Well, maybe the success of the Dutch in the opening game of the World Twenty20 on Friday does not mark the start of a new era of domination of world cricket by the Netherlands, but what a great advert for the short game. Hard hitting, great fielding, and a game that went right to the …
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Acceptable in the noughties – part 2
Are standards of behaviour in the club game slipping? The League I play in certainly think so. For the 2009 season, they have introduced a football-style disciplinary system, with “yellow card” cautions and “red card” 8-day automatic suspensions and points deductions for more serious offences. This in addition to the regular disciplinary process. After 5 …
Acceptable in the noughties – sledging good, smoking bad?
How attitudes have changed. Two incidents from a game last weekend – one sledge, one health related. The sledge was actually quite tame, by the standards of what often passes between teams these days, but it certainly wasn’t respectful of the opposition – the sort of thing that you might share with a batting partner, …
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