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January 15th, 2008

Gary Kirsten Gears Up

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The other day someone was asking around, “Where’s the Gary Kirsten?” I recalled we had done one post on Gary Kirsten some time back, and then forgot all about him.
He deserves one more.
Tags: Australia, BCCI, Border-Gavasker-Trophy, gary-kirsten, India, perth, third-test

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January 1st, 2008

Can we stop ‘em?

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In the last few years, Australia have had just one opponent- Australia. For them, it seems, it’s not about beating the other teams, but beating their own records.
They’re, as you must all know, on the brink of yet another record. With 15 consecutive test wins in their […]

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November 27th, 2007

Move Over Australia (Kenya’s the New King)

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It’s official: Kenya are world’s most successful ODI side. And no, this is not a joke. Their success rate so far in 2007 has been 77%, better than Australia’s 73 something.
They played 17 ODIs in all and won 13. Only two matches were against Test-playing nations–England and […]

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November 20th, 2007

Why Monty looks so happy?

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Monty Panesar, England’s wonder boy, suffered at the hands of former England coach Duncan Fletcher last year, missing some important opportunities, but good times are about to roll in for him. He has coach Peter Moores’ confidence ahead of their three-match Test encounter with Sri Lanka.

As soon Monty […]

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November 17th, 2007

A forgettable series (and 10 reasons we’d have to remember it anyway)

So, India has an unbeatable lead in the Indian Oil Cup. 3-1.
While the media is surely going to go gaga over it, I’ll admit we aren’t faking any joy over or interest in it. That we are actually discussing genetics at school these days should be a clue to how much interested we really are […]

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October 2nd, 2007

Heads-up: Roy knows his game

The only big news for today is that India lost to Australia  by 84 runs in the  second ODI at Kochi. The hosts were bundled out for 222 with 2.3 overs to spare in response to the touring team’s 307. Does 307 ring some bells? This was the same total put up by them in […]

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September 23rd, 2007

It can’t better than this– for Harbhajan.

So, as I had been howling at the forums, it’s gonna be an Indo-Pak grand finale. No one believed me. “India’s chances are slim, boy.” “They can’t get past the Aussies.” “Heck, NZ might just kick Pak out, then?”
Everything, so far, has happened as I had wanted it to.
So, while I “bhangra” like Bhajji, […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 2 comments

May 29th, 2007

In My Day: Underarm bowling

In the second post of this series, I’m looking back at another shocking event in cricketing history. Perhaps not in the same category as the Bodyline tour, where bowlers set out to deliberately injure batsmen, but this episode is just as despicable. So despicable, in fact, that Australian legend Richie Benaud described it as the […]

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May 23rd, 2007

Schofield report tomorrow

The results of the inquest into England’s shocking performance in Australia this Winter will be published tomorrow. Anticipation is high surrounding the thoughts of 6 men, including Nasser Hussein and Angus Fraser, on where England went wrong (well, we already know that) but importantly what should be done in going forward in to the future. […]

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May 13th, 2007

Australia won’t tour Zimbabwe

Australian prime minister John Howard has insisted to Cricket Australia that the proposed tour of Zimbabwe not go ahead on account of the political situation in Zimbabwe under the regime of Robert Mugabe.
However you feel about what is happening in Zimbabwe, it is absolutely right for this decision to be made by a government and […]

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