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Sidin says Dravid was our Hurricane man in one day matches compared to the spitfire of rest of the team!Dravid, the Hurricane Man - NYTimes.com

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Tanya Aldred: we will miss Test match specialist Rahul Dravid; his duel with Shane Warne was thrilling - Telegraph One of the wonderful article about Dravid and his dual with Warne Back in July 2000 the old ground was saying goodbye to first-class cricket — a victim of poor pitch reports and an alluring Rose Bowl flouncing her wares over in West End. The summer sun was meltingly gorgeous and

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The Spin | Rahul Dravid's displays in a losing cause were an achievement to cherish | Rob Smyth | Sport | guardian.co.uk Rahul Dravid's displays in a losing cause were an achievement to cherishAlmost impossibly, over the last few weeks Gentleman Rahul has made us admire him even more than ever before reddit thisComments (136)Rahul Dravid leaves the field. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action

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Simon Hughes of Telegraph on Dravid's innings in Oval match. The comments also shows the England cricket watcher's admiration of the "wall" England v India: Rahul Dravid deserves our respect after frustrating England - Telegraph This was a departure. The tradition of opponents overtly congratulating a batsman on a Test century has declined. It is left up to an individual to decide whether he

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'The Wall' finally falls to leave England on brink of series whitewash - Cricket, Sport - The Independent At 5pm yesterday, after an entire tour of single-handed resistance, "The Wall" was pierced. It did not take much to be convinced that with Rahul Dravid no more, India would come tumbling down.Dravid had batted throughout the fourth day of the fourth Test as he had batted throughout the

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Lawton talks about Dravid's summer in England this year James Lawton: With Dravid's dismissal, the best of the Indian summer came to an end - Cricket, Sport - The Independent Rahul Dravid was condemned to a losing campaign. Long after the details are forgotten, though, some will surely remember the man who refused to abandon either his great talent or his pride

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The Wall holds up well as Rahul Dravid carries his bat in final Test | David Hopps | Sport | The Guardian "England v The Wall" proclaimed one homespun banner as India's resistance in a one-sided Test series was again left almost exclusively to Rahul Dravid. Right until the end, this most dignified of cricketers has resisted the inevitable with know-how and forbearance.In what is surely his last

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Tanya Aldred: we will miss Test match specialist Rahul Dravid; his duel with Shane Warne was thrilling - Telegraph Back in July 2000 the old ground was saying goodbye to first-class cricket — a victim of poor pitch reports and an alluring Rose Bowl flouncing her wares over in West End. The summer sun was meltingly gorgeous and there were ice-creams in the press box. The salt on the warm wind

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The Hindu : Columns / Nirmal Shekar : Dravid deserves greater respect one of our fine sports writers talks about Dravid's retirementA man less committed to the cause of the nation would have hesitated to answer such a mindless call to arms, writes Nirmal ShekarRahul Dravid has done the right thing by announcing his retirement from limited overs cricket after the ongoing tour of England. For far

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Eternal go-to manEternal go-to manMadhu JawaliWith unparalleled skill and extraordinary work ethics to add to his incredible versatility, Dravid has outdone himselfThe third day of the second Test at Trent Bridge had begun on a sour note. Former England captain Michael Vaughan had suggested in his tweet that Indian batsmen were applying Vaseline on the edges of their bats to hoodwink the Hot Spot

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The Hindu : Sport / Cricket : Dignity and grace synonymous with DravidThe dignified exit without fuss and without rancour is a Rahul Dravid trait.His crisp statement about retiring from One Day Internationals at Northampton on Saturday evening is in a sense a mirror image of the manner in which he bid adieu to the Indian captaincy in September 2007, though at that time he just sent across a

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What a graceful way to bow out of one day cricket ! Time perfectly showing the right way for IndiaSurprised, Rahul decides to focus on Test cricketurprised, Rahul decides to focus on Test cricket- Off-field action: first in Chennai and, then, in NorthamptonLOKENDRA PRATAP SAHIDravidCalcutta: A day of surprises. Saturday, indeed, was just that.In the afternoon, Krishnamachari Srikkanth and his

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The In-Between Man | OPEN MagazineThe In-Between Man When will greatness be conferred on Rahul Dravid? 0 BY Rahul Bhatia EMAIL AUTHOR(S) Tagged Under | Rahul Dravid | batsman | greatness Anachronism Dravid’s worth was in shielding Tendulkar in Tests. If he departed early, hearts

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wow! this is very strange!Rahul Dravid has made a comeback into India's limited-overs plans, after two years out of the side. The injured Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh are the notable omissions in the squad for the five-match ODI series and the only Twenty20 international against England.India in England 2011: Dravid recalled, Yuvraj and Harbhajan out | Cricket News | England v India 2011 |

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Dravid played an epic innings today against Eng at Trent Bridge. Surely the best of his 3 centuries in the last 6 tests.Article1Dravid played the swinging and seaming ball expertly, as ever scoring heavily down to third man and square of the wicket, adjusting his hips and the face of his blade so as to ride the away swing rather than playing across it with a straight bat.England v India: tourists

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Rahul Dravid arguably has claimed to be discussed in this line after his latest exploit in Lord's test. The shot that took him from 94 to 98, a cover drive on back foot with both feet above the ground against one of the premier fast bowler ( Chris Tremlett) was extra ordinary to say the least.Possibly the best compliment that I heard was from Guardian over by over report94th over: India 284-9 (

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      An India-Pakistan match is the only  spectacle during which the entire sub-continent comes to a stand still & 30th March 2011 was one such day .The media had already built up a great hype over the last one week & the pressure & anxiety was tremendous.Do spare a thought as to what  the players of both the teams must have gone through. I am sure all of you were glued to your seats through the

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         The ICC cricket world cup is almost near its climax with only the Semi finals & finals remaining.We can now say that the dust has now settled & it has separated the men from the boys ( SA & Australia will disagree to this) .        India ,Pakistan ,Sri Lanka & New Zealand will fight for the coveted cup in the next couple of days & we will have a new champion for the first time in 12

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Ricky Ponting dares question Sachin Tendulkar: "Tendulkar was praised by Windies captain Darren Sammy as a 'a true gentleman' for walking.When a viewer asked Ponting on a TV show why he didn't walk and Tendulkar did, Ponting went onto the front foot.'I've never known Sachin to be someone that walks all the time, so I'm not sure why he chose to walk the other day,' the Australia captain said."

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Possible good move although his stint as batting coach for Aus has resulted in Aus hitting nadir as batting side!Langer keen to coach India: "Langer keen to coach IndiaJesse Hogan, AhmedabadMarch 22, 2011CRICKET Australia's failure to offer full-time jobs to all its national team coaches could cost it the services of batting coach Justin Langer.The retired opening batsman has been touted by the

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Some sane voice!Cricket World Cup: Why summer of Bollyline still burns:"PR: We can't avoid the next tour of Australia, and especially the Sydney Test. Looking back now, what are your reflections?AK: It was tough. On that third day, I was sitting with Ricky [Ponting's] agent, and I asked him to call him. I spoke to Ricky, and I requested him to pull out [his complaint that Indian spinner Harbhajan

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George Bernard Shaw: 'The English, not being a spiritual people, invented cricket to give themselves some idea of eternity'

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Akash Chopra once again with his highly informative column, this time talks about facing left arm bowlers. But as soon as the ball starts swinging in to the right-hander, in the air and off the surface, a host of new possibilities open up. As a batsman your first instinct is to get the pad out of the way, because the leg-before is a left-arm swing bowler's bread-and-butter dismissal. So you tend

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Moores thinks that stump mikes have to be turned down. What a ridiculous idea ? Classic case of cutting nose for the cold.he is not saying that it reduced the sledging. In fact I say keep the mikes on all the time so that everyone including the TV viewers can hear the inane and banal chatter that goes on. That will be more effective in reducing the chatter. Extract:The England coach, Peter Moores

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Ram Mahesh writes on the classic swing produced by Zaheer Khan and RPSingh in the first two matches against England.Disguise is everything. Neither changes his action or slants his wrist noticeably: for the batsmen looking for cues, few, if any, appear. Zaheer, at times, drags his fingers down the inside of the ball for the outswinger to the right-hander, but it’s done so fast, it’s barely

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Very soon you might see Shane Warne shaking his legs with some blonde in Hindi movies. I say he will not be worse than Govinda !Extract"“Movies?” Warne: “Yeah.” “What sort of roles?” Warne (laughs): “I’m not going to say.” Flintoff: “It was Rocky VII.” Warne: “Naah, a couple of Indian ones.” “What about you, Fred? Any movies yet?” Flintoff: “No, I’m a cricketer. And at this moment in time I’ve

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Sledging- Matt Prior style Last weekend was spent sitting in front of the TV watching first test match between Ind and England and what a match it turned out to be. Full of drama which ended just perfect for us. Now India knows its weaknesses and strength and surely going to prepare better when it comes to next test match which is on Friday.Match was played in a great atmosphere except for

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From Gaurdian OBO commentary"3.51pm The umpires are wandering out to the middle to appraise the light. Nasser Hussain reckons it's got a bit lighter, but that the rain is steady enough to them off. Bloody hell, at this rate we could have up to three hours of foreplay for one orgiastic moment of victory."Cricket: follow live coverage of the first Test between England and India with our live,

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SRT got out LBW to Panesar today, the same way he got out to Panesar to become his first victim in test cricket. Story goes that SRT autographed the ball as requested by Panesar and wrote ' once in a blue moon..will never happen again'.it has happened again and it is time for SRT to either get some runs against quality opposition and give chance to younger players.

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Third personitis strikes Sreesanth now. Here is Sreesanth refering to himself in third person at the end of the second day of Lords test match"It was a stark contrast to yesterday s opening spell one where nerves got the better of him. 'I started bowling like Sreesanth only when I bowled the seventh over the first of my second spell ' he said triumphantly in third person. 'I was standing at fine

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Shoaib Akthar again.."In an interview to a private TV channel, Shoaib said: “I have been made scapegoat by calling me an ‘indisciplined’ player. Infact, there is no discipline in the whole nation. Look at our traffic that defies all rules and regulations, look at the way we rush for food in wedding ceremonies. When there was no discipline in the whole nation, how could Pakistan cricket team be a

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Read this explosive interview with Shoib Akthar published in Telegraph, India.Q: "Are you more up for it when the Sachin Tendulkars are in the opposition A: No... The opposition doesn t matter... Sachin s a good batsman and a humble person... At the same time, I haven t forgotten he once called me a chucker ... I had to restrain myself... (Virender) Sehwag said the same thing and, today, he s

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India won a series after a loooooong time and most remarkable statistics for me was the discipline shown by our bowlers in not conceding a single wide/no ball for the entire match in spite of AA and RPS bowling in the match.Surely, Venkatesh Prasad has to take part of the credit for this.As per Statsguru , the last time this happened was in 1999-00 season and that was also against SA. So a 7

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More heads are rolling after WI crashed out of WC without winning a match against any of the test playing nations.Brian Lara, the original king retired other day and now the coach of WI team , Bennet King resignes too..Cricinfo - King resigns and Bradshaw retires

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What if India is not winning the matches in the cricket field , they are winning it on all other matters. Cricket Australia has been forced to change the recent tradition of staging the concluding Tests of its major series in Melbourne and Sydney following negotiations with the India board. The 2007-08 season will take on a different feel after India, who are due to travel to Pakistan in November

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Looks like South Africa is the new India of the world cup. Here's Neil Manthrop raising some relevant question on South African team which sounds very similar to the questions raised aginst Indian team.If the golden boys of the national team (Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs and Makhaya Ntini) are untouchable when the team is playing well and winning,

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One of my favorite writer , Akash Chopra talks about the unusual shots being deployed in One day Cricket."'m going to bet that Shane Watson hadn't learnt how to get down on one knee and scoop-heave a yorker-length ball over the fine leg boundary for a six in that young cricketer's technical bible, Don Bradman's The Art of Cricket. Watson probably saw that a short-fine leg was in place and wanted

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Now that India is out of the world cup and I am back posting on my original Cricket Blog. Here's Ayaz Memon saying why coach alone shouldn't get the blameAssigning blame for India’s debacle in the World Cup only to Greg Chappell is neither fair nor fact. This would be missing the woods for the trees, finding a scapegoat instead of the real culprit, and so on. I don’t hold a brief for Chappell.

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What a match and what a chase..and NZ grounds are a joke..49.3 Bracken to Brendon McCullum, FOUR!!, low full toss on the off, Brendon McCullum comes down the track and looks to go over the top of long off, outside edge runs it down to third man, that is going all the way for four and that is all over, New Zealand win by 1 wicket49.2 Bracken to Brendon McCullum, no run, yorker length delivery on

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Apparently as much given by New Zealand fielders to their bowlers , according to Peter Roebuck, in yesterday's virtual semi final match against England in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-series. Well..not surprising coming from Peter Roebuck who as readers might remember , was once censured for beating children with stick in one of his cricket coaching clinic.Anyway read the entire article hereCareless

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First over. Very crucial match , in fact the most critical in the series and your best bowler in the previous match comes out with this rubbish. So Harmissonesqu!0.6 Plunkett to Fleming, leg byes, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the leg, Fleming comes on the frontfoot and pads it to backward square leg0.6 Plunkett to Fleming, wide, way down the leg side0.5 Plunkett to Fleming, no run, fuller

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Nitin Pai writing in the much followed blog http://www.acorn.nationalinterest.in, talks about the nationalisation of Cricket in India. My opinion ? This is not Cricket. "The UPA government has delivered a blast from the past, exorcised one of Indira Gandhi’s most damaging policies and turned it loose on Indian cricket. Time and again, this government has shown that it neither understands nor

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Another impressive Cricket blog.Nutley to Nagpur: cricket blog

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Phil Dye explores this in SMH and concludes that he is 'Panesar for Cricket ills'Extract"The release of the new film version of Charlotte's Web last month was within a few days of the English spinner Monty Panesar bowling his first Test delivery on Australian soil. The two events aren't linked, but there's something very similar in the lovable Wilbur in Charlotte's Web and the man we'd really

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Second great Australian player has announced his retirement. Lara can play another series against Aus :)Read all about McGrath's retirement through this cricinfo.com link.Cricinfo - Blogs - The Surfer - McGrath - caravans, coaching and meeting AB

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ndia have won their first ever test match on South African soil by 123 runsZaheer to Ntini, out Caught by Sehwag!! Fullish delivery on the off, Ntini goes for the nooming drive, gets a leading edge, Virender Sehwag runs across and takes a good catch at cover to finish things off for South Africa M Ntini c V Sehwag b Z Khan 8(20) 4s-1 6s-0Cricbuzz.com - RSA v Ind LIVE

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Panesar's celebration on taking a wicket is certainly the most unique thing about him among others. Here's the best description that I have read so far on this.Gideon Haigh writing for "The Gaurdian, UK'The wicket-taking party is cricket’s version of the rave: lots of unrestrained and frenetic activity in which it is hard to completely join. What happens on the other side of the boundary is

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It was said that Bradman used to receive more number of letters from India during his retirement time , than from any other country. This is what I remembered first when reading the following incident in an articlet in SMH. On Bradman's death in 2001, he was farewelled at a memorial service at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, which was attended by the good and the great, several thousand fans

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England is tottering and going down fast in Adelaide in the second Ashes test. Everyone expected this to be a draw but old wizard Shane Warne has pulled a rabbit and he has once again been the main player in this drama.The best commentary on web is certainly from Guardian online.Link below."WICKET! England 119-9 (Harmison LBW b McGrath 9) McGrath comes out of cold storage for his first ball of

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Peter Roebuck on a bad day for Australian cricketExtract"Overall it was a bad day for Australian cricket, a day in which the finest spinner that the game has ever known stooped to the sort of stifling tactics long regarded as the preserve of Australia's opponents. Nor did the local think tank object"Negative Warne opts for leg theory - Columns - Ashes Tour 06-07 - smh.com.au:

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Extract from TOI More importantly, the vibes within the team are not exactly jumping with joy. India’s chief problems are starting at the top, and ending there. He needs to worry because a certain sections within the team are not too happy with his approach. They are particularly displeased that he withdrew from the Durban game at virtually the last second. "We needed him to play there very

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Martin Johnson writing for "The Telegraph", London in his inimitable way. The best entertaining pre ashes article by a mile "Australia's gargantuan capacity for blowing its own trumpet is even more entertaining when you consider that its biggest contribution to global technology is the rotary clothes line, but there is an absolute conviction here that the invention which has enriched the lives of

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They say batsmen get better with age but this is outrageous. After that incandescent century in Lahore, Brian Charles Lara has lighted the Multan with another brilliant century in 77 balls. He has taken 60 runs off Kaneria, showing once again why he is considered the best batsmen of this generation.( I hate to admit , but Sachin is getting old !)"A sensational 77-ball century from Brian Lara,

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Want to know more what Australians think about Ashes and their cricket team, check this out.The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: The Tonk

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Langer , the opener and lead singer still smarting from last Ashes defeat.Extract."After almost all of Australia's 11 Test victories since last year's Ashes series, Justin Langer has led his team-mates in a rendition of the victory song, Under the Southern Cross I Stand. Traditionally, this has been a time for beer and bonhomie. Lately, though, the celebrations have been somewhat muted. 'We have

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Incomparable Harsh Bhogle on Polly Umrigar and on behaviour of present bunch of Australian Cricket. No one has connected these two tragic situation better. Sometimes I think Harsha writes better , far better compared to his commentary.Extract When the time comes, as ours will too, the world will ask ‘were you a good man’? Polly Kaka was a great cricketer but he was a good man. I didn’t know

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Incomparable Harsh Bhogle on Polly Umrigar and on behaviour of present bunch of Australian Cricket. No one has connected these two tragic situation better. Sometimes I think Harsha writes better , far better compared to his commentary.ExtractWhen the time comes, as ours will too, the world will ask ‘were you a good man’? Polly Kaka was a great cricketer but he was a good man. I didn’t know him as

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Link from SMH.com.au.SMH asked its readers The Indian cricket boss, Sharad Pawar, has criticised the Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, over an incident on the Champions Trophy podium.Do you think his comments were fair, or did he overreact?Some interesting responses...in forum below.The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: News Blog / ArchivesAlso see Rohit Brijnath's brilliant response in "The Hindu"

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This can't be good news for South Africans. Last time when SRT came with these kind of statements, India reached the world cup final.Sachin Tendulkar on Monday assured the country that the Indian team, knocked out of the Champions Trophy before the semi-final stage, would return triumphant from the upcoming tour of South Africa."We are disappointed at not doing well in the Champions Trophy, but

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Myth that- Brian Lara is a big match player and that he always plays well in the finals/semi finals.- Ricky Ponting's abysmal failure during 2001/2004 India tour is aberration- Shane Watson is a world class opener and that Simon Katich can be a good opener.- Australia is unbeatable- Sachin Tendulkar can never get old ( it was a torture watching him against Australia)- Glen McGrath cannot be

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One of the best Cricket writer from Pakistan , Osman Samiuddin has been rejected VISA from both England and India and there is no outrage. I accidently came across this wonderful piece from Peter Roebuck.Extract"Once more he has been judged by the actions of others, and not his own. Once more a proven journalist, a member of our community, has been black-balled for no reason whatsoever. Once more

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The call to rehabilitate Mohammed Azharuddin is not right. You cannot restore a man who badly damaged a game he was supposed to love, a game that nurtured him, argues PETER ROEBUCK writing for "The Sportstar "Why this campaign ?

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Cricinfo.com reports that Mike Procter has found Dwayne Bravo to be not guilty in claiming the 'bump' ( bounced) catch. Extract from the reportDwayne Bravo, the West Indies allrounder, has been found not guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during yesterday's match against England at Ahmedabad following the dismissal of Michael Yardy. Bravo was charged by the ICC for failing to "conduct

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This is a big news and long awaited breakthrough.Read the story and also the pictures."BBC Sport presenters Manish Bhasin and Rishi Persad were announced this week as the new faces of the BBC’s cricket coverage.The two lifelong cricket fans will host the corporation's studio analysis and discussion sessions, joined by cricketer and broadcaster Richie Benaud, former England captain Tony Greig,

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Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson goes all lyrical on Sachin Tendulkar."There is however, a faint chance that Tendulkar can come close to emulating the example of his idol — for he is an excellent technician. He has the mental strength and the physical skill to score more centuries — if he remembers the lines which the poet, Robert Browning, put into the mouth of Rabbi Ben Ezra: 'Grow old along with me. The

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Pakistan cricket is without a captain now !Extract :LAHORE, Oct 5: Younis Khan dramatically refused the cricket captaincy of Pakistan on Thursday, just two days before the team was due to fly to India for the Champions Trophy. "I don't want to be a dummy captain and the reason why I have refused the captaincy will be revealed afterward," Younis told reporters at a press conference in Lahore

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Extract :Dhoni, an exceptional talent, just needs to be a little wary of the cult status being bestowed on him. If he ever feels tempted, he should remember Irfan Pathan. Just the other day, Irfan was everyone's darling—good-looking, hugely talented, the best young cricketer on view. Two years on, he's a medium pacer even my mum can handle. When fame and fortune are thrust upon you, it's easy to

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and that's an understatement. They have played poorly today especially the top order batting who surrendered to an international trundler Dwayne Smith who had taken not more than 40 wickets so far in his career.India went to the match with SreeSanth replacing Pathan although I think Powar would have been a better option. I am not sure why Powar is not playing regularly anymore. He bowled

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Akash Chopra with next update on 'Scribbles through Summer' Column."I always believed that playing cricket was all about scoring runs and taking wickets. Everyone would be your friend while the going was good and you were obviously, only as good as your last innings. So then, I figured this was the mantra to remember when you're getting paid to play, or, more precisely, to perform.But after a

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"Let's not mince words here. England's one-day cricket is a mess, an unholy trifle of muddled thinking from the coach and selectors right down to the players. It needs stiffening, fast, and with something more substantial than a good sherry. The 2007 World Cup, targeted by the England and Wales Cricket Board as a must-win competition in their mission statement in 1999, is just seven months away.

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Mike Selvey with this delightful conversation in 'The Guardian, UK'"Well, my dear Watson, what do you make of it?" Dr Watson stood by the window overlooking Baker Street, took the spherical red object delicately between thumb and forefinger, as if to keep it dry, and held it up to the light for examination."A cricket ball, Holmes," he answered his friend, "manufactured by Dukes, I perceive, and,

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Douglas Jardine is arguably one of the shrewdest captain of all time in my opinion. Here's John Arlott writing on Jardine from the archives of wisden monthly. A delightful read to say the least.Extract :Say to any cricket follower ` Douglas Jardine' and the invariable reply will be `On, Bodyline.' The tone of that comment, though, will vary from the mildly, sometimes half-apologetic, note of

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I have always enjoyed reading Akash Chopra. Here he is writing on the ball tempering issue in Hindustan Times. Arguably he is one of the best cricketer turned writer today.Extract "England, in a sense, is burning and it has nothing to do really with England itself. Cricket's mother country is in the midst of what is probably one of modern sport's biggest crises - a crisis accentuated by the

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Woolmer wants to Cricket law dealing with ball tempering to be scrapped and I think he has his reasonsExtractThese are troubled times for the Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, but he is not the type to take refuge behind circumstance. With his team standing accused of ball-tampering and his captain Inzamam-ul-Haq also facing a charge of bringing the game into disrepute, the temptation might have been

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Update at 10:00PM IST : Saddest day in test cricket ? Now Pak players are back in field and umpires are not coming back. I think this is the end of Darrel Hair and Bill Doctrive. Surprisingly Botham is right behind Pakistan in this case and rightly so.Update at 9:20PM IST : Pakistan team is protesting against the ball tempering accusation and not coming back to ground after the tea break.Update

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One of the greatest overs of all time. Donald firing on all cylinders, quick,vicious and unlucky !YouTube - Donald vs Atherton

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ExtractIt was a nice idea for Sky TV to celebrate their 100th Test with a giant anniversary cake, but maybe not quite so appropriate, as things turned out, to adorn it with a marzipaned image of Kevin Pietersen. If there were any analogy to be drawn between the commentators' tea-time treat and Pietersen's first-ball dismissal, it was that both were of the fruitcake variety. Pietersen's naturally

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Dean 'loudmouth' Jones has never been one of the favorite commentator of mine. His 'terrorist' outburst has cost him a tax free employment and Ten Sports have done the right thing in sacking him immediately.The incident has generated lots of reaction from down under. Here's Alex Brown writing in Sydney Herald.YET AGAIN a racism controversy has rattled international cricket. And, yet again, an

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In an insightful article Bob Woolmer talks about facing 'steep bouncing' bowling , players burnout and compares Panesar with Bishan Bedi.Read it hereSpin when you're winning — Panesar star turn was up there with Bedi - Sport - Times Online

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Now, is Chappel asking Tendulkar to grow up ? Please stop this.Extract :Tendulkar’s response also shows a familiar lack of understanding by players of the job that ex-cricketers are employed to do as a commentator or journalist.An ex-player is paid to give his opinions and to utilise the knowledge he has acquired from

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Let me have the gratification of saying 'I told you so'. I was highly impressed by Monty Panesar's bowling since his first test match in Nagpur ( his first test wicket in tests is not bad either!) and he has continued to improve ever since. Yesterday he bowled beautifully , controlling the bounce and the little spin provided by the Old Trafford ground, playing against Pakistan and showed why he

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Weekly edition of sportstar is online. Lots of good and thought provoking articles on Cricket and rest of the sports.Sportstar : Saturday, July 22, 2006

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John Woodcock recalls Jim Laker and his talent in this fascinating article.Off spin was never more in vogue than in England at Laker’s time. Unlike today, few county, club or school sides took the field without someone who dealt in it. There were many reasons for this. Being still uncovered, the pitches were naturally and typically “English”; the forward defensive stroke was played, more often

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What do three great cricketers talk about when they meet ?Click here to find out.In the Don's Liar

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An endearing conversation with parents of Mr.Rahul Dravid, the captain of Indian cricket team and one of the best batsmen of all time.Excerpts.The man behind the cricketer's mask Pushpa Dravid: He is a caring boy and even if he is away, he is always thinking about us. He is not a person who shows his emotions.

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Martin Johnson, who writes for the Telegraph UK is arguably one of the the finest writer especially when writing on Cricket. Here is his take on Ian Bell's run out yesterday as witnessed in the first test match against Pak in Lords.Bell was clearly startled to be called for a single when Strauss hit the ball to short midwicket but, being the diffident sort of chap he is, he declined to exercise

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This Guardian reports says that even if Ian Bell scores double hundred he would be dropped from the second test. In fact Ian Bell scored a fine hundred in the first innings guiding England towards a match winning 500+ instead of a respectable 400 which would have been the score if there was no one to anchor the fragile England lower order.I feel England would be making a mistake if they drop Ian

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I wrote the following comment in the blog, whose link is given below.One can always find something to grumble if one wishes to. Let's take few of these names. Lara me be having more flair but he is certainly not flawless. Ponting hasn't done well in India against Indian spinners. Dravid hasn't done well against Aus either in Aus or in India when playing against McGrath and Warne. Look at 1999

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If you are looking to help or looking for help, Please visitMumbai Help

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Facing non amateurs, non school boys for the first time since he came back from injury , Sachin Tendulkar scored a 50 of 21 balls.Pakistan still won due to the brilliance of that 'mad' Afghan, Shahid Afridi.Read all about it hereCricinfo - Pakistan win despite Tendulkar fifty

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Read the detailed interviews in this story."Not playing one-day cricket, has it kept you fresh for Test matches?It’s not about being fresh. But those breaks possibly have, in a way, helped. The workload is not that much. But it’s always better if you are playing continuously. But then, if you are given a break, I don’t really worry too much about that.How will you look forward to the World Cup,

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India has won a test series outside subcontinent after 20 years and congratulation to everyone involved. Now that is history but looks like this Indian team has reduced one called Brian Charles Lara also to history.Lara always had a bad time batting against Indian teams and this time no different . Not only in batting but looks like this series has destroyed him in spirit also. On the last day of

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India was bundled out for 200 runs in the first innings of the last test which could decide this test series.Dravid played a fabulous innings of 80 to hold the Indian innings together and acknowledged the same at the end.Dravid most satisfied with inningsif India goes on to win this match, then this innings can be considered as good as the innings played by another Karnataka stalwart GR

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Consider the case :A bowler after knowing he has clearly got the wicket of the person appeals in over enthusiasm and runs towards his teammates for celebrating the wicket without waiting for umpire's verdict.Guilty of tramping on the spirit of the game. ( Is there one at all these days. ? Why don't we get away with this phrase.?) : Yes, as per ICC and gets fined.Consider a captain who opposes

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This is what this author has to say.Wnevenr we play Sri Lanka, there is always a lot of fuss about the difficulties of trying to pick Muttiah Muralitharan.Understandably so, because it’s bloody impossible. My solution is that I don’t really bother trying to pick him at all. I can’t really tell his off spinner from his leg spinner from his whatever-else-he-bowls, so I just try to spot which way

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"'Phil Edmonds with the ball, Frances Edmonds in the field."It seems that's how one of the Guardian readers described Monty yesterday.Lawrence Booth with a view on his bowling in today's Guardian, UK.Guardian Unlimited Sport | Cricket | Cricket: Monty still makes 'em laugh:You know what I think, this lad could trouble Australians also in the coming series if he continues to improve. He is a far

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Mike Brearly thinks Pietersen has the making of a genius and I think I have to agree with them especially after watching his last three innings in England handling Murali. I don't think any other batsmen except Lara in one tour has dominated Murali so much and that is not too bad a view.Read Brearley's full article here. It has lots of other interesting stuff ( not Moitra's "stuff" though :) )

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It's tough not to love the roly-poly Powar. He's so much like you and me: bogged down by daily pressures, frustrated by traffic jams on his way to the mall, finding it tough to fit gym-work into his schedule, and being ridiculed for his waistline. He could easily have been a real-estate agent next door. But the fact that he is one of the 11 men chosen to represent the country, in a sport

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Happy B'day Sir.Cricinfo - The Master is born

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