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Slow Death: Memoirs of a Cricket Umpire
Telford Vice reviews Slow Death: Memoirs of a Cricket Umpire by Rudi Koertzen with Chris Schoeman Zebra Press, pb, 225pp, £14.99 To the South African umpire with the slowly raised finger one thing matters more than any other RUDI Koertzen … Continue reading
Posted in Magazine, May 2011, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Chris Schoeman, Cricket laws, review, Rudi Koertzen, Rules of Cricket, Telford Vice, Umpires
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Telford Vice: Australia advance, fair dinkum
So the New Zealanders came, saw and were duly conquered in the Champions Trophy final. Australia uber alles, and all that. It is, of course, churlish to deny the Australians the glory they have earned and deserve.
Posted in New Zealand, One-day cricket
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Telford Vice: One more time with feeling
And so to the Champions Trophy final. What a prospect. Tell me when it’s all over the bar shouting. If only the Australians weren’t quite so obviously on their way to another triumph. If only someone more threatening than New … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, One-day cricket
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Telford Vice: Pakistan! Zindabad!
Had an awful nightmare on Friday that ended with Australia earning a place in the Champions Trophy final after England made a hash of the best batting pitch of the tournament. England swashed superbly but also buckled badly and succumbed … Continue reading
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Telford Vice: Keep smiling, skipper
It’s good to see that the sense of humour that has helped Andrew Strauss get this far in life is still with him as he contemplates England’s Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia in Centurion on Friday. “You are only as … Continue reading
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Telford Vice: Come on England!
Good thing not all of us are English, and therefore weren’t party to the misery that went with Australia’s all but unchecked charge to victory in the one-day series in England. From here – and admittedly with the help of … Continue reading
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Telford Vice: The naked truth about the Indian sex dossier
It’s hard to see how the words “Gary Kirsten” might fit into the same sentence as “sex scandal”. Kirsten, once a yeoman opening batsman for South Africa, now India’s coach, has the look and the bearing of a monk, and … Continue reading
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Telford Vice: Welcome back, England
As much as the previously colonised among us enjoy seeing England beaten – this utterly objective reporter included – there is much to be taken from their victories. The Three Lions were indeed rampant in their handsome win over Sri … Continue reading
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Telford Vice: R.I.P. one-day cricket?
Here lies one-day cricket, dead at 32. It is survived by an ageless parent, Test, and a rebellious adolescent sibling, T20. That, at least, is the received version of what the cricket family is staring at as we contemplate, not … Continue reading
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Telford Vice: A fond farewell to the IPL
And so the 2009 edition of the Incredible Pyrotechnic Loudness (IPL) has boomed and banged its last. Like some fabulously bejeweled courtesan, it waved its goodbye with a shimmer and a twinkle at the Wanderers on Sunday. It went not … Continue reading
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