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For a nation that has been hit by war, riots and violence, armed men invariably elicit only one feeling. 6 years ago, we had an armed man every 10 meters. Cities were garrisoned with sentry points…
“We were soft on our batting. It’s always difficult to chase 180+. We lost momentum in the middle, and not to forget Smith got a horrible decision. We need to lift our game…”, uttered the defeated…
2 years ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg launched Internet.org, a platform that would provide a selected few services free of any data charges over a selected set of telecommunication networks. Since the time the novel…
a href=”http://www.thearmchaircritic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/THSHK__ICC_T20_CRI_1230566g1.jpg”> If you are brought up watching cricket, there are certain things in life only you can relate to. The ones who don’t follow the sport or have no idea about it have definitely…
Any heart-warming novel will have its final chapter. Any supremely impassioned movie will have its final minutes. A good rendition of mellifluous music will glide through a crescendo before petering out to a cathartic consummation. Kumar Chokshanada…
If you surf the social media, all what you would find are posts of condolences for South Africa’s “unexpected” semi-final exit from the World Cup that they deserved to win. Imageries of Ab de Villiers shedding tears…
a href=”http://www.thearmchaircritic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/72744358_gcgetty1.jpg”> Giles Clarke, the chairman of England and Wales Cricket board has come forward to help the homeless South African team by promising a sanctuary for the 15-man squad which has been denied entry…
Empiricists and romanticists alike would agree that this year’s World Cup has been apathetic. It is yet to imbue the incredulity of the 1975 edition or the histrionics of the 1983 version. We haven’t seen any…
The format of the 2019 World Cup has become a boxing ring. In the associate corner are expansionists who believe Cricket should travel beyond the current pool of countries and become a truly global sport.…
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances. As the two paladins of Sri Lanka cricket bow down from their illustrative careers, it…
Net Run Rate (NRR) is a statistical method used in analysing teamwork and/or performance in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of ranking teams with equal points in limited overs league competitions, analogous to goal…
Cricket loves experimenting. Batsmen experiment with different bats and stances. Bowlers experiment with various types of deliveries. The administration experiments with the rules (If there were an app for the rules of cricket then it…
a href=”http://www.thearmchaircritic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kenya-cricket-14237518121.jpg”> If you think fairytales don’t translate into real life, then you would not have watched the 1996 Cricket World Cup. That tournament, held in the subcontinent, was important for many reasons. It shifted the…
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View image | gettyimages.com Nothing has gone well for Sri Lanka in the world cup thus far. Their pre-tournament form was wrecked, the world cup song for Sri Lanka was cheesy and Kumar Dharmasena- the…
a href=”http://www.thearmchaircritic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1379083-29578011-1600-900.jpg”> The clamp down on fuel prices may have helped the motor geeks in Sri Lanka gain enough fuel to generate firepower to gratify their globetrotting aspirations, but the islanders’ cricket team lacks the…