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    Draft: The Dominance Draft

    Throughout the history of our beautiful game we have had certain teams dominate World Cricket. For the purpose of this draft, I wish to solely focus upon West Indies, Australia and India, as this has happened in my living memory. 3 Dominant Eras: 1. West Indies 1975-1994 2. Australia 1994-...
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    What did you eat today?

    The older one was closed. Thought, why not start a new one, after 12 odd years! I did have some Butter Chicken with rice. Typcial Indian cuisine when living abroad.
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    Player Management & 'Rest'

    I wanted to specifically talk about the latest buzz word 'Rest' here. We have seen many teams rotate a few players just to get them ready for 'what ifs'. However, the likes of England and India have taken player management to a hitherto new level in the recent past. England have been at it for...
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    Games on Nintendo Switch

    Are there any good cricket games out for the Switch? This Q may have been asked, but some of the threads seem really hold. Hence, restarting the discussion again
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    Australia & South Africa tour of India, Sept 2022

    So, both Australia & South Africa are all set to tour India, right before the World T20. Here's a summarization of the schedule. In an ideal situation, they should have moved this tour to Australia. it would have allowed our players to acclimatize to the conditions and get better prepared...
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    Chromecast vs Firestick vs Alternatives?

    My smart TV has been acting up of late. Having frequent Netflix , YouTube and Yupptv crashes while viewing. Don't want to buy a new TV cause of the expense and the current one is quite good-picture wise and all. Was thinking of investing in something like a Chromecast or Amazon Firestick...
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    The Metaverse

    Let's discuss... From a digital perspective, I'm quite interested in understanding more about this term and how it would change our lives. Here's a basic article to help you guys get started, just in case anyone is wondering what the fuss is all about...
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    Tea or Coffee

    A simple discussion really- Tea or Coffee. I'll start off here- I am a TEA person. By TEA, I mean the Indian version- CHAI, the one where they add milk to a pot of boiling tea leaves. End up having at least 2 cups daily- one in the morning, one at 4pm-ish. Don't really have a favourite brand...
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    Which Airline do you prefer?

    Lot of us havent been travelling of late. However, the love for travel is omni-present and airlines do help in getting there. So, wanted to ask which airlines do you guys prefer and why? What is it that you like about that particular carrier? Would love to hear your thoughts
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    Favourites Cricket Jerseys

    Going through the older posts and was surprised this hadnt come up until now. Hence, though of creating this thread where you all can post your favourite cricket jerseys of all time. If there's adequate consensus, we can even change this to Best/ Worst Jerseys. My most favourite being the one...
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    Member Blog Articles

    Perhaps more of a question for the Admins/ Old Timers. I remember, about a decade ago, the forums had a separate team that was instrumental in posting Member's articles/ blogs to a section on Planetcricket. Not sure if this was shut down over the years due to lack of writers/ lack of interest...
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    Becoming a Cricket Umpire

    Any inputs on how to take this up? Countries like Australia and England have some solid programs and the details are available on their website. On the contrary, the world's biggest market and its board do not have a section on this. Australia...
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    Bangladesh as a Test Playing Nation ?

    A great Monday and what better than a controversial post to begin it with. Ever since they were granted the Full Membership/right to play test cricket. I have been very very skeptical of the ICC+BCB. Agree that countries take time to establish themselves and this can take a few years. Given...
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    Cricinfo vs Cricbuzz

    A simple debate which is bound to snowball into a pretty long thread here. For decades, Cricinfo ruled the roost. However, they have been nicely challenged by Cricbuzz over the years. The reasons for such a paradigm shift range from the 'News Credibility, Grammar, Frequency to even the...
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    Haydos 380

    Anyone excited about this one? The man himself announced that it will be available for download on the mobile platforms shortly.
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    Sportsbook Cut off time for Cricket

    Earlier, we used to have a cut off time for all Vbookie events. This was basically before the start of the game. I recently noticed that I was able to place my wagers on the Ind v Nam match after the toss was completed. Well, I did win, but to an extent, doesnt seem right. In terms of more...
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    Gujarat Titans

    Official Thread for Team Ahmedabad. Irelia Pte Ltd/ CVC have won the bid to own and operate the Ahmedabad franchisee of the IPL at a cost of INR 5625 crores
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    Lucknow Super Giants

    Official Thread for Team Lucknow.- Lucknow Super Giants RPSG Ventures have won the bid to own and operate the Lucknow franchisee of the IPL at a cost of INR 7090 crores
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    Super Cricket-SC2 & All-Stars Cricket

    Has anyone played these games on mobile? I was massively hooked onto Super Cricket 2. Its a pity though that Nikhil Suresh stopped updating this game. Else, its was a fantastic one to play, super graphic, damn quick and had all the modes you could dream of. The developer then came up with the...
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    Travel- Current Restrictions & Quarantines

    Since I am currently living in Hong Kong, thought of starting this thread to understand what are the current travel restrictions that you guys are facing. As an Indian citizen, it is quite difficult to go to any other country, unless you have a residency visa. At present, only Maldives, Russia...
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