Buzzin Cricket

It is the game that has taken cricket by storm – introducing new fans, providing wonderful evening entertainment and producing some of the most destructive batting in the history of the game. Since its introduction in 2003, there is no doubt that it has been a success.
The game has been fairly well established in the [...]

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The one day series against New Zealand has been a very mixed bag for England. Paul Collingwood’s men started off well with a convincing 114 run victory, then they were thankful to the rain in the second game, a batting collapse cost them in the third and a mistake on the last ball of the [...]

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England one-day skipper Paul Collingwood will miss the side’s next four limited overs matches. He has been banned by the ICC due to England’s poor over rate in Wednesday’s one-wicket loss to New Zealand.
The ban, rather than the usual fine or suspended ban, was imposed because it was Collingwood’s second offence in a year. [...]

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Pace bowler Dale Steyn cleaned up at yesterday’s South African Cricket Awards.  He was named as cricketer of the year, Test cricketer of the year, players’ player and Supersport fan’s cricketer of the year.
Steyn has taken an impressive 78 wickets in the 12 Tests South Africa played this year,  For a while he was  number [...]

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The MCC has decided that the reverse slog, or switch-hit, as played so fantastically by Kevin Pietersen in Sunday’s one-day win over New Zealand, should not be banned.
There has been much debate about the shot’s fairness - the bowler cannot change his delivery style at the last moment, captains can’t set fields to cover the [...]

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