Here is the complete post from Google’s blog on cricket. They also have joined the cricket excitement bandwagon…they have lots of stuff to offer…I have copied the whole post verbatim…I am really not in a great mood to write with India loosing couple of wickets early on against minnows like bangladesh !
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Google joins the Cricket World Cup bandwagon !
March 17, 2007Indias Emphatic Victory – No match practice for 2 games
March 9, 2007India routed West Indies today by nine wickets after they set a score of paltry 86 to win. Indian bowlers are doing well…But I guess the Batsmen need more match practice. Both the warm-up games were more of cool down games
Instead of me writing more about the match, here is the news round-up [...]
New Nike Ad – for cricket – for cricket crazy Indians – Superb
February 27, 2007Nike has done it once again. Check out this video of their Ad that is all over Indian TVs…The ad has earned rave reviews…and I was really impressed when I saw it.
It captures India, cricket, passion and people in same vein. You need to watch it to believe it…
Here is the video:
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How to play a game of cricket
February 26, 2007I am surprised at the amount of people who do not know how to play a game of cricket. With the world cup coming near, I thought it would be a good idea to let people know the basics of cricket.
You have undoubtedly heard of crickets– the insects that are known for their chirping [...]
Cricket lovers in the United States can Watch World Cup Live
February 23, 2007Cricket lovers in the United States and the Caribbean will be able to watch the World Cup live on televisions and computers.
EchoStar and its Dish Network said besides live matches, their customers would be able to watch replays, highlights and news. Simultaneously, it would provide background information on players and teams.
Michael Kelly, Executive Vice [...]
Lee out of the world cup !!!
February 23, 2007Cricinfo has just reported that Brett Lee will be out of World Cup. I guess that is another good news for other cricketing nations. No facing 150 kmph beamers from him.
Australia seems to be having lots of troubles on hands….
From Cricinfo site:
Stuart Clark will replace Brett Lee in Australia’s World Cup squad after Lee was [...]
The odds of Cricket World Cup
February 23, 2007Here are the betting odds of winning the Cricket world cup 2007. I think West Indies and New Zealand needed better odds, whereas, Sri Lanka I think are over rated.
Here are the odds from one of famous Cricket betting site: Bet365
Australia [...]
Rahul Dravid
February 22, 2007Here is my take on all the players for Cricket world cup. I will also try and predict the performance of each of the players. It would be nice to compare it with what actually happens at the world cup at the end…
Rahul Dravid (Captain):
Full Name: Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya [...]
This is hilarious !- India Cricketers Stripped of New World Cup Kit
February 22, 2007The Indian team was stripped of their world cup cricket outfits, just 24 hours after they had a gala press conference to display those light blue outfits. You can see the outfits here.
Here is what agencies report:
NEW DELHI, 22 February 2007 — India’s cricketers were on Tuesday ordered to discard their new World Cup uniforms, 24 hours [...]
Cricket – India’s passion
February 22, 2007India and Cricket, It is a relation involving passions of a billion people !!!
The sad part is, even though Billions of Rupees have been spent on Cricket in India, it has never managed to remain at the top position unlike Australia. They seem to be invincible in sports of cricket.
