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2023 Cricket Review

by Rex Clementine   The year 2023 was a productive one for the game of cricket as expected to be in a year where there were three major events, World...

Calm Head gives Australia their sixth World Cup

Rex Clementine in Ahmedabad   It looked a big call when Australia named Travis Head, with a fractured left hand, in their World Cup squad. In fact, Head missed Australia’s...

Formidable India look set to win third World Cup

   Rex Clementine in Ahmedabad   On Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium, 138,000 adoring fans will be rooting for India to go onto win their third World Cup title....

Formidable India favourites over New Zealand

by Rex Clementine   Unbeaten India are favourites to go through to the finals of the Cricket World Cup in a re-match of 2019 semi-final against New Zealand.   India...

Gardner career best gives Australia early lead in women’s Ashes

by Rex Clementine There’s a need for more women’s Test matches and it was evident by the fact that big numbers turned up at Trent Bridge with all broadsheets sending...

The Ashes – Sport’s Oldest Rivalry  

By Rex Clementine   England have been playing a new brand of attacking cricket that has enabled them to succeed in the square turners of Pakistan and seaming tracks of...

Cricket is a funny game, that’s what WTC final taught us!

By Rex Clementine   There were so many talking points on the World Test Championship final, or the Ultimate Test as the ICC would like to call it. There was...

Rule changes in focus this IPL 

By Rex Clementine  Often before new rules are added to cricket’s Laws in international cricket, they are tried domestically in England or Australia. That’s what happened to one of the...

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