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at s just the way he tweets you d be singing his praises if he had nailed it getoverit kpforeva although sky sports commentator knightsweats continued to decry kp s lack of team ethic pietersen has admitted he has a lot of thinking he needs to do over the next few days i can t give any assurances that my next tweet won t be my last we ll just have to see the saddest thing for me is that supporters love reading my twitter feed said the controversial star pietersen has already upset the ecb with his decision to use facebook to express his views after odis rather than committing to twitter for all three forms of the game a move condemned by ecb chairman and leading cheap suit wearer giles clarke kevin s desire to pick and choose social media tools is unacceptable and all our players know that they are either all considered for twitter or not at all that stanford parody account won t retweet itself many administrators and commentators believe that pietersen s decision may be financially motivated after it was noted that he had liked a number of posts made by the ipl facebook group and changed his location to melbourne via delhi on linkedin meanwhile new zealand captain ross taylor said that new zealand cricket had few such problems as most of their players were fully committed to honouring their contracts with myspace read more http www thealternativecricketalmanack com ixzz24alfupq9 posted by man_in_beige no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest ross taylor calls for more breaks in new zealand s increasingly congested off season this article first appeared on www thealternativecricketalmanack com on the 1st of august 2012 antigua black caps captain ross taylor has expressed his displeasure at the icc s schedule which sees new zealand s off season getting alarmingly busy i like it that my guys are pretty busy not playing much cricket for most of the year but we have to be careful that fatigue and injury don t set in we need to make it that we have to find room in the calendar for a game or two here or there to keep everyone fresh said taylor chewing on a piece of long grass taylor had previously been very outspoken over the overlap between the 2013 ipl and new zealand s tour of england stating what is the point of having them both at the same time it means the guys only get one break from not playing instead of two this doesn t help anyone former new zealand supremo daniel vettori also struggled with cricket encroaching on the black caps off season and said we tried all sorts of things to make it work we had a pretty good rotation policy that meant that we kept a close eye on the guys who had had really long breaks from international cricket and we gave them a breather by putting them in the squad this policy is thought to be responsible for the test appearances made by tim mcintosh and aaron redmond cricket historian dipak ward square says that new zealand just have to get used to an evolving cricketing landscape in the beginning players were involved in lengthy tours that broke up their periods of inactivity nicely and this kept fatigue down even in more recent times new zealand could rely on playing nearly five tests a year so the gaps sorted themselves out those frantic days are gone however which means the off season is getting worrying long and there are limits to how much the human body can take before it needs to do something other cricket teams are aware of the potential fatigue crisis facing new zealand indian skipper mahendra singh dhoni said i know the importance of avoiding off season injury and tiredness the guys are aware of the risks so we always schedule many tours just after our one week off season besides if we ever find the team has been on a break that is worryingly long we just schedule a match with sri lanka dhoni himself was forced by doctors to play as many as several consecutive cricket games after a dangerously long three day cricketing absence the new zealand team are currently relaxing in the west indies enjoying a rare cricket tour that actually includes test cricket this follows a hectic period lasting many months where new zealand didn t tour south africa england or india and didn t host australia sri lanka or pakistan read more http www thealternativecricketalmanack com ixzz24al5imjc posted by man_in_beige no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday march 18 2012 recent sightings spark fierce debate over existence of test cricket this article first appeared on www thealternativecricketalmanack com on the 3rd of february 2012 lik e elvis hitler and cliff richard before it test cricket has long been assumed dead however a number of recent alleged sightings have once more led people to question whether it could actually still be alive the most recent report comes from two australian holiday makers in argentina who spotted what they claim was test cricket working anonymously at a rural gas station my father spoke often about test cricket and showed me photographs of it that he took in his youth so i knew what it looked like even if i d never seen it in person before said brad slater 24 his girlfriend sheila matthews 22 spoke of its quiet dignity adding it was so beautiful all the cricket i get to see is loud and tacky and always trying to grope me on the bum but test cricket was so engrossing i could have sat and watching it do its thing for like five days the claims have met with considerable scepticism with the main international experts in test cricket sightings ipl investigations dismissing them completely spokesperson for ipl investigations lord lucan stated test cricket is dead it is a shame but people just have to accept facts we see no evidence for test cricket being alive we spoke to twenty20 cricket yesterday and it wishes people would stop bringing up its grandfather and let the dead rest lord lucan proceeded to leap onto his horse shergar and galloped off into the night the controversy rages on however with sightings of test cricket coming in from all corners of the globe even in new zealand where there hasn t even been a potential sighting since the late 1980s there has been a spate of claims in the last couple of months such excitement has lead to crowds of up to 7 people at a time flocking to cricket grounds around the country ipl investigations have warned the public that not all sightings will be genuine and to not get their hopes up too quickly in one such high profile case in 2006 07 a group of english tourists claimed that test cricket was alive and well during a short stay in adelaide however just like sachin s 100th 100 it turned out to be nothing other than a false sighting even in the united states of america dozens of sightings are reported each year usually at night and by individuals driving on isolated roads where there are frustratingly no other witnesses in december 2011 lurlene jackson 53 phoned the emergency services after believing that she had been abducted by test cricket it was terrifying stated ms jackson i was asked the most degrading and personal questions and shown images of unspeakable horror ipl investigations concluded that ms jackson was not visited by test cricket but was actually just being sent text messages by shane warne posted by man_in_beige 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday february 9 2012 tendulkar dropped selectors frustrated by unfulfilled potential this article first appeared on www thealternativecricketalmanack com on the 26th of january 2012 india s cricket selectors today finally decided that enough was enough and have dropped sachin tendulkar from all forms of the game with immediate effect we have given him countless opportunities to justify our faith in him but he just doesn t seem to be able to translate his obvious talent into meaningful contributions with the bat said the chairman of selectors kris srikkanth he needs to get a bit more cricket under his belt at first class level maybe work on his technique a little tendulkar isn t the first cricketer to disappoint at international level other high profile failures include brian lara muttiah murilitharan and sir donald bradman bradman despite early promise was dropped after being totally bereft of form from 1939 1945 where he failed to score a single international run srikkanth confirmed that the decision was not one that the bcci took lightly and that the selectors had employed statisticians from the highly prestigious institute of sehwagology in vienna a spokesperson for the institute said the final nail in tendulkar s coffin is that when you exclude every innings where he has scored runs he has now managed 34 ducks in a row that is a pretty significant drought right there to put matters into perspective new zealand s chris martin has also scored 34 international ducks however such a comparison has been met with criticism as tendulkar is generally considered a batsman whilst martin is considered by most new zealanders to count as more of an all rounder additionally when tendulkar started his one day international career he averaged just 0 0 under then captain srikkanth srikkanth has now admitted that this poor form back in 1989 did get the alarm bells ringing and prompt action has ensured that the underperforming tendulkar was only given a further 452 one day games until being axed other statistical facts used in the final decision include tendulkar has scored a total of 10 international twenty20 runs this is less than half the number scored by canada s mohammed iqbal and scotland s simon smith in 2010 tendulkar scored just 204 odi runs he played 2 innings and in one of these innings he failed miserably and got just 4 details of the other innings are unknown at this stage tendulkar averages just 40 0 in tests played in zimbabwe this is considerably lower than south africa s jacques kallis who averages a useful 503 0 in zimbabwe tendulkar has failed to make a meaningful contribution in any ashes test matches this is a characteristic tendulkar shares with many other cricketers such as ravi bopara and phil hughes as a 24 year old upstart tendulkar is said to be disappointed with the decision and looks forward to impressing at domestic level and trying to force his way back into the top team however it is expected that he is going to struggle to be anything more than a footnote in the annals of international cricket posted by man_in_beige 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday january 28 2012 lost gate receipts will cripple australia in the long term claims dhoni this article first appeared on www thealternativecricketalmanack com on january 14 2012 indian cricket captain ms dhoni sent shockwaves throughout the cricketing world today when he outlined the real strategy he had in place during the seemingly disastrous tour of australia at a hastily convened press conference dhoni said that by losing to australia consistently within 3 or 4 days the lost income through gate receipts would ruin cricket australia forcing their top players out of the team i m saddened so many people have been critical of my on and off field leadership continued dhoni yes i could have tinkered with the batting line up or actually employed attacking fields when the australian tail was batting but the simple truth is that the current australian line up has foolishly stepped into my trap i project that the money that cricket australia has lost so far will be enough to force them to have to rent out the waca to farmers during the winter just to stay afloat former australian captain ian chappell was quick to congratulate dhoni on his vision and his ability to consider his side s long term prospects over simply papering over the cracks like a lot of people i thought that this tour was going pretty badly for india however dhoni has taken advantage of an australian side with a young inexperienced captain and who are hurting after a humiliating loss to new zealand so in their eagerness to impress they have run headfirst into dhoni s trap brilliant it is only now that historic parallels to this plan can be observed when australia ruled cricket throughout the 1990s and beyond other sides had subtly and slowly chipped away at australia s finances through massive but strategic losses whereas it may be easy to claim australia s drop down the rankings can be attributed to the successive retirements of mcgrath hayden langer warne and gilchrist the truth was australia could no longer afford these players and they were forced to seek out poorly paid work such as the ipl so you see having lots of world class players retiring at once with untried replacements struggling to get experience was not the issue for australia i think we can all take comfort from that and never mention it again concluded dhoni dhoni then proudly and confidently strode off the stage and slammed the door behind him eliminating the possibility of questions most commentators applaud dhoni s commitment for holding out for six hours before acknowledging that he d actually shut himself into a broom closet posted by man_in_beige no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday january 12 2012 south africa shake off chokers tag after tight 258 run win south africa threw off their long held mantle of being a team of chokers in emphatic style after a nail biting victory over sri lanka yesterday south africa had been cruising to victory when a 10 run partnership between kosala kulasekara and ajantha mendis started alarm bells ringing throughout the south african camp in previous years it may have been expected that south africa would have crumbled under the pressure and that sri lanka the world cup finalists would have knocked off the remaining runs with ease however the new south africa under the steely leadership of captain ab de villiers ensured that defeat was not snatched from the jaws of victory this time and south africa held their nerve to record a 258 run win with just 179 balls remaining hashim amla who top scored for the hosts with 112 said when we had them 13 6 we were feeling pretty confident however their next 3 partnerships all got into double figures and i could see some of the shoulders starting to slump around the team i was getting really tense when they got to 43 9 however de villiers wasn t throwing in the towel just yet we were getting fairly anxious at 43 9 especially since sri lanka had really started accelerating and had got the run rate above 2 1 however i told the guys that if we kept to our game plan and kept our focus then we had a great chance to stop sri lanka s number 10 and 11 from scoring 260 runs at 8 5 an over the plan was successful and despite some tense moments when there was a dot ball south africa finally prised out sri lanka s number 11 dilhara fernando at the moment of 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