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A great series amidst hollywood melodrama
2008-01-28 13:30:00 Before the start of this series, my expectations on the performance of the Indian team would have been a series draw and sadly however hard you try to not read the score line, it shows Australia wins. So am I disappointed with the fabulous 5 ageing Indian batsmen and the young bowlers? not really? More About: Hollywood , Series , Great , Rahul Dravid , Brett Lee
Bad blood
2008-01-28 11:46:00 It was strange when I wanted to write this post, I felt it was a long time since I listened to my good old metal collection and ended up hearing the soundtrack of the Matrix movie by Ministry? the song ?bad blood?, which ironically this series had its share of spills. More About: Blood , Bad Blood
My favourite cricketer? Adam Gilchrist
2008-01-28 09:35:00 Ok? this is not to be an ideal tribute or anything of that sort. To me, he is my favourite cricketer. As far as his accomplishments in the game is concerned, am sure there will be thousands of articles written on that which I will enjoy it better reading rather than writing with my half-baked ... More About: Players , Cricketer , Adam , Adam Gilchrist
One lucky b@st@rd
2008-01-28 08:57:00 Soulberry in The cricket watchers journal on how lucky a bastard is Andrew Symonds … Felt like adding some more and decided it was not worth it at all. More About: Lucky
Solutions for a reliable foot no-ball call
2008-01-25 13:46:00 The recent trend among umpires has been in the areas of not being able to call foot no-ball calls consistently. The added pressure of the media and the commentators with endless replays has put quite a bit of pressure on the umpires who tend to concentrate more on the line and height at the other ... More About: Call , Solutions , Ball , Foot
On India and racism
2008-01-20 07:22:00 I wanted to write about this and then stumbled on this short but well written article from the Ducking Beamer’s blog on India and racism. You can read about it here. However let’s not confuse this to the actual incident that happened and focus on some of the statements from the boards, ex-players who truly believe ... More About: Racism
The curious case of Shaun Tait
2008-01-18 14:53:00 Once again there was much hype in the Australian media and the man himself on his speed and also that he will rip through the Indian batting like butter. Sadly he failed at everything? bowling extraordinarily fast, walking the talk or be a handful to the Indian batsmen. More About: Players , Curious , Case , Shaun Tait , Brett Lee
A refreshing twenty-20 bash
2008-01-14 09:11:00 Away from the madness of the controversies of the India-Australia test series, it was a refreshing change to see the twenty-20 championship bash where Victoria beat Western Australia by 32 runs. The match was entertaining and it was heartening to see a substantial crowd land up to watch the proceedings, which is a far cry ... More About: Twenty , Bash
Shaun Pollock? Thank you for the memories
2008-01-12 09:22:00 Shaun Pollock announced his retirement from International cricket, which doesn?t come as a surprise as he has been slowly booted out in place of the younger breed of South African fast bowlers. More About: Players , Memories
Behold: The clash of two viewpoints
2008-01-08 09:17:00 Rich in his blog cricket-blog.co.uk, had a track back to my post and has expressed his views on Indian bloggers over-reacting unnecessarily. I couldn?t possibly post these in the comments section. More About: Viewpoints , The Clash , Behold , Clash
This match is f@$Kin fixed!
2008-01-06 07:01:00 That’s it folks! After watching some more atrocious one-sided umpiring happen, I have lost any love to continue watching this series… no more further posts about the series. This match is F@$kin fixed. More About: Match , Fixed
Hayden?s ton and the umpiring saga continues
2008-01-05 09:49:00 Mathew Hayden notched up yet another century and as much as I dislike him, the fact is I cannot ignore him for what he has done for world cricket through his batting. After he gets a start, it is almost written that he will be out only by his own doing almost every time again ... More About: Saga , Benson , Michael Clarke
Roy and Bhajji patch up
2008-01-04 16:50:00 In a dramatic turn of events during the hearing of Bhajji’s level 3 charges of racism abuses to Roy, both the players have declared their undying love for each other. More About: Patch
Dinnie?s tagging game
2008-01-04 16:12:00 Dinnie from Six and out, had initiated this strange tagging game which is about sharing 5 secrets or say as I understand five things about you etc. Here?s mine? More About: Game , Tagging
Bhajji and Tendlya stick it to the Aussies
2008-01-04 10:16:00 A great day for the series as such and finally India sticks it to the opposition to throw open the match to a great contest. It was important that Tendulkar and Sourav play well to ensure that the total comes close to the Aussies and they both stuck it out as well as they could. More About: Rahul Dravid , Yuvraj Singh , Sachin Tendulkar , Stick
Laxman spreads the cheer
2008-01-03 09:04:00 The contest is back and VVS Laxman showed the way on how it has to be done yet again. What a marvelous innings it was and India is interestingly poised for tomorrow?s play. The situation is still tight for India and if early wickets fall once again in the morning session, then it is the ... More About: Cheer , Spreads , Brad Hogg , Rahul Dravid
How not to take a catch
2008-01-02 14:35:00 Here is a perfect example of how not to take a catch. And this is cricket at the highest level, where basic mistakes are costly beyond any repair. More About: Catch , Kumble
Hogg inspires Australian mauling
2008-01-02 09:56:00 Second test match of the series? and so far things don?t seem to be looking any different. Australia has posted a fabulous score of 376 in a single day at a run-rate of 4.2? now that?s some mauling. India bowled as well as they probably could in the initial session and picked up 6 wickets at ... More About: Australian , Andrew Symonds , Brad Hogg
Australia thrash India
2007-12-29 08:52:00 There you have it… Australia jumped, kicked, stamped, mauled and raped India to a huge win. I woke up at 4 a.m looking forward to a possible contest or a fight. 1 hour was all that made me decide to let me catch some sleep. I wonder if this has to be the worst defeat ... More About: Rahul Dravid , Thrash
Day 3 ? Australia consolidates to strike India
2007-12-28 10:10:00 I couldn?t catch much of the match today and therefore keeping it short. Australia played as well as they possibly could on this pitch to post a steep total of 499 for the India ns to chase. Phil Jacques once again did well at the top and Clarke also chipped in with a fine fifty. Jacques ... More About: Rahul Dravid , Strike , Ricky Ponting
Day 2 - Australia eat Indian crumble pie
2007-12-27 11:20:00 The annoying fact of India?s growing inability in not wiping out the tail quickly ran on even today as Australia posted a very competitive first innings total of 343. The Robin Williams look-alike and possibly gay Stuart Clarke, entertained to lift Australia up to a strong position. More About: Indian
Day 1 - A promising match Folks!
2007-12-26 13:43:00 What an interesting day of play! The first test match of the India-Australia series has shown signs of a competitive test series. Now this match really looks alive and kicking isn?t it? Not yet though! To start with, I was pleased to see Kumble go in with two spinners because somehow it made sense to play ... More About: Match , Anil Kumble
Harbhajan takes a digg at Hogg
2007-12-18 17:25:00 Finally, the series which I have been looking forward is around the corner and the games have already began. Harbhajan on landing in Australia has already taken his first dig at ? Hogg! On questions posted on the Australian debate on using an all-pace attack or spin, he said “From our point of view, we ... More About: Digg
Michael Clark becomes Australia?s twenty-20 captain
2007-12-05 16:37:00 In a significant move to groom Michael Clarke for the future, he has been named as the captain of Australia ’s Twenty -20 team against New Zealand. Adam Voges makes his return and newcomer Ashley Noffke is all set to be part of the squad. More About: Andrew Symonds , Ricky Ponting
Sanath Jayasuriya retires with a fine 78
2007-12-03 13:04:00 Sanath Jaya suriya has announced his retirement from test cricket and the current test match with England will be his last. Stuck with poor form off late in the test version, he displayed in his last innings some vintage Jayasuriya shots with a fine 78, studded with 10 boundaries and 1 six. Just when everyone thought ... More About: Players , Fine , Sanath Jayasuriya , Tire
World?s fastest bowler competition - 1979
2007-12-03 10:46:00 Here is an interesting video I found, where Richie Benaud is the host for a competition to identify who was the fastest bowler in the world. Looking at it I can’t help wonder over the fact that the current breed of fast bowlers like Lee and Akhtar, who can hit 150 from the first ball ... More About: World , Competition , Bowl
Murali?s magical 709 and controversies
2007-12-03 09:57:00 And there it was? the much awaited world record, as Murali bowled a beauty of a delivery that went the wrong way to fool Collingwood and take his stumps. And there he was smiling with the satisfaction that he is now the world? best bowler. Interestingly, Murali had told that he actually bowled a regular ... More About: Muttiah Muralitharan , Shane Warne , Controversies , Magica
Zimbabwean cricket ? A remarkable change in attitude
2007-12-01 12:47:00 There is nothing like it to watch the underdog come out with all guns blazing? gives you a pleasantly happy euphoria and Zimbabwe certainly will now get the cricketing fraternity to stand-up and take note, after they defeated West Indies by 30 runs. With a country looming over their political turmoil and indifferent attitude of ... More About: Cricket , Change , Attitude
What a ?Jaffer? of an innings
2007-11-30 19:12:00 Wasim Jaffer pummeled the Pakistan bowlers on day 1 of the second test at Eden gardens, Kolkatta, with an absolutely brilliant 192*, to take India to 352/3 at the end of the day?s play. More About: Dinesh Karthik , Shoaib Akhtar
Dhoni acting in a movie
More articles from this author:2007-11-27 21:25:00 Well almost! no joke, it is a commercial with Dhoni acting as the hero dancing (should I say almost dancing) with bollywood babes, dialogues and Sharukh Khan playing the role of a cricketer a.k.a dhoni… a role swap scenario between the two. Hmm… Dhoni seems to be taking his role rather seriously… Chuckles guaranteed… ignore ... More About: Movie , Acting 1, 2, 3 |
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