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A steam punk cricket adventure

November 23, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

A brief dirigible waited outside on the hotel roof. ​ By brief, I shall not dwell upon the size but rather the length upon which it can physically exist in […]

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Lesser known Sherlock Holmes connections

November 23, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

My small experience of cricket clubs has taught me that next to churches and cavalry ensigns they are the most debt-laden things upon earth. -The Field Bazaar (1896) It happened […]

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Five cricket books yet to be written

November 23, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

It is inconceivable that akashic records – or that certain non-temporal field – exist for cricket to which a mortal can tap into for access to all the worldly knowledge. […]

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Four (possibly apocryphal) anecdotes concerning cricket

November 22, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

“It is Sunday – no use looking at the schedule.” The pronunciation ‘shee-dew-el’ was the giveaway. “The bus will be here at 11:30. You just missed it. Today the bus […]

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Pseudocode for the Australian Job

November 22, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

intitiate australian.Job() if resultToss == Win while field_first // opt to field first as it would be more possible to win for overs 1 to 6 // PP overs introduce.pace […]

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Can a boundary be hit back in time?

November 22, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

Legend has it South African Test batsman Jimmy Sinclair once hit a six that landed on a coal train over the stadium that took the ball to Port Elizabeth. It […]

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A monastic vow not kept

November 22, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

God has revealed herself in full glory and yes…in bahuvrihi – through this complex and noble game. Once I fled home after a bitter quarrel with mom to find Chris […]

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A miniature dictionary of abbreviations

November 22, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

Sri Lankan players are known to have the most initials in their names at first glance. Then we have JWHT Doughlas, the only English Test cricketer to have four initials […]

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Ten curiously named minor cricket scorecards

November 22, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

During a three-day match at Lahore in 1964, Railways beat Dera Ismail Khan cricket team. Not only they scored one of the highest totals in first-class history – 910 for […]

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Obscure XI

April 27, 2015by Zeeshan Mahmud Leave a comment

Occasionally while surfing online and browsing first-class curiosities many names pop up which I am not familiar with altogether but with some fabulous stories. So this led me to conjure […]

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  • A steam punk cricket adventure November 23, 2015
  • Lesser known Sherlock Holmes connections November 23, 2015
  • Five cricket books yet to be written November 23, 2015
  • Four (possibly apocryphal) anecdotes concerning cricket November 22, 2015
  • Pseudocode for the Australian Job November 22, 2015
  • Can a boundary be hit back in time? November 22, 2015
  • A monastic vow not kept November 22, 2015
  • A miniature dictionary of abbreviations November 22, 2015
  • Ten curiously named minor cricket scorecards November 22, 2015
  • Obscure XI April 27, 2015
  • Laurel & Hardy play cricket April 27, 2015
  • Cricket according to Leonardo da Vinci April 27, 2015
  • Curtains, at last January 30, 2015
  • A stream-of-consciousness January 29, 2015
  • Two matches in the jungle: a tale of EW Swanton January 29, 2015
  • Cricket and Aristotle January 29, 2015
  • The magician who studied Rig Veda (a cricket sketch) January 29, 2015
  • The Burmese connection January 29, 2015
  • Finding God in Calcutta (a short play) January 18, 2015
  • Bhagavad Gita and cricket January 15, 2015
  • Swami speaks: one thousand and one forest tales January 15, 2015
  • The curious case of the flying bail January 15, 2015
  • The Art of Reading a Scorecard January 15, 2015
  • Cricket and UFO sighting January 15, 2015
  • The Simulation Game January 15, 2015
  • The zen of browsing Wisden January 15, 2015
  • The Incredible Showmanship of Bart King January 15, 2015
  • Goldmining in California January 15, 2015
  • A history of appeal January 15, 2015
  • Arthur Coningham: The most interesting man in cricket January 15, 2015
  • 200. On the nervous system November 10, 2014
  • 9. Challenging an entire team November 9, 2014
  • 714. All players on horseback (1735) September 22, 2014
  • 99. Pheidippides of cricket September 22, 2014
  • 8. Tale of the tattooed ones July 24, 2014
  • 7. The man with no dismissal records July 23, 2014
  • 6. Colonel Brett’s gallantry at Chittagong (1934) July 22, 2014
  • 5. A 160-mile six July 21, 2014
  • 4. From ‘Catapulta’ to Loughborough: cricket inventions July 20, 2014
  • 3. Cricket fabric and fabrication July 20, 2014
  • 2. Bradman the wicket keeper July 20, 2014
  • 1. The man with the golden arm July 20, 2014
  • Prologue July 20, 2014
  • A chance visit to The Oval February 10, 2014
  • Tale of the Talented XI February 10, 2014
  • The library of Babel February 10, 2014
  • If Chuck Norris played cricket September 9, 2013
  • If Cleopatra’s nose had been shorter… September 9, 2013
  • History of Cricket August 20, 2013
  • Tristram Shandy plays a cricket match August 16, 2013

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