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Two teams who may find the going tough this year are Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club and St George’s Cricket Club. Both have an abundance of players in school in England and could struggle at the beginning of the season. Will the overseas players be a big ...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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Clay Smith
With the league season merely days away, I have not been impressed with what I have seen thus far from players and clubs. Sadly, our season is due to start this weekend and it would not surprise me if the start of the season is postponed.
For the sak...
DATE: May 02, 2014
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Clay Smith
The cricket season is only weeks away, which means that these are crucial days for coaches and players. Coaches need to be focusing on improving the technical and tactical aspects of their players’ game, but they must make training exciting so that p...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
Quite often when you read about cricket you only hear about the so-called big teams, such as Southampton Rangers and St David’s, and the lesser teams often go unnoticed.
Therefore, I want to take a closer look at the teams in the Logic First Divisio...
DATE: Apr 19, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
The Bermuda Cricket Board has officially released the player transfers for the 2014 season. Nineteen players have moved on to a different club in hope of a fresh start. Today I will take a closer look at each team in the Premier Division to see if an...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
Over the past week or so, I have been studying the World Twenty20 games trying to figure out exactly what it is I like and dislike about T20, thus making comparisons with one-day internationals and Test matches.
I have always been a big fan of Test-m...
DATE: Apr 04, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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Clay Smith
The World Twenty20 has started in Bangladesh and what electrifying cricket it has been. As many of you may already know, I am not a big fan of T20 cricket, but this tournament has strangely captured my attention.
Any fan of sports who loves competiti...
DATE: Mar 28, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
With the cricket season little more than a month away, clubs will be starting their pre-season training soon. The focus normally is on getting fit and doing a lot of basic skillwork. The whole idea of pre-season training is that you slowly build up, ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
The World Twenty20 starts this week with a host of countries vying to dethrone West Indies. Long gone are the years when West Indies dominated Test cricket, but they have prevailed in the shorter T20 format. Do they have what it takes to retain their...
DATE: Mar 14, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
If any cricketer wishes to play for another club at the start of the new season they must transfer by the March 31 deadline.
Last season, close to 30 players moved clubs. I want to look into some of the reasons why players move from club to club and...
DATE: Mar 07, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith