What’s In A Name?
July 9th, 2008
Written by Jack Perkins
My cricket nickname was Perky - yeah right, no surprises there. But at all levels of cricket there can be an astonishing lack of imagination when it comes to making up names for team mates. The usual formula is to shorten the second name and append ‘y’, ‘ers’ or just ‘s’.
Names formed in this manner make the …
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Who’s A Contender For The Heavyweight Title?
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International cricket has settled into a fairly predictable state.
Australia has performed well in the West Indies, maintaining their dominance, with only slight weaknesses appearing in their performance. Unfortunately, it seems all Australia needs to do is perform adequately to defeat teams. If there are cracks in Australia’s cricket (openers or spinners?) there is little chance they will widen into crevices. The rest of the cricketing world snaps at their heels but the Aussies continue the longest period of dominance in cricket’s history.
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