365 Sporting Days
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PSL6 Starts today in Karachi with the Champions Karachi Kings playing Quetta Gladiators. The Final takes place in Lahore on Mondaty 22nd March. I’d planned to fly out to watch as part of celebrations for my big birthday on March 17th, but as with so many things Covid has put paid to that. This is a 6 team tournament. Here’s […]
With loud fanfare in the cricket world the IPL auction took place this week. whether you like it or not it’s a big thing and it won’t be going away any time soon. Initially players were retained by their teams, those who were released or new to the tournament went into said auction. There were several notable bds and non-bids, […]
Virat Kohli’s name has helped fill many column inches in the aftermath of the second test between India and England. He was out for a 5 ball duck in the first innings, bowled by a peach of a ball by Moeen Ali, his face was an absolute picture of shock as the ball spun round him to hit the stumps. […]
The Premiership Clubs have just had a 2 week break from playing; which means the officials have had the same time to have a bit of chat and a brush up of the laws and their interpretation. Since the Barbarians debacle, involving 13 players, there have been 6 appearances before the Disciplinary Committee for those playing the mens’ game, 2 […]
Sunday 4th October was the last time Saracens Men played a meaningful game of rugby, that being a 17 all draw against Bath rugby, they’ve had one warm up match against a Leicester Tigers XV but the club and its fans have been without rugby for nearly 4 months. We have to go back to Friday 28th February for Ealing’s last Championship game, a 8 – 17 win at Coventry. They played 2 games against both Newcastle and Bristol in November and December preparation for the new Championship season. This cup is a warm up competition with the hope that the Championship, now split into 2 leagues can start on March 16th; both teams featuring at Vallis Way have ambitions […]
Most Saracens fans will have been happy to put 2020 behind them for rugby reasons as well as all those everyone else faced. It was truly an Annus horribilis. Once the news of the club breaching the salary cap things went from bad to worse, as a £5.4m fine and a 35 point deduction was turned into a 105 point […]
A comment by a young rugby writer about Italy and project players got me thinking and on the back of that I wrote an article on Italy and where they are in 2020. https://debsknigsport.com/2020/10/25/the-6-nations-italy-when-is-enough-long-enough/ In their Autumn Nations Cup match against Scotland on the first weekend of the tournament they had just one ‘project player’ in their starting 15, being […]
Tuesday 17th November saw the Final of Pakistan Superleague 5 – a landmark day for the tournament as in its 5th year all games were played in Pakistan. The final itself taking place in The National Stadium in Karachi. The final was between the Karachi Kings and the Lahore Qalanders, meaning anew team would lift the trophy in 2020. The […]
A day after they beat Peshawar in the first eliminator Lahore Qalanders were back in the National Stadium in Karachi playing for a place in the Final against Karachi Kings. The line ups first:- Multan Sultans Zeeshan Ashraf (wk) Adam Lyth Shan Masood (c) Rilee Rossouw Ravi Bopara Khushdil Shah Shahid Afridi Sohail Tanvir Mohammad Ilyas Imran Tahir Junaid Khan […]
Match 2 of the re-started PSL 5 was the first of 2 eliminators for a place in the final, waiting for the winner of the second eliminator will be Karachi Kings, the team I’ve supported since the start. The line ups! Lahore Qalanders Sohail Akhtar (c) Fakhar Zaman Tamim Iqbal Mohammad Hafeez Ben Dunk (wk) Samit Patel David Wiese Muhammad […]
Pakistan Superleague 5 started on 20th February 2020 – today on 14th November 2020 the play offs started. The first between The Karachi KIngs and The Multan Sultans was for a place in the Final, with the loser going into the second elimination game. A look at the teams first:- Karachi Kings Babar Azam Sharjeel Khan Alex Hales Wayne Parnell […]
2021 sees a change to the way the Champions Cup is structured. The competition will consist of 2 Pool of 12 teams. The 24 teams, 8 from each league – the Premiership, The Top 14 and the Pro 14 have been put into 4 tiers. A draw was held to decide which team from each tier went into which pool. […]
I had an interesting exchange with Reuben Herbert in a County Cricket group during the summer and asked if he fancied putting his thoughts down. Here he writes as a guest blogger. His thoughts on structure would work across most sports in this country. I made a comment a while back that county clubs should be limited to 18 professional players with the development side of the game run through an amateur structure. This […]
I sat watching the re-started 6 Nations last night, a catch up game for Ireland against Italy. The scoreline was somewhat predictable as Ireland scored 50 points to Italy’s 17. A try in ‘extra’ time for Italy could have a big influence on the eventual winners on Super Saturday. Ireland are a point to the good with their 7 tries, […]
I heard someone talking about the media early on in the Covid Lockdown – it went along the lines of – It’s all about being first, facts aren’t important. Let’s hold that thought as I look back at the match between Saracens and Wasps last weekend. I realise I’m late to this subject but I wanted to be in possession […]
Lots has happened cricket wise since Round 4 of this summer’s red ball County Cricket competition. Not least the arrival of the Australians for a white ball only tour. Australia somehow managed to lose the first T20 from an unassailable position. They didn’t hit a boundary from the 14th over until the 3rd ball of the 20th! Dawid Malan had […]
