Indian selectors have decided to retain the current squad for the remaining two Tests against Australia. The selectors had named a 15-member squad for only the first two Tests on October 1 as they wanted to review the performance of the players before picking the team for the remaining two. But the performance...

This is going to be a draw. Why? firstly the weather doesn’t look great, but most of all I think the pitch is going to prevent a result. The last match to be played here was in Dec 2007, a match where India made 626 in the first innings, and Pakistan replied with 537. The match was eventually drawn. If...

Ok, OK, I know I don’t keep this blog as upto date as I should, but if you really want to be in the know, you should join my members. I update this blog when I get time, but my primary obligations are to my members. Anyway to the match at hand, I am going to be a bit controversial. Yes I know that...

So after England’s victories in the Twenty20 we swich to the longer form of the game (gosh, I never thought I’d be refering to 50 overs ODI as “longer” matches!) Despite the two England victories, I think Newzealand can edge it on thier home ground. England’s form has been...

We did well to opt out of the last match, as India tamely crumbled for 148, which Austrlai then knocked off losing only one wicket. So in this match we are goping to adopt the same strategy as the last. If Australia bat first, we back them, else no bet. Note that if Australia win this, I will not be...

OK, so now it is 3-0 to us, and 2-1 to the Australians. So do we employ the same tactics here? I think not. Australia very rarley lose two ODI matches in a row, and I am not going to start backing on them doing that now. So if Austalia bat first we have a bet, if they don’t we keep our cash in...

Wow! we are really on a roll! Ok so when you have a winning formula, why change it? I did say it was going to be hard to chase down a total, and so far I have been proved right! So today, let’s employ the same tactics again. We will wait for the toss, and then back whoever decides to bat first. It...

So I we had a good win in the last game. As I said in the last match, I feel that any team asked to chase down a total is going to be under immense pressure, and is unlikely to pull off the run chase The only scenario that I can see the team batting second, is if the Tema batting first collapse for 150...

As predicted, the first match was disrupted by rain, and no result was possible. However what we did see is that Australia is still a formidable force in this form of the game. Taking there recent form into account, I will have to side with them - PROVIDED THEY BAT FIRST. I think any team chasing in...

Well it is here at last, Australia, post Warne and McGrath take on the Indians on their home turf. Unfortunately, it looks like the weather is going to play a big hand in this game. The forecast looks dire. Given this, I am going to sit thisone out and just hope that we see a full game of Cricket, to...