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The last time the two teams met was in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in England. But the last time these two teams met on a Test cricket pitch was back in March when Lahore saw a terrorist outfit reduce cricketers to mere hapless...
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The Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, was disappointed that John Buchanan, Australia’s coach during the Ashes of 2005, took up a consultant role with England and the...
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Sunil Gavaskar made some poignant remarks before media persons in Mumbai. However, it sounds a little ironic given that Gavaskar has accepted an important role in the...
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Pakistan may have won the ICC World Twenty20 and restored their respect as a Test playing nation amongst the public. But they have not been able to convince other...
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The worst sides of the Indian team showed up in the first two ODIs in Jamaica. Now it is the turn of St. Lucia and team India will be hoping they fare better.
...
made popular Jul 3 2009
Filed under: Humour, Women, Sports Combining cricket and sex is a pointless exercise. It simply never works. IPL cheerleaders, nudes in lad’s mags holding bats...
made popular Jul 3 2009
Former Australian fast bowler has launched into a scathing criticism of Australia’s captain ahead of the Ashes. And to think that the media is always gunning for the...
made popular Jul 1 2009
Andrew Flintoff’s latest transgression has not met with much amusement and it could even threaten his Ashes stint.
Flintoff reported late and...
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Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, may not be known to be generous towards his opposition on the field. But he has a heart for those suffering from childhood cancer...
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Brett Lee may be looking to make a celebrated comeback. But there are many who believe Lee’s presence may only spoil the party.
Not only ago, it was reported...
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Michael Vaughan made the expected announcement. Yet nothing could prepare England cricket or the rest of the cricket world for the loss of a wonderful captain,...
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Australian Captain, Ricky Ponting, is not looking at John Buchanan’s role in the same humourous role as Shane Warne.
Clearly unsettled about Buchanan’s...
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Andrew Flintoff is in the news for both, good and bad reasons.
Andrew Flintoff is reported to have recovered well from the knee surgery he had to undergo midway...
made popular Jun 30 2009
John Gloster, the former Indian cricket team physio, draws another angle to the Indian cricketers’ performances and also, encourages them to skip tournaments such...
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Following India’s defeat to the West Indies rather embarrassingly at Sabina Park, Jamaica in the second ODI, former Pakistan fast bowler and now commentator,...
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If the head honchos of the ICC are to be believed, Test cricket will not be played in the format that cricket aficionados have become accustomed to. It has to be the...
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The long awaited announcement finally happened. Irfan Pathan is all set to marry his girlfriend of six years.
Irfan Pathan will wed Shivangi Dev, whom he has...
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While Australia cricketers such as Ricky Ponting knew well why Michael Vaughan was not picked for the Ashes, the latter’s absence does create a hole in terms of...
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The Indians can no longer hide. Their weaknesses have been exposed. Or so claims, Man of the match in the second ODI Ravi Rampaul.
Rampaul has not played...
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It has happened before and it will not be astonishing if it happens again. The only thing perhaps is – what took the BCCI so long?
Krishnamachari...
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There is a promotional advert in a Colombo newspaper drawing attention to the Sri Lanka team at the ICC World T20 that has become so typical of...
made popular Jun 24 2009
by Veena Gabriel
The ICC World Twenty20 new Champions, Pakistan, may be on the other side of fence when it comes to team India but interestingly they have one Indian...
made popular Jun 23 2009
It was an ironic semi final, the second in the ICC World Twenty20 in England. Sri Lanka appeared to have stuttered and stalled only to then accelerate and vanquish the...
made popular Jun 21 2009
Sri Lanka was almost taken aback by the manner in which Ireland approached their chase. Luckily they had their wits and weapons about them in the crucial match in the...
made popular Jun 15 2009
In the battle between Asian nations, Sri Lanka proved the superior of the two teams in the Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20.
Sri Lanka relied heavily...
made popular Jun 15 2009
It may not have the tournament’s most explosive batsmen but it still does have a fair of batsmen who could make it very interesting as a contest. The IPL 2 second...
made popular May 23 2009
It was curtain calls for Kings XI Punjab the same day that the defending champions, the Rajasthan Royals, were given the boot. As they now pray for an outside miracle,...
made popular May 21 2009
The difference between the winning Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore was decidedly an innings that separated the best from the rest. It came from...
made popular Apr 21 2009
by Trevor Chesterfield
As South Africa remained at the head of the International Cricket Council’s limited overs log after a 3-2 series win over injury-hit...
made popular Apr 21 2009
by Trevor Chesterfield
It is far too simplistic to suggest that the planned terrorist ambush of the Sri Lanka team bus and match officials in their van, was an...
made popular Mar 6 2009
If the return of the Sri Lankan cricketers to their families looked like the family reunions that usually happen between those involved in the service of the armed...
made popular Mar 5 2009
Younis Khan did what he expected of any new skipper – bely the thought that captains suffer from batting issues once they become, well, captains. But it helps when...
made popular Feb 24 2009
Mahela Jayawardene has a few parting words of advice to young spin ace, Ajantha Mendis, before relinquishing his captaincy.
Jayawardene believes that Mendis should...
made popular Feb 16 2009
by Trevor Chesterfield
It was a scene, briefly caught by the television camera, yet it highlighted as well as reflected the hidden drama of a growing personal...
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by Siddharth Raman
The Indian cricket team ought to be greatful to the BCCI and Sri Lankan cricket board for adding the hastily scheduled ODI series and T20 match in...
made popular Feb 16 2009
There is no reward for honesty. Mahela Jayawardene, just days earlier, admitted that his own form with the bat in the one day internationals was a worry. When a captain...
made popular Feb 12 2009
Muttiah Muralitharan finally overhauled Wasim Akram as the highest wicket taker in one day internationals. But it came at a price after Gautam Gambhir had notched a...
made popular Feb 5 2009
While Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has stated that his team will play for pride, there is little doubt that the skipper is clueless about what his team needs...
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At least that was the impression team India were trying to give as they trashed Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the third one day international.
It was incredulous to...
made popular Feb 4 2009
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