Now that the nonsense of Test cricket is out of the way for a while (five days for no result? What a waste of time), it’s time for the glorious return of the IPL. We run the rule over this year’s tournament.
Caution: the following article contains conspiracy theories. Donning tinfoil headware is recomended before reading.
The recent IPL auction was utterly ridiculous and nothing exemplified that more than the conduct of the Pune Warriors, who threw money at rubbish they didn’t even need. Was there method in their madness? No, probably not.
After nine months of tension and excitement, IPL 6 began limbering up for action last weekend with its traditional annual demonstration of unseemly excess.
And that’s why we love it so very, very, much. Put your morals and prejudices aside and prepare to wallow in the glorious filth that is the 2013 IPL Auction.
Even from beyond the grave, Kevin Pietersen’s international limited overs career continues to stir debate. Just to reiterate: Kevin Pietersen is not dead, it was just a joke that seems to have been taken seriously by a few people. And a national television channel.
With T20 crowds in England at their lowest since the format was invented in 2003, Steve Grant pinpoints the reason and offers a very simple solution.
Remember IPL 2012? The tournament that couldn’t slow down? Well it’s finally, mercifully, over. Rather than just letting it go quietly we got the 51allout crew together to give it a worthy send off.
With the Pune Warriors’ IPL campaign coming to a predictably depressing conclusion, we run the rule over their performance this season. Dada fanboys and those with a weak stomach might want to skip this one. It’s not going to be pretty.
We need you to dig in now. It wasn’t a nightmare. It really is still going.