Cow Corner Blog

17 days, 27 matches, over 160 sixes - that was the 2009 World Twenty20. Cowers reflects with his team of the tournament. 1. Tillekerante Dilshan For inventing the squatting periscope shot For coming the closest to a century For being the only man to score over 300 runs 2. Chris Gayle For hitting a ball so...More

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Their narrow defeat to the West Indies in the World Twenty20 crunch match means England have now failed to make the semi-final of six consecutive World Cups, be it the 50 over, 20 over or in this case, the nine over version. But the home supporters walking out of The Oval...More

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In baseball, there is a play called a 'sacrifice fly' where a batsman hits the ball high in the air, enabling an on-base runner to score after it is caught by a fielder. India's defence of their World Twenty20 crown came to an end at Lord's due to the lateness of Ravindra Jadeja's sacrifice...More

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Jacques Kallis is the player every club cricketer would like to think they could be: solid with the bat while putting away the filth, and bowling successful medium-paced trundle despite eating like it was going out of fashion.Kallis was as infuriatingly solid in knocking off the runs required for South...More

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As the Netherlands prepare to face hosts England in the opening match of the World Twenty20, it is high time we reacquaint you with a few key members of this eclectic rabble.First up is Dirk Nannes, the former World Cup skier and Middlesex bowler, who hastily swapped his allegiance to...More

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Well what a tour for the West Indies that was. Six weeks, eight matches, no wins and very little effort. Like most things at the moment, Chris Gayle - pictured in preferred sitting down mode - could blame Jacqui Smith. After all it was Smith who refused to issue visas to Zimbabwe who...More

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It's been almost four years since England won THAT Ashes series against Australia and set about drinking their combined bodyweight on a drinking tour of London.It was the summer that made heroes of Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, earning the pair world-beating reputations that have seen them command $1 million...More

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Ricky Ponting may be good pals with Andrew Symonds, but the Australia captain made his next pint with the big man a bit tricky after an astonishing backtrack over his omission from the Ashes squad. It was, apparently, a straight fight between Symonds and Shane Watson, with the blond, beach-bum allrounder getting the nod. Watson has spent...More

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There is one word which leaves a West Indies touring party sweating more than Ian Austin after drilling two Dhansaks during a lunch interval: swing. England required a further seven wickets on the final day of the second Test at the Riverside, and even two bouts of rain could not prevent their serene progress. While...More

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