricket team entered test cricket in 1982 and Domestic first class cricket began in 1988. Early days of cricket: The history of cricket starts in Sri Lanka when it was known as Ceylon and was a British Colony. Ceylon came under the control of British East India […]