Ekantt Views

Game 2 of this tournament. Pakistan and WI are 2 very unpredictable sides showing sparks of brilliance at times and  are quite ordinary sometimes. Inconsistent is the word that is often associated with these 2 sides. Pakistan won CT2017 here in England against arch rivals India and did so in some style. WI have shown sign of improvements in recent months. WI won the toss and decided to chase. Overcast conditions and WI quicks were ready to go. Tall bowlers and more than decent bounce drew the collapse earlier than expected. Andre Russell. Talk of the town and rightly so. He looks hungry. He looks determined. His best is ahead of him. This is a big stage and he is adamant to make a mark. Pooran has shades of Chanderpaul. Not the most pleasant strokes but effective nonetheless. I have a feeling that Gayle has devised his own scientific calculator. First 10-12 overs. Play 30 odd balls with a target of 5 sixes. An odd 4 here and there and then either go berserk or hold one end without ...

I thought of adding an update prior to game 1 of this tournament but couldn’t do so. The Dozenth edition has started on a brighter note for the home team. England started poorly with Bairstow gone for first ball duck. Tahir the wristspinner with his much loved sprint did the trick . Solid contributions from Roy Root Morgan and that man Ben Stokes. I thought England were in sight of 330 at one stage which I do consider was par score. Anything over 300 still is a very good score if you have Archer In your side as it turned out to be. There were many  things that Stokes did on field today. That catch at boundary overtakes everything else. If fielding is an art and catching a cricket ball is your tool to draw something on a canvas. Ben Stokes has already created most beautiful painting of this tournament. England have started confidently. They look hungry. Still early days but it will take some stopping to halt them. South Africa do not feature in my top 4 . Absence of Steyn not helpin...

Cricket World Cup 2019 Summer of 2019 promises to be a feast for cricket lovers. Just wanted to share my views on this much awaited event. Below are the 10 teams( in Alphabetical order)  and their full squads. AFGHANISTAN Gulbadin Naib (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan and Mujeeb ur Rahman. AUSTRALIA Aaron Finch (c), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (vc & wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa BANGLADESH Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Mohammad Mithun (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel H...