Submitted by rickeyre on
I think this Test is going to be a draw already.
Midwinter-Midwinter points for Day One: Paul Collingwood 3 pts, Ian Bell 2 pts, Kevin Pietersen 1 pt.
Please note: the official pronounciation of XSPF is "spif", even though it stands for "XML Shareable Playlist Format". About eighty minutes of poddage from the ABC, BBC, Guardian, CricInfo, Telegraph and Daily Mail.
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Episode two of the Net Sessions, first released August 19, 2005. Re-archived in my new blog structure and only available in Ogg Vorbis format.
There were eight episodes made up till January 2006 and they will be progressively re-loaded to this blog in the next few days.
I promise there will be a series two. If anyone wants to collaborate in Net Sessions 2.0, please contact me.
(Update July 2013: This episode of The Net Sessions is now available on Soundcloud as below. You may have noticed by now that there never was a series two.)
Submitted by rickeyre on
Attached is episode one from the first series of my cricket podcast, The Net Sessions. This audio was first released on August 5, 2005.
I am re-archiving the audios as part of my new blog structure, and in Ogg Vorbis format only. The former podcast feeds are in the process of being deprecated.
Submitted by rickeyre on
Looking at the teams that Australia and England have fielded for the First and Second Tests, it is obvious where the real experience lies.
Australia has seven players with one or more books published. England has just two.
The teams, with links to their books as listed on Abebooks.com:
Australia:
Justin Langer
Matthew Hayden
Submitted by rickeyre on
December 1 is World AIDS Day. The ICC, a solid supporter of the UNAIDS program, has issued the following statement:
Cricket world unites for AIDS
Dubai, Nov.30 (ICC press release): The leading teams and players from across the cricket world will unite together this week in support of people living with HIV/AIDS for the fourth consecutive year.
World Aids Day, which is on the 1st December, will be marked with a series of activities on or around the day at major Test and ODI matches, while the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Development Program will also run a number of events aimed at providing education on HIV/AIDS for young people on cricket programmes.