Friday 29 February 2008
Thursday 28 February 2008
Like the previous week many people's blogs on cricket have been dominated by the Indian Premier League. This new event seems to have captured the imagination of people the world over, although for many of the purists it is not seen as a good thing for the world game. Not suprisingly the most excited fans seem to be the Indian fans who live and breathe cricket.
Away from the IPL, England have come in for heavy criticism following their one day series defeat to New Zealand. With the test series just a few days away England will be going all out for revenge. One of the biggest critics of England is the BBC radio commentator Jonathon Agnew. Agnew's opinions on cricket are very highly respected so it is unsuprising that the BBC have set up a blog for 'Aggers.' One of Agnew's main concerns about England is their batting order, especially at the top of the order. His main concern is about Alastair Cook and Ian Bell being in the same team. Agnew says: "Both are fine batsmen, don't get me wrong, but they are one-dimensional and incapable of innovation in one-day cricket - it just isn't the way they bat." In his opinion Kevin Pietersen, England's most talented batsman, should be promoted to bat at number 3. The blog can be viewed at - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/02/england_pay_for_batting_uncert.shtml
The BBC website, especially on the cricket site, use blogs a lot. Especially for touring parties such as the England team. Other blogs available are by the cricketer Graeme Swann and another journalists called Adam Mountford. Swann's blog gives an insight into the life of a cricketer and the feelings inside the team. It has some use for people who are interested in having a deeper look at cricket.
Away from the IPL, England have come in for heavy criticism following their one day series defeat to New Zealand. With the test series just a few days away England will be going all out for revenge. One of the biggest critics of England is the BBC radio commentator Jonathon Agnew. Agnew's opinions on cricket are very highly respected so it is unsuprising that the BBC have set up a blog for 'Aggers.' One of Agnew's main concerns about England is their batting order, especially at the top of the order. His main concern is about Alastair Cook and Ian Bell being in the same team. Agnew says: "Both are fine batsmen, don't get me wrong, but they are one-dimensional and incapable of innovation in one-day cricket - it just isn't the way they bat." In his opinion Kevin Pietersen, England's most talented batsman, should be promoted to bat at number 3. The blog can be viewed at - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/02/england_pay_for_batting_uncert.shtml
The BBC website, especially on the cricket site, use blogs a lot. Especially for touring parties such as the England team. Other blogs available are by the cricketer Graeme Swann and another journalists called Adam Mountford. Swann's blog gives an insight into the life of a cricketer and the feelings inside the team. It has some use for people who are interested in having a deeper look at cricket.
Thursday 21 February 2008
Cricket blogs
This week I have been looking at cricketing blogs to see what has been happening in the world of cricket.
The stand out event of the week has been the auction of players for the upcoming Indian Premier League. The Indian Premier League is a brand new event focused solely on Twenty20 cricket. The best players from around the world (apart from England) have been put up for auction for the eight competing teams to buy. This has attracted a lot of attention in the blogging world with people debating which players have been the best signings, who's over valued and who's over priced. There has also been debate over the ethics of auctioning players of and where cricket is heading at the moment with one day games over taking the more traditional test match.
Another good blog that I found was by Chemosit. He was arguing that the ICC was 'raping' the sport by cutting the number of teams allowed to compete in the next cricket world cup from to just 14. He was arguing that it was bad for the sport and unfair on the lesser teams.
Other matters that have been touched on in blogs but not so much as the IPL has been England's one day series against New Zealand and Australia's tri series featuring Sri Lanka and India. Despite England's remarkable draw with New Zealand on Tuesday there has been little mention of this. There has also been some focus on the under - 19 cricket world cup.
The stand out event of the week has been the auction of players for the upcoming Indian Premier League. The Indian Premier League is a brand new event focused solely on Twenty20 cricket. The best players from around the world (apart from England) have been put up for auction for the eight competing teams to buy. This has attracted a lot of attention in the blogging world with people debating which players have been the best signings, who's over valued and who's over priced. There has also been debate over the ethics of auctioning players of and where cricket is heading at the moment with one day games over taking the more traditional test match.
Another good blog that I found was by Chemosit. He was arguing that the ICC was 'raping' the sport by cutting the number of teams allowed to compete in the next cricket world cup from to just 14. He was arguing that it was bad for the sport and unfair on the lesser teams.
Other matters that have been touched on in blogs but not so much as the IPL has been England's one day series against New Zealand and Australia's tri series featuring Sri Lanka and India. Despite England's remarkable draw with New Zealand on Tuesday there has been little mention of this. There has also been some focus on the under - 19 cricket world cup.
Tuesday 12 February 2008
Cricket woes
After making a bright start to their tour of New Zealand, England appear to have returned to their bad old ways. The last two one day games have been nothing short of embarassing for England. Today's (Tuesday) defeat to New Zealand was England's 4th worse defeat in their one day international history.
Who would have thought that after their two commanding displays in the Twenty20 format. It seems strange that England have dropped two of their star performers in those games - Luke Wright and Dmitri Mascherenas. Both of these offer big hitting, along with some tidy medium pace bowling. The lack of boundaries in England's last 2 games has been shocking. Surely one of the pair should be recalled for the third ODI. There can be little doubt that this 3rd game is going to be a crunch game. Quite simply England cannot afford to lose. A big performance is needed.
The most worrying aspect of England's performances has been their batting form. Quite simply they have far too short in both innings. There has been no big knocks by any batsmen and no really decent partnerships. The big players such as Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen are yet to perform when they have been needed. Another worry is the running between the wickets, but thats nothing new for England. The bowling hasn't been great, but to be fair they have had nothing to bowl at.
Who would have thought that after their two commanding displays in the Twenty20 format. It seems strange that England have dropped two of their star performers in those games - Luke Wright and Dmitri Mascherenas. Both of these offer big hitting, along with some tidy medium pace bowling. The lack of boundaries in England's last 2 games has been shocking. Surely one of the pair should be recalled for the third ODI. There can be little doubt that this 3rd game is going to be a crunch game. Quite simply England cannot afford to lose. A big performance is needed.
The most worrying aspect of England's performances has been their batting form. Quite simply they have far too short in both innings. There has been no big knocks by any batsmen and no really decent partnerships. The big players such as Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen are yet to perform when they have been needed. Another worry is the running between the wickets, but thats nothing new for England. The bowling hasn't been great, but to be fair they have had nothing to bowl at.
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