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Fact : All sports channels have to share live cricket match feeds with Doordarshan, of all one day internationals, T20s and test matches of national importance.
Fact : In India, few watch ball-by-ball test cricket, 5 consecutive days.
Result : There will be no live telecast of India vs South Africa, 2008 test series : from March 26, April 3 & 11th on Doordarshan - the national channel of India. Indian government does not feel its an event of national importance, and thus, Neosports don't need to share live cricket match with DD1.
Debate : is that really so? Do you watch test match cricket for all 5 days & are disappointed that ... ..
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Added on Tue, 25 March 2008
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South Africa are in India for a 3 test match series. March & April 2008. Following is a collection of related informations a cricket fan might need to watch & enjoy this India vs South Africa cricket series, and you always have itsonlycricket.com forum to ask all questions & get answers on & off this Proteas tour to India.
Schedule
1st test, Chennai = 26 March ; 2nd test, Ahmadabad = 3 April ; 3rd test, Kanpur = 11 April.
TV Telecast
Neosports in India (not on Doordarshan though), Echostar (Zeesports America) call : 720-514-5351 & ARY Digital in Europe & UK.
Tickets
Well, its a long ongoing problem. ... ..
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Added on Tue, 25 March 2008
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India-South Africa cricket is about how well India play African fast bowling & how Africans negotiate spinners from India.. indeed - an intriguing battle no cricket fan can ever miss!
South Africa has always been among top 3 cricketing nations ever since they came back in 1992. India, on other hand, has had her share of glory in International cricket but hardly consistent.
Now India vs South Africa test matches have produced understandable records between these two countries as far as cricket is concerned. South Africa better than India - both at home & away. Total 19 Ind v RSA test match = 4 wins for India, 9 for South Africa & 6 draws.
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Added on Sun, 23 March 2008
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In boxing ~ you beat the world champion to be the champion. in cricket - world cup (every 4 year event) defines who's the champion country until next world cup comes around..
not fair, is it? 4 year is a long duration in which any cricket team can lose form, fail to win & forget they were the reigning world champions!
January 2007 : itsonlycricket.com published an article, saying 'this should be the end of Aussie dominance' when Warne, McGrath & Langer retired on the same day. 14 months later, today, Indian rookie cricketers won the Commonwealth bank (CB) triseries beating home team Australia (2007 world cup winners) back to back in first two of best ... ..
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Added on Wed, 05 March 2008
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10 test matches in total, Srilanka have beaten West Indies 5 times & lost only twice. Interestingly, Sri Lanka have never won a test match in West Indies..!
March April 2008 schedule for Srilanka tour of West Indies has been fixed which will give Lankan tigers another chance to rewrite history. Srilanka came 3rd in Triseries in Australia (involving India) just a month ago - so they also have some points to prove.
On other hand, West Indies made some promises by winning their first ever test match in South Africa at the beginging of this year, then lost everything else on that tour.. so, they too will be under pressure to perform under on conditions.
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Added on Wed, 05 March 2008
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Match : Bangladesh vs South Africa, 2nd test match.
Venue : Chittagong Divisinol Stadium, Bangaldesh.
Date : 1,2,3,4,5 March 2008.
Debuts : none.
Test Match no. : 1865 overall.
Toss : South Africa, elected to bat.
Result : South Africa won by innings & 205 runs.
Series : South Africa win 2 test match series 2-0.
Man of Match : Graeme Smith.
Man of the series : Dale Steyn.
Umpires : Aleem Dar & Steve Bucknor.
When you read a result such as what happened in this test match - you can never imaging how well Bangladesh had bowled on the first day of this test series against ... ..
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Added on Wed, 05 March 2008
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Match : India vs Australia, 2nd Final, CB triseries.
Venue : Woolloongabba aka Gabba in Brisbane, Australia.
Date : 3 March, 2008.. a Day/Night ODI.
Debuts : none.
ODI no. : 2689 overall.
Toss : India, elected to bat.
Result : India won by 9 runs.
Series : India won CB Triseries 2008.
Man of Match : Praveen Kumar.
Man of the series : Nathan Bracken
Umpires : Tony Hill & Simon Taufel.
Dhoni finally won a toss and without thinking twice - he elected to bat. Sachin Tendulkar had not recovered completely from his century just 2 days ago in the first final, but champion batsman continued ... ..
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Added on Tue, 04 March 2008
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There's a trick to beating Australia : being alert all the time!
on a flat deck at Sydney - bowlers (specially spinners Harbhajan & Piyush Chawla) were awake all the time to keep Aussie batsmen in check in middle overs after initial breakthrough from Praveen Kumar who was given the new ball.
Note : 11 previous encounters, India had never beaten Australia at Sydney (in Onedayers). Sydney is also the same cricket ground were sad second test match was played.
Target? 240 from 50 overs. Full scorecard.
Fightable, isn't it? not really when Sachin Tendulkar scores a century. South Africans believe 'never sledge Sachin, it urges him on', but Australian ... ..
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Added on Mon, 03 March 2008
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Match : India vs Australia, CB Triseris first final.
Venue : Sydney cricket ground, Australia.
Date : 2 March, 2008.. an Day/Night ODI.
Debuts : none.
ODI no. : 2688 overall.
Toss : Australia, elected to bat.
Result : India won by 6 wickets, 25 ball remaining.
Series : First final, Ind v Aus v SL triseries 2008.
Man of Match : Sachin Tendulkar.
Umpires : Darell Harper & Rody Koertzen
Indians outsmarted home team. they indeed did. on a placid pitch, Indian bowlers didn't allow Australia to score freely like they always do. Indian spinners (playing together for the first time in the tournament) blocked Aussie run ... ..
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Added on Sun, 02 March 2008
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Match : Australia vs Srilanka
Venue : Melbourne cricket ground, Australia.
Date : 29 February, 2008.. an Day/Night ODI.
Debuts : none.
ODI no. : 2687 overall.
Toss : Srilanka, elected to bat.
Result : Srilanka won by 13 runs.
Series : Game 11, triseries in Australia, Feb-Mar 2008
Man of Match : Adam Gilchrist.
Umpires : Darell Harper & Tony Hill
Everybody criticized the pitch at Melbourne cricket ground (MCG) which, for the 3rd straight time, produced a low scoring match. Srilankans had already packed their bags to catch flight back home inside 2 hours of this match finished, but they managed to defend their total in this ... ..
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Added on Sat, 01 March 2008
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