Editor’s Pick (Test): Pakistan

Editor’s Pick (Test): Pakistan - Sri Lanka

The first match - Sri Lanka won by 21 runs. Rangana Herath Walked away with the honours. It was a slow match that suddenly became interesting on the fourth day and then it was one helluva match. Sri Lanka needed this win. Not just to break their streak that they created for themselves against India but to bring back a bit of confidence to themselves. Another point to notice - Pakistan have never lost a series in UAE. This is the first day-night test series for both teams. A lot of action waiting.

Batsmen

Shan Masood

Haris Sohail

Azhar Ali

Dimuth Karunaratne

Bowlers

Suranga Lakmal

Rangana Herath

Mohammad Abas

Yasir Shah

Hasan Ali

All-Rounder

Dilruwan Perera

Wicket-Keeper

N Dickwella

What do you think? Sri Lanka can do it again?

Indu

P.S. Please note that the above-expressed opinions are purely the Editor’s. We do not take responsibility, nor can we guarantee the performance of the players. All the best !!!

Comments

Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans - Post Match Blog.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Ain't it true. Newcomers Sultans thrash Peshawar Zalmi by 7 wickets in PSL 2018 opener sending shockwaves through the league. Being a defending champion did take a toll on Peshawar Zalmi. Not easy walking into a tournament with everyone looking at you assuming you will win.

When the Sultans came in to bat, they had an early upset when they lost the opener for a duck. With a target of 152, it took the experienced Kumara Sangakkara to set the ship on course towards the target. He was calm and composed as he has been throughout his international career. Singles and doubles. And planned boundaries. By the time he was out, caught behind, the team was fairly stable. Shoaib Malik’s captain knock along with Kieron Pollard finished the match in style.
Earlier in the day, Peshawar Zalmi came in to bat. Apart from Mohammad Hafeez’s 59, with twenty-something runs from Dwayne Smith and Darren Sammy; the rest of the batsmen barely contributed. Like I s…

Fan Data Analytics: Key to drive sports company growth

Over the last several years, the buzz word in business and IT circles has been "big-data" and analytics. Many many articles and write-ups talk about them so I won't go into the details. You could get enough to last a lifetime with just the first few results of a Google search of these terms. But do you really know how it applies, specifically to a sports company?

For long, sports franchises have been one of the biggest users of analytics. Before this was a buzz word, coaches and managers have relied up numbers and finding patterns in them to drive on-field performance. Indeed, the major leagues of the world have relied on performance analytics for everything from scouting for talent to calling the action on the field of play.

But that never transcended to the off-field, more mundane but equally important task of managing the sports business. As more and more options come up vying for the fan's attention - live events, travel, other sports, TV, the Internet - the war…

Why do you run??

As the running season for the year 2013 begins, I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the subject. I am not a great runner. Heck - I started running only a few years ago… well past my 35th birthday. So this is not an attempt to guide or teach or inspire. I don't have any specific objective in mind as I am writing this. I am just sharing my thoughts on how I feel when I run long distance which others could possibly relate to.

I have been running relatively long distances (5K, 10K and 21K) for a couple of years now. When I run a half marathon, I take longer than a seasoned runner. A seasoned runner takes around 2 hours (And here I am excluding the seriously good runners who do it at a much more rapid pace) while I take 25 minutes longer. But if you think about it… I am on my feet for that much longer. So in that sense, taking longer to finish is better than finishing faster - right?
What do I think about when running… Deep philosophy? Something that has been occupying my …

3 comments

Read more

Game on...

Search This Blog