CRICKET BLOGS

My terrarium used to be a 20 gallon fish tank, but my fish died and I wanted to try something new. I made a lovely planted terrarium and introduced a house gecko I found wandering around in my dad’s office. I added some crickets for him to eat, all was well…and then the house gecko escaped. And the crickets started breeding like crazy, and then it was just a blare of noise, day and night (the terrarium is in my room) In hind sight, the situation sort of reminds me of Vuvuzelas in the world cup.

Anyway…so it was driving me crazy, so I took the terrarium outside, removed all the plants and rinsed all the dirt off their roots, pressure washed all the rocks clean, put my spider in a jar, removed every bit of soil from the tank(and what seemed to be thousands of crickets of various sizes). I bought a bag of miracle grow potting soil instead of digging up soil from the garden. I reconstructed the terrarium (it looks perfect now). All was well.

This was about two/threeish months ago. I woke up this morning to the sound of a cricket in my terrarium, chirping away Bzzzziiizzzzzzzizzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiizzzzzzzzziiiiii. WHAT!?! Where did it come from?! I don’t know. I thought I had removed all the cricket infested crap. I would tear appart the terrarium, but Miss spider had babies a month ago, so she and about a dozen of her growing little ones inhabit the tank and I love how the tank looks.

How do I get rid of this cricket, or however many there are without taking appart my terrarium again?(seems to be few, because the soil isn’t crawling with the unholy presence of them and their spawn…yet)

Bonus question: how on earth do you think this cricket got in there? The tank does have an open lid, but it’s on a 5 foot book case, has glass sides that don’t have wires or anything that could be climbed.

I am new to cricket and the first match that i saw was India vs Pakistan and I only watched the last over of the match where Harbhajan singh had hit a six!
Hey Joey i am an American man, not indian. I am into wrestling and simply feeling to love cricket.

The Aus. vs. Pak was fixed. Proof of it is that in the last over where 18 runs were needed for Australia victory, Afridi decided to use a spinner. Also he made little or no runs. He threw away his wicket by intentionally placing the ball very high. That is unusual for a batsman who has been playing cricket for 14 years and is known well to score fast. Saeed Ajmal in the last over bowled so slow, that it was guaranteed a six. His speed was not even 100 km/hr in one of the deliveries hit for six. Also salman butt played slow intentionally. He scored 32 runs in 30 balls, when most opening batsmen in 20/20 can easily score 40 runs in 30 balls. 3 years back in world cup 2007 Pak lost to Ireland too.

Congratulations Sri Lanka, Cricinfo neatly summarizes:
"Kumar Sangakkara set up the chase and Angelo Mathews took them to the final lap before Chamara Kapugedera sealed the finish in style by hitting a six off the last ball. It was that close and dramatic. The captain and the two inexperienced men he had backed heavily in the past had come through when it mattered at the big stage. "

However, Aussies seem to have figured out the winning formula pretty early.

The bowlers have been the key!

1. England ..can they challenge the Aussies?

2. Pakistan, seems impossible with the batting!

3. From Sri Lanka, can Jaywardane, Matthews, Sangakarra & Member of parliament do it?
EDIT: Good point MBTM, we should all watch IPL instead!
I disagree, Australia & England have played some fantastic and consistent cricket this T20, they cant be called second tier!

Which one of these brother pair has been more impressive than other currently in Cricket and also in T-20 WC and also give reason for each answer.

1)Nathan McCullum V/S Brendom McCullum
2)Michael Hussey V/S David Hussey
3)Albie Morkel V/s Morne Morkel
4)Kamran Akmal V/s Umar Akmal
5)Yusuf Pathan V/s Irfan Pathan(Irfan is not in T20 WC)

Q2)Which is the best brother-pair you have seen in Cricket so far?
For me,it’s Waugh Brothers.
Steve Waugh-Gritty batsman and Great captain and Mark Waugh- a Classical batsman and good slip fielder.

Anyone knows Site for Live show cricket site for 20-20 World Cup

@real timbu, Now I know why people dislike you around here. I don’t blame anyone for hating you sand if you continue insulting people’s cricketers, you get in trouble. Why can’t you give genuine cricket arguements if you know anything about cricket.

Before 2009 T20 WC : http://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/current/story/408143.html
Before 2010 T20 WC : http://www.cricinfo.com/wt202010/content/story/456694.html

A conspiracy theory:
There was reportedly a conflict between Dhoni and Sehwag right before the 2009 version of T20 World Cup, and Sehwag was out with a shoulder injury. Dinesh Karthik from Tamil Nadu was selected to fill the spot.
And Sehwag missed quite a few series in the past year because of injuries.
This year, Sehwag will miss the T20 World Cup because of a shoulder injury (again). And Murali Vijay from Tamil Nadu (who also plays for CSK) will replace him. But I think Robin Uthappa was more consistent than Murali Vijay, and is a tailor-made player for T20 cricket. But his performance was overlooked.
Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of Selectors, is also Tamil Nadu, and is also a part of CSK administrative staff.

Nothing that happened during the IPL matches indicated that Sehwag was injured (or did I miss something?) and the news of the injury came in after DD played all their matches.

Do you think the conflict between Sehwag and Dhoni still exists and the shoulder injury is just an excuse to keep Sehwag away, and Kris Srikkanth is exploiting the situation by giving opportunities to players from his own backyard? Or is it just a conspiracy theory?

what a wonderfull drama packed year 2008 has been for cricket. The year has seen the begining of a decline of Australian dominance, the rise of South Africa, the millions of dollars spent on Indian tournaments, A complete revamp of the 2007 world cup second-runner-up New Zealand team, the growing isolation of Pakistan, the West Indies team left looking like swiss cheese after many retirments, England losing out on 20 million, Bangladesh having its first win over another test playing nation in years, the struggling Sri Lankens…

So what are your predictions? where are these teams heading in 2009?

thanks for your time

"The way he has blossomed in the last few years, he is only getting better and better as a batsman. If he is not playing for India in the Twenty20 World Cup, it is certainly a big advantage for other teams,"
"If Tendulkar had played in this World Cup, I am sure he would made big impact for India."
"With every match he seems to be growing as a batsman and getting better. He is playing like a teenager. There is no sign of age affecting his game at all,"
The biggest thing that he still enjoys playing the sport and he is hunger for runs has not died at all," he said. I think even in Twenty20 cricket you need to bat properly and at times even playing out 20 overs is a big challenge for a team. You need to play orthodox cricket,"

http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/453871.html