So you think you can cricket blog?
A few have asked how they can become cricket-blog authors. Eg - be able to start new blog posts rather than just comment on existing ones. We're keen for more authors - particularly from different countries. To allow us a good look at your writing, you need to have registered your own cricket-blog account and posted at least 30 comments. What we're looking for:
- The ability to string a few words together in a readable fashion. Good spelling helps.
- No racism. There's been a few instances where our authors have briefly crossed that line but they immediately saw the error of their ways :-)
- A sense of humour is welcome - we recommend you don't take yourself too seriously.
- Most importantly, a passion for cricket. It is the world's greatest game, after all.
| Posted by JC on Wed 6 Feb |  30 comments |
Oh, one other thing. One blogger asked me how much authors get paid. The answer is nada, nothing, zip. Cricket-blog doesn't make a cent of income. I used to have google ads on the site but they only brought in about 10 cents per day while slowing down load times. So the site is currently ad free. We all blog purely out of love for cricket.
Posted by JC on 2008-02-06 13:00:23
Posted by JC on 2008-02-06 13:00:23
See JC you are running it all wrong... Sponsership is where it all is. What you need to do in throw in the odd brand name here or there. An article on the benefits of Nike shoes as a slips fielders and how the recent decline in slip fielding standards is due use of Non-Nike shoes. A few articles like that forwarded to Nike (or other brands) will bring in the money. (who knows maybe you can get the Cavs sponsered...).
Posted by Andrew on 2008-02-06 13:14:55
Posted by Andrew on 2008-02-06 13:14:55
Sponsorship and not sponsership. Good spelling helps Andrew. Hehe.
Posted by zapper on 2008-02-06 14:15:22
Posted by zapper on 2008-02-06 14:15:22
Andrew, good thoughts - not sure that the opinion of a few washed up bloggers whose better days were back in the last millennium will be high on Nike's priorities (ditto for the Cavs). Maybe we can get endorsements for computer chairs or keyboards or moo-moos for the overweight blogger?
Posted by JC on 2008-02-06 15:01:38
Posted by JC on 2008-02-06 15:01:38
I was watching the cricket the other day and I noticed that the Indian players, in their nike shirts looked more free and comfortable than their Australian counterparts in Adidas.
That'll be 8 dollars thanks.
Posted by cricketwithballs.com on 2008-02-06 21:45:58
That'll be 8 dollars thanks.
Posted by cricketwithballs.com on 2008-02-06 21:45:58
Hey Sony are throwing a billion into the IPL, maybe hit them up for a re-branding exercise
Posted by Moses on 2008-02-06 22:48:30
Posted by Moses on 2008-02-06 22:48:30
Greetings. The Village Cricketer is looking for nominations for the first ever ‘The International Village Cricketer Awards’. Categories include the Village Cricketer of the Year, Most Village Emerging Player of the Year and the Spirit of Village Award. It'd be great to get your thoughts posted at http://thevillagecricketer.wordpress.com/
Posted by The Village Cricketer on 2008-02-06 22:49:40
Posted by The Village Cricketer on 2008-02-06 22:49:40
Surely we should be joining Slats in raving on about the new Channel 9 hit show Underworld..
Wait for Tubby to chime in...
Posted by Ace on 2008-02-08 00:43:08
Wait for Tubby to chime in...
Posted by Ace on 2008-02-08 00:43:08
It's never good when cricket commentators are forced to promote other TV shows. I still have vivid and horrible memories of Richie Benaud talking up "Channel 9's sexy new drama". That just aint right!
Posted by JC on 2008-02-08 07:17:44
Posted by JC on 2008-02-08 07:17:44
Hahahah Richie the silver fox...
We should start a thread talking about the woes of South African cricket and their controversial "transformation" policy where 7 out of a squad of 14 needs to be picked on the basis of their colour...
What do people think about this policy?
Posted by Ace on 2008-02-08 09:14:57
We should start a thread talking about the woes of South African cricket and their controversial "transformation" policy where 7 out of a squad of 14 needs to be picked on the basis of their colour...
What do people think about this policy?
Posted by Ace on 2008-02-08 09:14:57
Ace, where do you hail from? I'm always keen to add a South African to the cricket-blog stable.
Posted by JC on 2008-02-08 10:23:42
Posted by JC on 2008-02-08 10:23:42
Just joined, might try to become a blog after more posts
Posted by Danny_Blogger on 2008-02-08 19:15:04
Posted by Danny_Blogger on 2008-02-08 19:15:04
JC mate Im a New South Welshman, born and bred...
We should find a South African for the blog though...
Posted by Ace on 2008-02-10 20:06:43
We should find a South African for the blog though...
Posted by Ace on 2008-02-10 20:06:43
Ace, I'm hoping each time Australia plays a new country, the influx of fans from that country might lead to a new author or two. Or maybe not. No Sri Lankans are putting their hand up at the moment. We'll see how it goes.
Posted by JC on 2008-02-12 20:15:39
Posted by JC on 2008-02-12 20:15:39
T20 Bowler Friendly Suggestions
Please go through the suggestion for T20. Hope you will give feedback to me with these suggestions.
Here are they:
T20 has proved that it is a wonderful version of cricket game. But from its beginning it has been hailed as batsmen’s game. I would propose few suggestions to make this game more interesting by giving options and chances also to bowlers.
1. In an over, with fifth ball if the bowler has 3 dot or beaten balls he should not bowl the last one. But any way each and every over should comes to 5th ball. That means if a bowler has 3 dot balls among the first 3 or 4 deliveries he cannot stop that over until he bowls the 5th one. This over should be called as “Golden Maiden.” (Referring to Shaun Pollock’s comment – “a beaten ball is a piece of Gold”). But if a bowler prefers to continue to the last ball he can do the same.
2. If a bowler has a hatrick in an over he can stop the over soon after the hatrick at any time of the over. The over should be called “Golden Hatrick”. But if the bowler prefers to continue the over he has the option.
3. If a bowler takes two wickets in a single over he has the option to finish the over with fifth ball. This over can called “double strike”. If one bowler takes two wickets in an over with fifth and last ball of the over, in another over of the spell he gets the chance of “one ball less over”.
4. One suggestion also for batsmen, if one “sixer” going out of stadium or lands on the roof of the stadium, it should be given nine runs than six. And it can be called “Cracker”. It should not be calculated by meters, it is up to the length of the stadium for each batsmen where they are playing. Of course some stadiums do not have gallery roof or partial ones, so it is up to the stadiums status where the possibility of “cracker” is given. In partial roof stadiums, the captains of the teams can decide before the match that the roof part is as a “cracker zone”. .
Umpire sign for “cracker”, both hands up as if in sixer, and with one hand touch three times the open palm of the other.
I hope ICC and cricket world will discuss my suggestions!
I have sent many of these ideas to ICC on 25th September 2007. at 20.14, via e-mail.
Sincerely,
Dr. Johney Xavier, johneyxavier@gmail.com
This blog is also published by one of the local dailies in Kerala with the following link
http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/posting/personalArticleNew.jsp?contentId=1077679157&catOID=-1073781948&BV_ID=@@@
Posted by jo on 2008-05-15 17:49:00
Please go through the suggestion for T20. Hope you will give feedback to me with these suggestions.
Here are they:
T20 has proved that it is a wonderful version of cricket game. But from its beginning it has been hailed as batsmen’s game. I would propose few suggestions to make this game more interesting by giving options and chances also to bowlers.
1. In an over, with fifth ball if the bowler has 3 dot or beaten balls he should not bowl the last one. But any way each and every over should comes to 5th ball. That means if a bowler has 3 dot balls among the first 3 or 4 deliveries he cannot stop that over until he bowls the 5th one. This over should be called as “Golden Maiden.” (Referring to Shaun Pollock’s comment – “a beaten ball is a piece of Gold”). But if a bowler prefers to continue to the last ball he can do the same.
2. If a bowler has a hatrick in an over he can stop the over soon after the hatrick at any time of the over. The over should be called “Golden Hatrick”. But if the bowler prefers to continue the over he has the option.
3. If a bowler takes two wickets in a single over he has the option to finish the over with fifth ball. This over can called “double strike”. If one bowler takes two wickets in an over with fifth and last ball of the over, in another over of the spell he gets the chance of “one ball less over”.
4. One suggestion also for batsmen, if one “sixer” going out of stadium or lands on the roof of the stadium, it should be given nine runs than six. And it can be called “Cracker”. It should not be calculated by meters, it is up to the length of the stadium for each batsmen where they are playing. Of course some stadiums do not have gallery roof or partial ones, so it is up to the stadiums status where the possibility of “cracker” is given. In partial roof stadiums, the captains of the teams can decide before the match that the roof part is as a “cracker zone”. .
Umpire sign for “cracker”, both hands up as if in sixer, and with one hand touch three times the open palm of the other.
I hope ICC and cricket world will discuss my suggestions!
I have sent many of these ideas to ICC on 25th September 2007. at 20.14, via e-mail.
Sincerely,
Dr. Johney Xavier, johneyxavier@gmail.com
This blog is also published by one of the local dailies in Kerala with the following link
http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/posting/personalArticleNew.jsp?contentId=1077679157&catOID=-1073781948&BV_ID=@@@
Posted by jo on 2008-05-15 17:49:00
T20 Bowler Friendly Suggestions posted by Dr.Johney Xavier is good and will help T20 crickt a great entertainment for all who love good bowling and batting.
Posted by mada on 2008-05-15 18:21:23
Posted by mada on 2008-05-15 18:21:23
Please, April fools day is past and I'm not falling for that! I've heard very little crap worse than the above rule changes.
Mr.Xavier, the reason many don't like T20 is that for the most part, it won't resemble cricket, atleast in the near future. Batters will have baseball grips, bowlers will bowl off 2 step run ups and the whole game will be reduced to a shadow of what it once was.
But such proposed rule changes only adds 'tamasha' to the proceedings! Lets get it straight, do we want to watch proper cricket or our own ripped-manual style gully cricket?
"Cracker Zone" "Golden Maiden?" 9 runs for 1 shot? Give me a break!
Maybe we should give 2 wickets to a fielder taking a one-handed catch, 2 wickets bonus to a bowler who uproots the middle stump, (one wicket 'golden' bonus if he can take out the stump camera too!) Subtract runs from the batting team if a fielder takes a skier more than 30 metres high, Bonus 5 runs to the fielding team for a direct hit runout - I could go on listing a squillion more "bowler friendly suggestions" but unfortunately none of them work! Neither do yours, Mr. Xavier. , not even for the comedy show called Twenty20 cricket.
I admire your enthusiasm in sending the proposed changes to the ICC, but I think it would be better off if all us real cricket lovers stick to watching proper cricket and pray for a miracle..
Posted by Ajesh Nag on 2008-05-16 01:35:13
Mr.Xavier, the reason many don't like T20 is that for the most part, it won't resemble cricket, atleast in the near future. Batters will have baseball grips, bowlers will bowl off 2 step run ups and the whole game will be reduced to a shadow of what it once was.
But such proposed rule changes only adds 'tamasha' to the proceedings! Lets get it straight, do we want to watch proper cricket or our own ripped-manual style gully cricket?
"Cracker Zone" "Golden Maiden?" 9 runs for 1 shot? Give me a break!
Maybe we should give 2 wickets to a fielder taking a one-handed catch, 2 wickets bonus to a bowler who uproots the middle stump, (one wicket 'golden' bonus if he can take out the stump camera too!) Subtract runs from the batting team if a fielder takes a skier more than 30 metres high, Bonus 5 runs to the fielding team for a direct hit runout - I could go on listing a squillion more "bowler friendly suggestions" but unfortunately none of them work! Neither do yours, Mr. Xavier. , not even for the comedy show called Twenty20 cricket.
I admire your enthusiasm in sending the proposed changes to the ICC, but I think it would be better off if all us real cricket lovers stick to watching proper cricket and pray for a miracle..
Posted by Ajesh Nag on 2008-05-16 01:35:13
Looks like Flintoff retired a series too late. He is a great personality but his stat sheet identifies him as "all bluff and no bluster". Seven wickets for the series and nothing, zip, zero, nana at Edgbaston. Andrew, if you are going to be a bully boy you need to be able to show a few carcases for your big mouth.
Posted by gd5733 on 2009-08-04 10:49:46
Posted by gd5733 on 2009-08-04 10:49:46
Re: Mitchell Johnson.
After seeing the above in action I can`t help but feel that his bowling arm action is possibly illegal?
The ball leaves the hand when his arm appears to be at 45 degrees or so and perhaps this is how he gets the ball down at the pace he does.
An upright overarm bolwler he does not appear to be.
The rules of the game after all are there to bne followed, (ideally with a straight arm).
Interested to hear other comments on this.
Posted by lakerevans on 2009-08-18 19:04:43
After seeing the above in action I can`t help but feel that his bowling arm action is possibly illegal?
The ball leaves the hand when his arm appears to be at 45 degrees or so and perhaps this is how he gets the ball down at the pace he does.
An upright overarm bolwler he does not appear to be.
The rules of the game after all are there to bne followed, (ideally with a straight arm).
Interested to hear other comments on this.
Posted by lakerevans on 2009-08-18 19:04:43
The reason why Australia lost the ashes was the fact they should of played bret lee in the last test as a pommie i am i think LEE is a fantastic player and really he should of played!
Posted by kabradiolastdance on 2009-09-17 00:27:05
Posted by kabradiolastdance on 2009-09-17 00:27:05
Sachin, Harbhajan and Zaheer join Nita Ambani in reaching education to underprivileged and disadvantaged kids
Sometimes you can score in cricket without picking a bat and walking onto the crease; before you spin the ball and send a thunderbolt streaking down the wicket; and, even while the covers are still on the grass and the teams are dressing up. All it takes is a cause, your belief in it, and the willingness to give of yourself to further that cause. That’s what Nita Ambani has started doing this week, scoring for her IPL team the Mumbai Indians, even though the third season of the popular Twenty20 tournament is still a cool 17 days away. And this Nita’s doing not for Messrs.
Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan & Co., but for underprivileged kids of five NGOs that she is supporting through an initiative called ‘Education For All’. It was launched across national television channels on Sunday. Of course, Sachin, Bhajji and Zaheer are part of the initiative, they all appear in 15-second commercials for the cause, but the real stars of this Mumbai Indians promo are the children who make an endearing appearance with Nita at the end. Look out for it, you will know what I mean.
As to how Nita intends taking her cause to the masses, it’s simple. Just like American cycling legend Lance Armstrong did for cancer victims in 2004, the Mumbai Indians is selling blue silicone wristbands signed by Tendulkar and other greats from the team that say ‘Education For All’. Every band sold will mean some amount of money goes towards the NGOs Pratham, Ummeed, Akanksha, Teach For India and Nanhi Kali that do exemplary work in educating underprivileged children. The sale proceeds will be matched by a contribution from the Mumbai Indians’ kitty. Nita is counting on the huge fan base her team has across the country to boost the sales, but since it is for a charitable cause, all benevolent Indians supporting other IPL teams are expected to pitch in and buy the bands as well. “It’s a small and humble effort,” said Nita who believes education is the key that unlocks the potential of every child. She must know, she was a school teacher once, and now she runs the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, one of the world’s premier holistic education institutions providing a robust, all-round learning that stresses on values of humanity as much as it does on academics. In the evenings, this prestigious institute becomes an education centre for Akanksha’s underprivileged kids. Besides which, through the Reliance rural schools in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Nita also looks after the education of 15,000 other children.
“One of India’s big needs is for every underprivileged kid, especially the girl child, to know how to read and write,” continued Nita. “This is a cause that’s very dear to me, and Sachin, Harbhajan and Zaheer were happy to endorse it in the promo.” It doesn’t end just with the sale of the ‘Education For All’ bands that are available at all Reliance and Sahakari Bhandar stores in Maharashtra, of course. For Nita, who sits cheering in the dug-outs whenever her team is playing, will take 120 of these kids to see every home match. She later plans to hold a special benefit match for them with her players.
“It will be such fun, imagine Zaheer bowling to the kids! Cricket is so unusual, it unifies everybody, and the kids know so much about the game — I’m surprised,” she said in an interaction with children from the five NGOs over a game of cricket in a Cuffe Parade garden. “Who is India’s greatest batsman,” she asked, conducting an impromptu quiz. Every hand went up. “Sachin Tendulkar,” they cried, with one boy adding shyly, “He’s also the captain of our team!” And Nita Ambani, who’s totally involved with the Mumbai Indians, and understands cricket closely, blushed with pride...
Posted by newsglobally on 2010-02-26 17:48:52
Sometimes you can score in cricket without picking a bat and walking onto the crease; before you spin the ball and send a thunderbolt streaking down the wicket; and, even while the covers are still on the grass and the teams are dressing up. All it takes is a cause, your belief in it, and the willingness to give of yourself to further that cause. That’s what Nita Ambani has started doing this week, scoring for her IPL team the Mumbai Indians, even though the third season of the popular Twenty20 tournament is still a cool 17 days away. And this Nita’s doing not for Messrs.
Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan & Co., but for underprivileged kids of five NGOs that she is supporting through an initiative called ‘Education For All’. It was launched across national television channels on Sunday. Of course, Sachin, Bhajji and Zaheer are part of the initiative, they all appear in 15-second commercials for the cause, but the real stars of this Mumbai Indians promo are the children who make an endearing appearance with Nita at the end. Look out for it, you will know what I mean.
As to how Nita intends taking her cause to the masses, it’s simple. Just like American cycling legend Lance Armstrong did for cancer victims in 2004, the Mumbai Indians is selling blue silicone wristbands signed by Tendulkar and other greats from the team that say ‘Education For All’. Every band sold will mean some amount of money goes towards the NGOs Pratham, Ummeed, Akanksha, Teach For India and Nanhi Kali that do exemplary work in educating underprivileged children. The sale proceeds will be matched by a contribution from the Mumbai Indians’ kitty. Nita is counting on the huge fan base her team has across the country to boost the sales, but since it is for a charitable cause, all benevolent Indians supporting other IPL teams are expected to pitch in and buy the bands as well. “It’s a small and humble effort,” said Nita who believes education is the key that unlocks the potential of every child. She must know, she was a school teacher once, and now she runs the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, one of the world’s premier holistic education institutions providing a robust, all-round learning that stresses on values of humanity as much as it does on academics. In the evenings, this prestigious institute becomes an education centre for Akanksha’s underprivileged kids. Besides which, through the Reliance rural schools in Maharashtra and Gujarat, Nita also looks after the education of 15,000 other children.
“One of India’s big needs is for every underprivileged kid, especially the girl child, to know how to read and write,” continued Nita. “This is a cause that’s very dear to me, and Sachin, Harbhajan and Zaheer were happy to endorse it in the promo.” It doesn’t end just with the sale of the ‘Education For All’ bands that are available at all Reliance and Sahakari Bhandar stores in Maharashtra, of course. For Nita, who sits cheering in the dug-outs whenever her team is playing, will take 120 of these kids to see every home match. She later plans to hold a special benefit match for them with her players.
“It will be such fun, imagine Zaheer bowling to the kids! Cricket is so unusual, it unifies everybody, and the kids know so much about the game — I’m surprised,” she said in an interaction with children from the five NGOs over a game of cricket in a Cuffe Parade garden. “Who is India’s greatest batsman,” she asked, conducting an impromptu quiz. Every hand went up. “Sachin Tendulkar,” they cried, with one boy adding shyly, “He’s also the captain of our team!” And Nita Ambani, who’s totally involved with the Mumbai Indians, and understands cricket closely, blushed with pride...
Posted by newsglobally on 2010-02-26 17:48:52
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