Unhappy over loss of revenue and over loss of players with the advent of the IPL, the SLC is training its guns and its eyes and presently eyeing the players’ pay cheques.
The supposed deal with the BCCI fell through and the England...
Archive - October 2008
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On a labourious day for both teams, it was hard to find a semblance of result in the match. But if somehow India make it happen, it would have to include the largesse of a spinner who was not even considered!
Australia may have been...
India ended the second day’s play on a resounding note. But they did so on the back on one young man’s resolute innings. Sure, there was the old pro V.V.S. Laxman at hand. But even his innings was built on the foundation laid by one man’s...
V.V.S. Laxman needed this century, rather double century, more than any one expected. For too many times in his career, he has made flattering starts only to deceive. This one had to be different. After all, it had to be against Australia that...
On a flawless day for India, Australia were also handed a reality check. They will need a Laxman – Dravid miracle a la Eden Gardens if they are to change the way this Border Gavaskar Trophy series is heading.
Australia must be feeling like...
It may not be as ugly as what happened down under. But the umpires had every reason to believe that it could have. Delhi posed a few problems and it also questioned logic. What happens when the punishment delivered going against the very spirit of...
Through the rough and tough grind, the very many shades of Ricky Ponting, the Australian skipper, have surfaced. Here is a witty take on some of his many moods. (Kudos to the ace photographers who have made this an exciting experience!)
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It all became a little unsporting towards the end of the day. The crowd cheered Ponting’s misfields. The umpire had to get between bowler and batsman to avoid a repeat of another unsavoury scuffle.
When Bowden became the Wall… that was...
Another book on the shelf. Another name maligned along the way. Yet again another Australian cricketer gets away doing what they do best – sledging a.k.a. bad mouthing a member of the opposition.
Adam Gilchrist’s “True Colours” is...
On a day when batting did not look easy, Gautam Gambhir showed the reward for patience and persistence. It was perhaps a leaf out of Australia’s rule book on this tour and it did not please Ricky Ponting plenty.
In Mohali, the Indian openers...
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