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  IPL final to be Chennai vs Mumbai The second IPL semi final has just been completed with Chennai cruising to a comfortable 38-run win over Deccan. It wasn’t a particularly exciting game with the Deccan run chase never really getting going. Hopefully the final will be more exciting, and I encourage anyone who is planning to watch the game to turn off [...]

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  Sir Alec Bedser dies aged 91 Rated by Sir Donald Bradman as the finest medium paced bowler he ever faced. It’s all that really needs to be said about the man. ‘Bedser was the typical English professional cricketer’ | England Cricket News | Cricinfo.com.

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  IPL proves a ratings hit for ITV When sports network Setanta folded last year, it looked as if there would be no coverage of the 2010 Indian Premier League season in the UK. However, ITV stepped in to take the rights and have been showing every match on their digital terrestrial channel ITV4. It would seem that ITV weren’t expecting huge things, [...]

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  BCCI deny Sehwag to Northants for 2010 season 1st ODI vs Sri Lanka at Rajkot (December 2009) The BCCI has announced that it is withdrawing its No-Objection Certificate (NOC) that would have allowed Virender Sehwag to play for Northamptonshire in this year’s Twenty20 Cup. Later, the Indian board also revoked the NOC for batsman Yusuf Pathan which will end his chance of representing [...]

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  Warning signs that you’ve had too much of the IPL Cricinfo has put together a list of conditions that will help you prove that you’ve been watching  too much of the Indian Premier League. I’m pretty sure that I can tick off at least five of  them. via The Index: Warning signs that you’ve had too much of the IPL | Page 2 | Cricinfo.com.

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  Stephen Moore brushes off South African roots via cricinfo.com For the love of all that’s good, not ANOTHER one! This South African import thing is getting out of hand. Yes in the past we’ve had Ranji and D’Oliveria and Greig and Lamb and Smith etc, but this modern epidemic of nation-hopping just sits a little too uneasy with me.

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  All Dan, all the time Perhaps there might be space for Jesse Ryder, to provide some firepower at the top. But mainly to lead the drunken celebrations. And for Ross Taylor. Just to keep things a little ethnic. But be in no doubt. The Black Caps should be at least 80% Vettori via cricinfo.com Cricinfo columnist Andrew Fernando discusses the [...]

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  Welcome to The Boundary Rope! Welcome to my new cricketing blog! Trying to make sense of the daunting world of modern cricket is a task that is certainly, well, daunting. However, this notwithstanding I shall henceforth attempt find a way through the mess that is the international fixture list, whilst simultaneously promising to stop using long words which went out [...]

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