Archive for March, 2007

New Adidas Advert - Sachin Tendulkar

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Has anyone else seen the ‘new’ Adidas advert/video with Sachin Tendulkar?
In the video Sachin tells the story of how he was a kid, his coach would put a coin on top of the batsmans stumps, if the bowler got the wicket he would keep the coin. Then at the end his message is that:

“At […]

“Boycott” on Batting

Friday, March 30th, 2007

This video will make you laugh! There’s some excellent clips here of how NOT to bat!

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Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Hi there, I just wanted to put up a quick post to recommend that you view this blog in Internet Explorer 7 (you might need to upgrade to it) or alternatively in the Mozilla Firefox browser which you can download from the button below.

For some reason people who use Internet Explorer 6 have problems […]

Benefits of Cold Showers

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

I don’t know about you, but I really don’t like cold showers! Why? Because they are cold! However, believe it or not, there are some real benefits of cold showers (apart from helping cure hangovers).
If you follow sports closely you probably know that many serious athletes take cold showers or ice baths after training, primarily […]

Cricket Batting Tips - Videos

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

As promised batsmen, I’ve found some quality batting tips videos which should help you improve your batting.
Get a pen and paper ready so you can takes notes, as there’s alot of great info here which you can learn from. Just make sure you try and out what you lear: apply the tips, you won’t […]

Great Wins For Ireland and Bangladesh

Monday, March 19th, 2007

I hope you got a chance over the weekend to watch Ireland beat Pakistan and Bangladesh beat India. Both games were great to watch and goes to show how unpredictable cricket can be at times, hopefully it will do some good in raising the profile of cricket in some of these ’smaller’ cricketing nations.

Flintoffs Sinking Ship

Monday, March 19th, 2007

I don’t know what your opinion on this is, but I think his actions were like the drunken antics of a selfish teenager.
If you don’t know what happened you must have been under a rock…here’s the bottom line:

Bob Woolmer - Sad Day For Cricket

Monday, March 19th, 2007

This came as a real shock for everyone, but the sudden death of cricket coach Bob Woolmer (who had been working with Pakistan) was totally unexpected. He was only 58. Tributes have been pouring out from the coaches, players and fans, you can read some of them here:
Tributes for Bob Woolmer…
Many people included myself […]

Fast Bowling Tips - Cricket Video

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Hello fellow cricketers, I’ve just realised how cool it would be to post some great cricket videos on the blog, focussing on cricket tips and techniques, as well as the occasional funnies.
So I’m going to find some good cricket coaching videos and post them all on the blog under the ‘cricket tips videos’ category. […]

Cricket World Cup…Who’s Going To Win??

Monday, March 12th, 2007

With the cricket world cup fast approaching, any of the top 8 sides believe they are in with a chance of winning. There’s been a mix of results over the last few weeks and months in one day cricket leaving the competition wide open (take Bangladesh’s win over New Zealand for example), Australia have a […]