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Archive for January 2008

January 8th, 2008

The Wicket-Keeper Batsman Conundrum

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By Guest Blogger Baseer A. Rana

Traditional wisdom suggests that a wicket-keeper is a player who keeps wickets. In fact apart from Les Ames in the 1930s, wicket-keepers in general hadn’t really been great batsmen till the 1990s - certainly not to the extent where they could […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 8 comments

January 7th, 2008

Cricket Lookalike: Who am I?

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Time to cheer up. :)

This is a cricketer lookalike. Funniest thing I’ve run across in a while.
Guess who?
Clue: White lipstick
Got it? Yea, of course, you did!
Caution: This is a very volatile time in the history of cricket, and we’d be better off not naming names. Just keep it to […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 12 comments

January 7th, 2008

Why do you love cricket?

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We are having a “Why I love sports” carnival here at the Sports Channel.
Tell us in one sentence why you love cricket or sports.

I love cricket because I am a tomboy. It is as simple as that for me. Period.
Tags: carnival, cricket

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By Dinsa Sachan -- 10 comments

January 7th, 2008

Fast and Furious: Indian Cricket Fans Fuming

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Need I say we’re all foaming at mouth.

Angry fans on streets

Fans as far as Jammu & Kashmir (which is a cricket-neutral state) are carrying out protests.
Angry Indian cricket fans held street demonstrations and burned effigies of two cricket umpires on Monday, blaming poor decisions for their team’s defeat in […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 6 comments

January 7th, 2008

Break a leg, Men in Blue

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There is some news that the Indian board will boycott the Border-Gavasker series but looks like they’re still going back and forth with the decision. So we’ll have to wait a day or two to see how things shape up.
Most of the bloggers and newspapers are demanding a  boycott. I […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 2 comments

January 7th, 2008

Breaking News: BG Trophy in Danger

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This is the first thing I read on logging in.
BCCI has asked the Indian team to stay in Sydney until the Harbhajan hearing, rather than travel to Perth for the the third test.
Under ICC rules, member countries are obliged to fulfil their tour contracts except when the security of […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 2 comments

January 6th, 2008

Kaif in Action

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Mohd. Kaif is back in action. Well, he was never really out of it, but we’ve seen him play a good innings after a long time. He’s just scored a “very patient” 80 against Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy, pulling UP out of troubled waters and dumping Saurashtra into them […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 2 comments

January 6th, 2008

Mr. Bucknor needs eye check-up. Fast…

My dad can refer some doctors, if you want.
Tags: Border-Gavasker-Trophy, india-vs.-australia

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January 5th, 2008

Kodak Moment: Pankaj Singh is a giant…

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Now, isn’t he?
Tags: pankaj-singh

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January 5th, 2008

Cricket Lounge

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Hey! Let’s go eavesdropping…

Our wise friend Soulberry is penning lyrical muse on one of our favorite players, VVS Laxman.
Crowds have gathered over Ottayan’s to resolve the Bhajji-Roy conflict. 
Homer speaks in defense of Sachin. Our verdict: he’s right.
JC’s crew is commenting non-stop on Australia-India.
Matt Hayden has provoked King Cricket to rant. […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 1 comment