Category Archives: Cricket

Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans

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The Economist: Why cricket and America are made for each other

From The Economist: When the AirHogs stadium reopens in the spring it will be the first home of Major League Cricket (mlc). All the men were of Indian descent. They and their partners, who include the ceos of Microsoft and … Continue reading

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Racial Slur Gets White Cricketer Banned For Life

REPORT: Controversial batsman Mark Vermeulen has been banned from all cricket by Zimbabwe Cricket for engaging in a racist tirade on social media site Facebook in which he denigrated black Zimbabweans by referring them as “apes”. In a statement released … Continue reading

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The World Cup Of Cricket

I tell a friend in Australia via Skype: “We thrashed the Poms by a hundred runs. I was telling everyone at shul about it but they thought I was a dago. They couldn’t care less.” Mate: “I thought everyone in … Continue reading

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Can Indians Be The Best In The World At Something?

Indians are not a formidable people. About 60,000 British soldiers ruled the continent for decades. In this forthcoming ESPN documentary on Indian cricket batsman Sachin Tendulkar, an Indian sports commentator says that “Tendulkar shows we can be the best in … Continue reading

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