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He prefers using pen & paper (lucky me as I do too) in the modern world of notebooks ~ yet have chunked out 11 books. His life is very much away from cricket and more into Charity works, but true love don't fade that quickly. do they?
Steve Waugh, the former Australian cricketer can make headlines anyday, but the two Times of India articles I'm talking about (one by Steve himself & other an interview) appeared very quietly on the day of world cup final. 28th April it was, when Steve Waugh made himself available for coaching India. In interview, he said "My name always gets thrown up. but being coach of India is a tough job. Its a ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 04 May 2007
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Less than 24 hours remain before Pepsi ODI series between India and West Indies starts at Nagpur, yet Cricket lovers are wondering which channel will telecast those matches..
If there is an answer to who will telecast India West Indies series - I'll tell you that. Just read on and try to understand --
Neopsorts was launched quite a few months ago, yet it has reached only 10 millions homes in our country as of now. According to relaible resources - I can confirm you that there was a a bill passed by Indian government some days ago and Neosports - the Nimbus channel which has BCCI broadcasting rights - has to share it's live telecast feeds with ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 20 January 2007
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New opponent. New series... so a new Training camp, at a new venue.
You may feel our Indian boys concentrate more on advertisements and less on their cricket, but that's not the truth. You feel that way because those tv channels shoot those ads so many times at you - that you dream what Mahendra Singh Dhoni is endorsing... Ever realised those advertisements are at higher voice pitch than the live match commentary itself?
9 hours of non-stop same ad video is played on your television on an ODI day, and you have no where to run away but to keep rehearsing it.
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Added on Wed, 17 January 2007
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If you don't want to read the full article, and just want to know how can I help you find the tickets for India vs West Indies 4 ODIs - visit this site. It has got the tickets and if you have money in your pocket - that website is the best answer I have found in 3 hours of Internet searchings.
May be you'll like to read me once you have seen the prices.
Indian cricket team is the most famous bunch-of-boys in cricketing arena, if not at whole World's sporting stage as well, but even then, whenever their is about to be a cricket match played in ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 11 January 2007
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Ian Chappell believes Australia will always come back as the dominatant team at International level, because their domestic cricket is very strong. Constituted with only 6 domestic teams (New South Wales', Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia), around 100 countries best cricketers first fight for a place in National domestic team and then play against each other time and time again... and then a few more time - taking their level as high as possible.
Their curators prepare high quality sporting pitches - with spin, speed and carry, and only selection cretaria for National team is performace. And thus - Australia will always be a competitive team, and will dominate whenever other International teams fail to match ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 10 January 2007
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All information I can give you about this mysterious Nimbus channel (called Neosports) is that ESPN-star collaboration has got the distribution rights this sports channel. So I guess people who have Dish TV or TATA Sky satellite cable at their homes, will be having this channel.
But people like me - who still are struck with local cable operators - will not be having this rare channel called NeoSports. As I myself is in this problem, I'll do my best to find more information on how to get their channel, but as of now - let me tell you about the matches that Neo-sports will be showing in the coming ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 07 January 2007
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To keep on living, you have to have a reason. And that reason needs to be strong enough to pull you through tough times..
England Ashes team is in toughest time of the Australian tour and the only way they can survive is by believing they can still do what they came for - retain the Ashes.
Adelaide loss never seemed possible. That's the beauty of test matches and test series'. If you can keep your nose not far behind you opponent - your winnings chances will come when no one sees it.
Same is the situation with the series right now. If they can pull off a win at Perth, ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 05 December 2006
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Talent alone is like no talent. You have to work hard at it and also need someone to nurture your gift..
Many of us know within ourselves, but rarely discuss it that highest one day wicket taker - Wasim Akram is the reason behind the success Irfan Pathan has had. It was 2003 tour of Australia when Irfan brust onto the scene, and Wasim Akram started his career as Commentator. With ESPN and star Sports.
What actually happened behind the cameras - I don't know. But Wasim Akram, like any other honest former cricketer - started to work with a new talent from India. Irfan Pathan didn't had the pace of "young" Wasim Akram, neither had the accuracy.
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Added on Sun, 03 December 2006
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Sourav Ganguly has an ego. Sportcenter must have got a good taste of it when he hung up on them during their 3 pm special edition on Indian test team selection today.
Sourav Ganguly is also a lazy man on the field and he isn't good enough to bowl 10 overs regularly in every test Innings.
Sourav Ganguly, in short, is a chapter of Indian cricket which has to be closed before we can look forward to building a World Champion Indian cricket team.
But the reality is we have failed to tackle South African ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 30 November 2006
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You cannot win a test match by scoring 900 runs when opposition makes 200 and 200 for 9 wickets. But you surely can win a test match by taking 20 wickets for 100 runs having made only 101 yourself.
England have to find batsmen who can make runs consistently but if they can find bowlers who are good enough to bowl out Australia twice - they will win half the battle.
Consider this - Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Mathew Hoggard, Steve Harmison, Andrew Flintoff and to an extent, Shane Watson are the six "right right handed" fast bowlers sure to play the first few test matches.
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Added on Fri, 10 November 2006
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I have a job of watching all the cricket which is being played around the world. Wonderful, isn't it? But just as Champions trophy finished, there was nothing for me to do.
I was so bored but now with West Indies vs Pakistan series starting on 11th November and then South Africa series from 19th, I and million other cricket lovers have great days ahead.
What's more, Ashes is there too and if you wish to watch all or some of these International cricket matches on your television, note down the channels and timings.
ESPN Star for India south Africa series :
This will be the third time straight when Espn and ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 11 November 2006
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Note : Following information may be boring for those who doesn't need them.
Channel ESPN presents "Mobile ESPN" :
You may ask - what's new. So many cellular companies are giving cricket scores through SMS, some provide voice score updates as well.
Well yes. But where "Mobile ESPN" are different is that they are covering all three ways of communication - Voice, Video, Text or SMS. Channel ESPN has made agreements with telecom networks - Hutch, Airtel, Idea, BSNL and many more and thus they will be sending video highlights of all cricket matches Indian team plays and ESPN has got the telecast rights.
You can also get Daily news programs like Sportscentre, exclusive interviews, Cricket ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 10 November 2006
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I wanted West Indies to win that Champions trophy final. Not because I like Caribbean team more than the fighters from Down Under, but because it's human nature to back the odds against and seek the thrills.
I described that final match while highlighting the ego associated with whoever dominates anything in the World (Lion, Roger Federer and Australian cricket team), and there is nothing wrong with it. You can read that article here, but now when I have watched that video of Australian players pushing/asking Mr. Sharad Powar to take a side on stage during distribution ceremony again, I am sure I need to raise this issue..
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Added on Wed, 08 November 2006
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Do you watch Discovery? Ever seen a Lion tracking a prey.... and once it gets the hold - never leaving it.
If that's not possible for you, watch Roger Federer play against any Tennis player these days. And if can't do any of the above two - watch the highlights of Australia vs West Indies final of 2006 Champions trophy.
First 5 overs yielded 49 runs at the rate of 9.8 and no wickets lost. 68% of them were scored by Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
6th, 8th and 10th overs produced wickets for Bracken (who again took the new ball istead of McGrath), ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 06 November 2006
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Why are you reading this article??
If you are looking for similar criticism of "Our Indian cricket team" that you can see all over Internet right today, then I may not be able to impress you. To me, had India won that Mohali ODI against Australia - that would have been a surprise. The loss wasn't.
The bitter fact is that we India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka don't really have anything else at International stage when it comes to sports and thus, "it's only cricket" that makes us happy. And sad at times. Or may be everytime we play against Australia.
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Added on Mon, 30 October 2006
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My first question is - where are you??
Are you spending at least 2 hours everyday in front of your Television??
Cause if your aren't, you can't call yourself a cricket fan. October 2006 is such great time for cricket fan's that you should ask your girl friend to wait, your office to keep the work pending and delay your sleep.............. for the only reason that not every day is like these days in October.
World Cup is in March 2007 but that's still 5 months away. What ICC and Indian cricket board has in display for you is best of Cricket World Cup - almost 100 days before it. If you are missing any of the ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 17 October 2006
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After 10 months of cricket blogging and having a considerable number of readers, my own friends have started to call me a "cricket reporter". They watch me always busy with my pencil and notebook, always talking about nothing else than cricket and not doing what nearly everyone else of my age does - run behind every second girl.
So their thought about me is not much wrong, other than the name they have generated for me. I am no Cricket reporter. I am an Indian who loves talking to himself. Loves writing. And happen to have cricket as biggest his biggest thrill. You can say I am a student of cricket, and feel like having every single information ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 09 October 2006
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I should have named my article "Get ready for cricket" as it relates with what we "cricket lovers" will be treated with during the ICC Champions trophy 2006, but I have my reasons. And I'll tell you as we go through. So if you have 2 mins for some serious comments on the mode of Cricket telecast in our country, read on --
Set Max presents Extraa Innings :
And with a difference too. Every other cricket channel in India try to cash in to the fact that more people turn their TV on, as a match is about to start. Whereas most people turn it off when ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 05 October 2006
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Every other day - A new channel.
And they keep on shifting the cricket telecast rights which surely makes my life tough. If it does to you as well, read on. I'll tell you about another sports channel - called as Neo Sports, this time from Nimbus communications.
Launch date - 1st October, 2006 with the challenger's trophy between India Blue, India Red and India Green. But the problem occurred when there were no signs of Neosports when the actual match started at half past two on that Sunday. Here are the match reviews.
Indian domestic cricket has not flourished ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 03 October 2006
Added on Sun, 01 October 2006
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Following is a review on Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand team member who compile the squad of Group B in ICC Champions trophy 2006. This is the 2nd part of the series. Here's the first part (India, Australia and England squads).
Group B (Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand).
Pakistan.
Mohammad Yousuf (Captain),
Younis Khan,(Danger Man)
Abdul Razzaq (v.capt.),
Imran Farhat,
Mohammad Hafeez,(Unknown identity)
Shoaib Mallik,(Dark Horse)
Faisal Iqbal,
Shahid Afridi,
Kamran Akmal,
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan,
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Added on Sun, 01 October 2006
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At times it gets tougher to keep track of which team is having what players in a tournament as big as this one, which will continue for full 36 days.
So what I have done is made a list of Full squad of all the top 8 teams participating in 2006 ICC Champions trophy, written short punchlines about their features, given information on players whom you may not know and tagged five players from each team of 14 players as "The Danger Man", "The Dark Horse", "The Sleeping Giant", "The unknown identity" and "My pick" for the obvious reasons of what the tag means.
I hope it proves interesting to you, or at least updates you with ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 01 October 2006
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Tendulkar was there... so was Yuvraj and so was Raina.
Being a die hard cricket fan, it has always been interesting to me to know more about the upcoming cricketers - the ones who are unknown as yet but we all will be talking about them in days to come.
Following are some cricketers that you may be hearing about very soon. But as of now, they are only tagged as "The future Indian stars".
Ravindra Jadeja :-
If you have the ability to hit sixes which should earn at least 10, if you have the guile to bowl 7-8 ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 30 September 2006
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My title may be tough to understand but read the article and you will understand it completely..
There has been a history of Challenger's trophy being played between India Senior (which mostly comprise with present Indian cricketers), India A and India B - which are comprised of cricketers who are either trying to make a comeback into the national team or are promising youngsters.
The fact of the matter is Indian team is going on a lot of changed these days like domestic matches being telecasted live to our homes (the list), twenty20 coming to India and "Dravid Chappell" combination giving chance after chance to young players whereas not too long ago, players like Javagal Srinath were ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 27 September 2006
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Points table for a cricket tournament is a set of boxes which catches no attention before half the cricket is played. But after that, it becomes the only important thing.... till the things get straight.
What I mean is me writing this article on "Points table for ICC Champions trophy 2006 in India" today seems worth less as of now when the tournament hasn't started itself. And even on 25th of October - the mid day of 36 days Champions trophy in India, the following Points table may not attract so many cricket lovers.
But come 26th of October, I am sure you will be interested in the following... if not today itself. You can ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 27 September 2006
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Money is not everything... it is the only thing.
And that's the reason why with every single cricket tournament, nearly everything that a cricket lover needs to know - changes. New Match time tables, opposition, new venues and new timing for the start of matches to mention a few.
Being a crazy cricket lover turned a cricket blogger, I feel like I have got the answers for nearly everything related to my obsession and would love to help my fellow cricket lovers to find their answers.... the only problem is I don't know what's you question??
So what I have done here is I have compiled a set of information's related to the ICC Champions ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 26 September 2006
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Its been more than more than 15 years since I started to watch cricket and little less than 10 months since I started my cricket blog..... but there has been one thing which still remains static - the channel to watch the cricket matches live.
ICC Champions trophy will be the 7th cricket tournament that I will be covering though my blog and I again feel like starting the coverage with information of channels to live telecast this knock out tournament being played in India in October. I've written about the telecast channels for all the last 6 times, and even though I am not sure how much it helps my readers, I am banking on it will ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 23 September 2006
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DLF Cup in Malaysia has shown such twists that no body expected - Indian team should have beaten West Indies in the first match after scoring 309, but failed. Australia should have beaten India after reducing us to 35 for 5, but failed to Weather god..... and then, Australia were favourite to win against West Indies which the didn't..
Now DLF cup has one last Friday League match remaining - India vs Australia and whoever wins the match, will play West Indies in the finals on Sunday. And that's why, 5 following points come to my mind which I would like to discuss with you --
Logic ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 21 September 2006
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What's your feeling when I inform you that "If West Indies plays India in the finals of this DLF Cup on Sunday, they get 1 million US dollars"..??
Different feeling are expected but by keeping this special prize into DLF Cup, India cricket board - BCCI has surely diluted the excitement that Indian team has brought by winning the Match 5 triller against West Indies here on Wednesday and kept their hopes of reaching the Finals, alive..
One can say this decision by BCCI to give away US$ 1 million to the team who plays India in the finals is derived by the fact ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 20 September 2006
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Who told you to watch cricket when you can't sustain the pressure of seeing your team get behind in a tournament??
I am sure no body. Its human nature to love something when it comes at a higher price. As DLF Cup has proved to be a tough nut to crack for our Team India so far, I know when our team rises, celebrating wins will be more enjoyable.
I have just come back from a long family trip of 11 days, and didn't get too many chances to watch this tri series carefully. But I feel happy that 3 more matches remain in DLF Cup.... and hopefully each one of them ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 19 September 2006
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Who do you think knows better about "YOU" - You or your opponent??
I am convinced that when it comes to a battle where two fight for the same thing, at the same stage, it's the opposition who always notice you lot closely than you do to yourself. They know your strengths, they know your weaknesses and try to negotiate it with a new game plan.... but are always fearing with what you have that they don't..!!
Being an Indian, I feel I have watches our arch rivals - The Pakistani cricket team, so very closely that I find myself in a situation to tell 7 points about this mysterious team. The team that can beat anyone ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 07 September 2006
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Critics argue - "What is the point of playing such a tournament with just 6 more months to go for the World Cup??"
May be they are correct, but the fact remains that we cricket fans love watching such a tournament, no matter when they are played. And when ICC can smell a huge amount of money by making such a tournament possible, I don't think critics can can change too many things..
So, I thought of spending few good hours of my life to present you some of the historical aspects of all the ICC champions trophies which are played so far. Got 8 or 9 mins??
The first ever ICC Champions ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 04 September 2006
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Before anything, I have to confess that I would have waited to write this article a little bit longer - at least 10 more days before I guide my readers on how and where to by tickets for the Malaysia Tri Series between India, Australia and West Indies, BUT there has been so much of pressure on me from my readers that I have to reveal whatever information I have till date...
I can understand their lack of patience as not every day Malaysia get to host three best Cricketing countries in a Tri-nation series such as this one from 12th of September 2006.
I promise to add more and more options as the Malaysia ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 25 August 2006
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You ask an Indian cricket lover about what gives him more pleasure - a win against Pakistan or Australia??
And the answer may invariably come as Pakistan because of our inborn rivalry against them but honestly, in today's cricket World, any country who beats Australia feels like the World Champions. And isn't this the rule in Boxing where you beat the World Champion and you get the crown of being the World champion yourself..!!
As I write this, India, West Indies and Australia are about to play in a triangular series in Malaysia where each team will play two ODI's against each team and then top two playing the finals but somehow this series feels like a ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 21 August 2006
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I was always amazed by Indian selectors when they selected 15 or more players for a cricket series or tournament, even when other teams selected lot less than that. I used to believe that Indian board is so rich that they can afford one or two more men on foreign tours, and then I came to know that it's the responsibility to the host nation to afford the players, not BCCI.
And now we have Australia who have gone two or three steps ahead and selected a squad of 18 member for the Malaysia Tri series which starts from 12th of September. Why exactly is that?? Purely because they need practice games before the ICC Champions ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 22 August 2006
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Most people call that bunch of cricketer's as "Indian cricket team", while some term them as "Our team".. and that is where the difference lies.
The first one sounds as a team that you are backing during a cricket match while other one expresses lot more than that. And when it comes to security of those players, those two terms become even more important.
I am sure family members of all those 15 Indian cricketers will be having difficult nights, but thankfully, this won't be the case with South African families who have decided to leave the Sri Lanka TriSeries which never started.
"I don't know. It is ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 17 August 2006
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They snatched his captainship without giving him a notice. Even when his last International innings had produced a century. Then they removed him from the cricket team that he thought he owned...
But a long time ago, Sourav Ganguly realised that it was "Indian cricket team", not "Sourav Ganguly's cricket team". And since then, this passionate man has been trying his best to get another chance to prove his worth.. this time just as a player.
He was given a chance on the tour of Pakistan, played the first test match at Lahore but didn't get a chance to bat on a dead pitch. Ganguly was dropped for the second test when Indian think tank wanted to play ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 16 August 2006
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Indian cricket board - BCCI made Rs. 33 crore's last season, which was simply the double of what they had earned the season before. And they are determined to triple it in this new season.
Australia have never won a tournament called "Champions trophy" before, where every top cricket playing nation participates. Thus, they wanted their player to have some International practice before that tournament starts again in October in India..
And West Indies, poor West Indies, have shortage of money. And what's more - they are preparing for World Cup in March 2007. They surely need as much money as they can gather..
RESULT - INDIA ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 16 August 2006
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Australia and England first started what is called as International cricket. So, the first ever International test match was played from 15th March 1877 at Melbourne. Then after nearly 11 years later, South African joined in when they played their first ever Test Match against England at Port Elizabeth from 12th March 1988...
Then, after 51 years of International test matches, West Indies joined by playing their first ever test match against England at Lords from 23rd of June - 1928. Next was New Zealand in 1930 (first ever test against England), THEN it was India who joined International cricket by playing one off test match against England at Lords from 25th of June, 1932...... India lost their ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 13 August 2006
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First, Indian team management had promised to play some International one dayers against West Indies, Australia or Pakistan in US, but none of America's cricket grounds reached ICC's minimum criteria and that plan failed. So bad for all those cricket lovers living in there.
Then, Indian team were supposed to play West Indies in a 5-ODI series at Toronto Canada but West Indies spoiled it all. They had problems with their cricketers and also Toronto cricket officials refused to host the series....
So, the problem still remained : From 29th of August (end of Sri Lanka triseries) to 7th of October ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 12 August 2006
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Somebody said - "You can find anything on Internet".
And after playing the role of a cricket blogger for over 8 months, I believed in it. I thought I knew places to find any information related to Cricket, and then I started to find tickets for upcoming ICC Champions trophy in October 2006 in India.
I was amazed by the number of websites who offered tickets for cricket matches to be played in UK or Australia, or the coming World Cup in 2007, but none of them offered tickets for 2006 Champions trophy...I asked why??
Because it's a tournament of big magnitude but at a wrong time, or because it is scheduled in India. ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 09 August 2006
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The day - 7th August 2006, Monday.
Place - Premadasa cricket stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Match - Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 2nd test, day 4.
The "on air" comment - "The terrorist has got another wicket.."
The culprit - Former Australian middle order batsman (52 tests) and now (was) a well known commentator - Dean Jones.
Now to tell you honestly, I was about to write an article on the best commentators in International cricket right now, and I always wanted to rate Australian - Dean Jones very highly ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 08 August 2006
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There has never been a World Cup of Test match cricket, even when so many bloggers have tried to make a "perfect schedule" for it...
But if somehow that happens, we all know that Australia will start as favourites. And even when we talk about World Cup of One day matches, Australia seems the obvious winner. Isn't it??
But somehow, Australia is a team who have never won the cricket tournament called as Champions trophy (previously as Knock-Out tournament) over a period of three attempts. The history of Champions trophy, where teams have to keep wining in order to stay in the tournament, suggests that Australia have never even reached the Semi-Final of ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 07 August 2006
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I remember the day when Sachin and Sehwag hit sixes of Shoaib Akhtar in that 2003 World Cup match against Pakistan, and India easily chased down the target of over 270..... Me and my friends got so mad that we went to roam around our Pune city at 12 midnight.. only to find thousands others doing the same.. Enjoying that special win..!!
So what exactly is there in cricket that drives us insane... Answer is the REALITY OF THE SHOW. You can get sick of a movie or a TV serial, because you know within yourself that whatever they are showing is just acting, not real but when ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 06 August 2006
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Why exactly a World cup of any International sport/game is played..??
Some might say - to judge which country's team is best among all, at regular interval of time while others may argue that World Cups are played to present the best possible exhibition of that particular sport. And then, someone else will have some other logic but to me, the second reason is good enough..
World Cup's (of cricket in my case) allows me to watch the best teams from all over the World, fighting for a "single ultimate prize", which takes the level of the sport lot higher than it normally is. There will still be official and unofficial ratings, long after the tournament is ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 02 August 2006
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When you decide to become an active blogger, you somehow make a commitment to your readers that you not only will write interesting articles, but also will provide most important information's to them.... And in my case, being a cricket blogger, I have always felt that I must find all the strange information's related to cricket, specially Indian cricket and make my readers aware of them...
And the information that I have for you here is something you just can't miss. Its about twenty20 cricket matches being shown by Star Sports, the channel who has brought us so many great cricketing drama's. And in the month of August, they will be showing some of the best twenty20 matches ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 01 August 2006
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The rule is to return the ball back to the players on the playing field when a cricket match is going on, but during a baseball game, you can take the ball home once it gets to you in the spectators stands... cool, isn't it..!!
I feel this trend should be started in cricket matches as well because it hurts lot more when a cricket ball hits you than a baseball ball... But then, its very important for a cricket match that the ball should stay in its “gradually deteriorating” condition as the match goes on whereas in baseball - they never pitch the ball on the ground, so there is no case of changes ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 30 July 2006
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I am not sure Indian cricket team's selectors has ever selected a squad which was acceptable to whole country. When I was 13-14 years old, I read an article by Sunil Gawaskar where he had selected his World XI team...
He started the article apologising to those whom he had not included in that special imaginary team, and also added that he hated selecting cricket teams as he knew he won't be able to impress one and all.
On 20th July, Indian team for Triangular series in Sri Lanka was announced. It contained a cricketer who already have had plenty of opportunities at the international level and somehow wasted them. This is ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 24 July 2006
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Is it true that "Rawan of Ramayan" used to live in Lanka which now being knows as Sri Lanka...??
I don't know. But what I know is if you try to pronounce the full name of anything in Sri Lanka, you are falling into a big trouble. For example, the full name of Sri Lankan fast bowler - Chaminda Vass is
Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas.
Similarly, the full name of RPS cricket stadium in Colombo is Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo in Sri Lanka – named after the former President of Sri Lanka Ranasinghe Premadasa. And when it comes to playing cricket on this ground, Indian cricket players ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 23 July 2006
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Recenly we read, heard and saw during the sad episode of Mumbai blast which were connected by "emails". I am a cricket blogger so please don't expect me to write about Mumbai issue. Lets just regret what happened..
But what I have here for you is another email , and there is nothing wrong in discussing about it.
The story :- At 1515hrs India time, an email from sourav87@hotmail.com (former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly's id) was sent to Sanjoy87@hotmail.com (Sourav Ganguly's brother Snehashish Ganguly's id). What that email is still not ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 22 July 2006
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October 2005. Indian team comes back from Zimbabwe and problems between Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and new coach Greg Chappell confuses our nation. And then it became clear that Greg Chappell didn't wanted Ganguly into Indian team, Kiran More joined him and suddenly Rahul Dravid started to perform brilliantly as new Indian captain and also as a batsman.
Result - A new look Indian team was formed which contained at least 8 different faces. More importantly, young faces. The point I am trying to make here is you watch " Miracle", a true story of a coach ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 20 July 2006
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After a not so small break of 44 days, Indian team will be reaching Sri Lanka for a tri series, which will also include South Africa. South African team will already be there for a two test match series - from 27th of July and 4th of August against Sri Lanka and as Indian team will be the last team to arrive to the island, its easy to say that they will be least habbituated to the conditions..
Having said that, Indian team plays best while playing in sub-continent and Sri Lankan pitches will be no alien for them. This is a very good chance for Mahendra Singh Dhoni who had "not so good" series in West Indies, ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 18 July 2006
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"We were out voted 10-1in the recent ICC meeting in London..!!"
This is what BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah had to say on why exactly twenty20 is coming to India, later than any other country all over the world. The story started in February 2006 when ICC first proposed twenty20 cricket matches to cricket boards of other countries which was first experimented in England. Cricket was born in UK and it spread all over the world with the passing time, but somehow, Youth of England were running away to soccer matches rather than visiting a International test match. The biggest reason was that cricket is a lengthy game, whereas soccer lasted only ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 17 July 2006
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" Not many of we Indians know or at least don't care about the fact that cricket is run by we people. If you remove Indian viewers from the game of cricket, it will turn into a game that not many people know world wide. "
BCCI knows this fact and that is why they are the richest sport controlling body in the whole world. Not even Real Madrid or Manchester United match what BCCI earns every year. And frankly, I am also trying to cash in with this fact..!!
I am in a community where young boys of my age have to have a career of their own. We have no other choice but to ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 17 July 2006
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Wasn't I satisfied with the existing two formats of cricket, i.e test match cricket and one day Internationals....??
I guess my is yes. I didn't really feel the need of another form of cricket match. I was quite happy watching my team play ODI series, tournaments and then few test series in an year but then, I was born in 1982 which means that One day cricket came lot before I was born. It was natural for me to get adjusted with this format of cricket. I am sure whoever heard first about them, must have hated it but as the time passed on, cricket fans got adjusted and found interest in them as well... and surely ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 17 July 2006
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There is still 6113 hrs to go (254 days and 3 quarters of a day to be more understandable) before the 2007 Cricket World Cup starts in Caribbean, but somehow I am tempted to chose our Indian team for that tournament right now..
I am not Indian selector - Kiran More, nor is the time yet to make such a guess, but being a cricket lover, its a very interesting topic to discuss with my fellow lovers of the same game and I know there are people who would like to interrupt me have their say for that special team..
So here we go -
There has been plenty of ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 12 July 2006
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Lets get this straight – It was Indian team who went to South Africa for the first time in 1992, after Proteas came out of the ban which kept them out of International cricket for 20 years, it was Indian team who played 4 test matches instead of 3 against West Indies recently when West Indies cricket board was short of money to prepare for the coming Cricket World Cup.
Now again Indian cricket board has given the green signal to a five one day international series against West Indies in Toronto, Canada in September. Again for the same reason – West Indies needs money and for that they need to play more cricket. ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 10 July 2006
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I remember walking out on my colonie's ground to play little cricket matches at the earliest hours of every morning, and we all local cricketers wanted to play two 10 or 12 over matches rather than a single 20 or so over match..!! Seems like the same days are coming to International cricket now as on 10th of July, 2006, an International XI, called as World XI played a charity match against the Pakistan side. This was supposed to be a twenty20 cricket match, but due to rain and other commitments of some very high class people, it was made into a "Ten10 cricket match".
I mean 10 ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 11 July 2006
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When you already have World Cup, what is the need of a tournament like Knock out tournament (now called as Champions trophy). That too just 5 months before the World Cup in West Indies..?? This is what critics had said when ICC announced the itinerary for the coming Champions trophy, to be held in India in October. There were also news that Australia and England will be keeping their star cricketers from this tournament to provide then enough rest before the Ashes series in November 2006. I can understand the critics as they have to have something to say about, otherwise there is no identity for them. And as far as English and ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 05 July 2006
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Power plays are now being utilized by cricket captains rather than just doing away with them.. lets find out how..??
It takes just one ball to get the batsman out, but there's always a chance for a bowler to come back on the next ball, or the ball after that. Probably that's why, since the day this rule was made in cricket, everything else has been dominated from a batsman's perspective. Be it the LBW appeal where batsman has the benefit of doubt or the rule that a bowler can't bowl more than one bouncer in ODIs and two in test matches... Even if the batsman is batting way out of his ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 05 July 2006
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Are Tri-series or a Triangular tournaments better than an ODI series between two countries??
My answer will be yes as they allow we viewers to enjoy matches of different flavours, but I leave you to decide your answer yourself. What I have for you here is the schedule of the tri-series that India and South Africa are to play in Sri Lanka. Each team will play each other twice before the final match on 29th August at Premdasa stadium in Colombo.
After winning the test series in West Indies, this tri-series is next on Indian fixture list but it doesn't start ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 04 July 2006
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Somehow my mind remembers Indian captain Rahul Dravid saying that he won't be playing twenty20 cricket matches. He thought test matches were ideally suited to his kind of batting and he had made a "tough change" for One day matches... but now when people are talking about twenty20 matches, he thinks he should make way for a younger player to play for the country..
Having said that, I have discussed this with my friends and they never agreed with me. They were sure that Dravid never made such a statement and the debates went on... Now today - 3rd of July, I have got the news that Dravid will be joining latest sensation - Mahendra Singh Dhoni ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 04 July 2006
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I bet.... Sunny (nick name of Sunil Gawaskar) will make more runs alone than what West Indies openers - Gorden Greenidge and Desmond Haynes will make together..!! The day was 11th of March, the year was 1983 and the better was an English man. His relations with India is not yet known but above is the bet that he openly announced at the Queen's Park Oval cricket ground in Trinidad when that 2nd test match between India and West Indies started. This was the third time Sunil Gawaskar was playing in West Indies, and his debut tour of West Indies in 1971 had won him many a fans... That English man was most probably one of ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 15 June 2006
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Almost every time, we have the talent somewhere inside us but we ourselves don't know. And many a times, we are forced in some kind of situations where we just have to explore that part of us and we find that we are quite natural to it... isn't it?? Virendra Sehwag is a prime example of that. He first came into Indian team when he was 21 years, 6 months and 10 days old, with just two years of domestic cricket and made his entry as a spinner who used to copy Indian batting master Sachin Tendulkar while batting. Sehwag made 1 run in his first ODI innings against Pakistan at Mohali, and ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 13 June 2006
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Cricket is a game where outside factors effect a lot. It can be a 22 yard pitch which changes from country to country, it can be the weather that no body can control... but there is another factor that effects cricket - the big total of opposition...
Its amazing to see how batsmen plays bad shots when opposition team has made a huge total, even if the pitch is playing in the same manner as it was during their batting. I remember Mumbai crowd booing their most loved child - Sachin Tendulkar and also their latest love - Mahendra Singh Dhoni when they played lose shots and got out when India needed them to be there on ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 13 June 2006
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Would you believe that the sales of TVS Apache bike and Pepsi has gone up considerably since India have started their tour of West Indies..??
Well, its a fact and the only reason for it is that those two commercials zooms into our television sets as soon as an over completes or a wicket goes down or some kind of break happens during India vs West Indies matches these days. Tensports is a sports channel, owned by Taj Tv international and they have worked very smartly to make their mark in in our country India. |
Added on Sun, 11 June 2006
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OK.... lets start today's article with this piece of information - out of 1805 International test matches played in the history of test match cricket till date, only 165 times the team batting first has scored more that 550 runs in the first innings and 108 times they have won the match. 54 out of those matches were drawn, 2 were lost and one was tied..!!
If we go by that statistic, this 1806th test match between India and West Indies at St. Lucia, which happens to be the second test match in the 4 match series between the two countries, India have won half the battle. Read on and I'll explain how.. |
Added on Mon, 12 June 2006
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Day 1.
Consider this – only four batsmen in the history of test match cricket has scored a century before the Lunch Interval on the first day of the test match(three of them were before the second World War, only one after that was Majid Khan of Pakistan) and the fastest century by an Indian in test matches has been off 74 balls by Mohammed Azharuddin....!!
Well, none of these records were broken by Virendra Sehwag on the first day of the St. Lucia test – the second test match between India and West Indies (the list of fastest centuries makers) but I am sure none of the above was more ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 11 June 2006
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Everybody knows what happened on the last few minutes of Day 4 of the first test at Antigua(here's more if you don't) and many might have thought it will be Brain Lara who will be fined because of showing wrong behaviour - to the umpires and also to Dhoni and Mohammad Kaif. But match officials thought otherwise and fined Virendra Sehwag for "excessive appealing"...??
Anyways, 20% of match fees doesn't really bother a highly successful Indian cricketer like Virendra Sehwag and I am sure he will be disappointed but can manage... Now the destination for Indian team is St. Lucia where they will play ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 08 June 2006
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To tell you frankly, Caribbean is not a place to read about and get fascinated. Its a place to see by yourself, spend some time with just your spouse and feel why its called the heaven on earth. Having said that, cricket is something that is running in the blood of West Indians and St. Lucia is no different. So if you are a cricket fan, along with a little bit of money to spend, St. Lucia is the place for you..!!
St. Lucia is situated at the eastern part of Caribbean sea with a boundary on Atlantic Ocean and it was first located by Europeans and then first colonized by French people. After that, British people held the ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 08 June 2006
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This was the ground where Brain Lara scored his 375 runs, way back in 1993 and he came back in 2003 to regain his highest individual score in test cricket by any batsman, when Mathew Hayden got past his previous record. Not only Lara scored the first every quadruple century at this ground, he did it again against the same opposition - England. Antigua cricket ground had also seen the fastest century in test match cricket - off 56 balls by Vivian Richards and this is, or rather was the ground where highest fourth innings successful chase in test cricket was achieved - 418 by West Indies against Australia in 2002.
The reason I am using "past tense" for ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 07 June 2006
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Indian cricket team, when they were leaving for West Indies, were repeatedly tipped as our best chance in two of three decades of winning a test series in Caribbean. They started in bright note by winning the first ODI at Trinidad but failed to continue the momentum. And eventually, lost the ODI series in quite a convincing manner...
Now its onto test cricket, and honestly, Indian team failed to make any mark in first two days of this first test at Antigua. They were bowled out for just 241 and then, gave away a lead of 130 runs to the West Indians ( See the West Indian score card), bowled ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 05 June 2006
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Indian test team for the tour of West Indies.
1. Rahul Dravid (Captain),
2. Virendra Sehwag (vice-captain),
3. Yuvraj Singh,
4. VVS Laxman,
5. Mohammad Kaif,
6. Suresh Raina,
7. Wasim Jaffer,
8. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Wicket Keeper),
9. Dinesh Karthik (stand-by wicket keeper),
10. Irfan Pathan,
11. Harbhajan Singh,
12. Anil Kumble,
13. Shanthakumaran Sreesanth,
14. Munaf Patel,
15. VRV Singh,
16. Ramesh Powar.
Honestly, I have been making the list of Indian cricket team for at least 10 years now. It was in 1996 World Cup that I came close to the game of cricket, closer ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 01 June 2006
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Before I tell you about what can we expect from the 2nd ODI between India and West Indies, let me remind you that the highlights of this 2nd ODI will be at 0830hrs to 1030hrs in the morning of 21st May and again at 2030hrs to 2230hrs the same day - the day after the match...on Tensports in India that is. This pattern will be continued for whole of the west Indies series and as there is very dim chance of you being able to watch these matches live, I hope this highlights timing on Tensports will be a real help. N-Joy..!!
The second ODI preview.
Australians target the the opposition captain whenever ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 19 May 2006
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The match Preview.
Do you remember when was the last time when India played West Indies in an one day international??
I hope you do. It was in August 2005 in that Indian Oil Cup in Srilanka. It was a tri series and India had beaten West Indies in the first encounter, while the second one went lot closer - still Team India winning it by 7 runs. Here's that scorecard to refresh you memory. India had made 262 while batting first and were winning the match comfortably before Runako Morton and wicket keeper Denesh Ramdim made our heart beat faster...
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Added on Thu, 18 May 2006
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The match preview. Indian team is on the tour of West Indies and they will be playing a practice match against Jamaica cricket association on 16th of May. This will be a first class one day match that Indian team has got to get a taste of West Indies pitches, before the first one day international against West Indies team at Jamaica again.. but - The two grounds are different. This practice match for Indian team will be played at Chedwin Park, which is the home ground of the Catherine Cricket club, located 30 km from the city while the first and second Cricinfo.com has unleashed "Genie" - An application that allows you to catch live cricket between, lets say India vs West Indies ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 08 May 2006
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Why isn't there a single channel, that does the live telecast of all the cricket matches that India plays. Or any country rather..!!
Wouldn't that solve the problem for cricket fans like you and me. When Indian team plays in Australia - Espn shows the matches. When they play in India - Doordarshan shows the matches while when a neutral venue like Abu Dhabi comes in - Zeesports becomes the most wanted channel. From a cricket fan's perspective (who are supposed to be the ones who make cricket so much wanted), it creates lots of confusion. And many times means no cricket, as "that" channel doesn't comes in ones' ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 29 April 2006
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Christopher Columbus - a well known European explorer and trader, promised to name the next land he finds as "Holy Trinity" and it was a miracle that he ended up finding Trinidad and Tobago, which was in the middle of three peaks of Trinity Hills.
So that was the beginning of Trinidad and Tobago's island on World's map but before I tell you about the cricket at this land, I want to add a information that most of us didn't know. We see West Indies cricket players having Indian names like Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Dinanath Ramnaraine, Ganga and like wise and wonder what's the logic behind that. ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sat, 29 April 2006
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Do you know that every cricket ground in any country is based on a club of people - called as club members....I hope you do. They are the people who manage all the happenings at that particular cricket ground and are responsible for every arrangement. So the story with Sabina Park in Jamaica, Kingston is that no club member (all male) is allowed to take a ladies name in the club.............else he buys drinks for every other club member.
What actually happened is that once a club member mentioned a woman's name and started to describe his affair with her. Unfortunately.. her husband was right behind him and without giving it a second thought, he broke various ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Tue, 25 April 2006
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Indian team for the ODI series in West Indies, which starts on 18th of May was announced yesterday and lets be assured that - at least 50 to 60% of these players will be representing in the World Cup as well. According to me, seven of this Indian squad for the 2006 tour of West Indies will be unchanged when India goes to west Indies again in March 2007.
1) Rahul Dravid :- He was given the captaincy when Greg Chappell openly raised questions about Sourav Ganguly's place in Team India. Rahul Dravid has been the single cricketer in Indian team who ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Sun, 23 April 2006
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The match preview
UAE cricket grounds has been known for batsmen friendly wickets, but 1st ODI of this India vs Pakistan DLF CUP proved to be a total opposite case. The pitch was slow and even the out field was not up to the mark - not in terms of greenery but the ball didn't carried fastly enough to the boundary and batsmen struggled to get full value for their good shots.
You will be surprised to know that this 2nd India vs Pakistan match at Abu Dhabi ground will be played on the same pitch that was used for the first match yesterday. Generally, cricket grounds at neutral venues prepare two of three pitches and match ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 19 April 2006
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The Preview - one day before the match.
Do you know that the first ever one day International between India and Pakistan was played at Quetta on 1st October in the year 1978. And hence the rivalry between these two cricketing nations kick started, as that match was won narrowly by India - by 4 runs.
Since then, there has been 106 ODI's between India and Pakistan and sadly, 63 has been won by Pakistan and only 39 by India with 4 having no result. The only good thing about India vs Pakistan one day matches from an Indian perspective is that we have won all the last four ODIs ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Mon, 17 April 2006
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Out of 78 test matches against West Indies, our Indian cricket team has managed to win just 10 of them. And would you believe, only three have been on West Indies soil. May be you will believe, as West Indies team used to be a great cricketing side and also because our Indian batsmen have always struggled against fast bowling. But...
One cannot rule out the historic victory Indian team managed when they chased down the target of 403 at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1976 and the record for Highest fourth Innings chase belonged to us before West Indies broke it on 13th May, 2003 when they chased down 418 against Australia. ... .. Read complete article
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Added on Thu, 13 April 2006
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The Preview
England cricket team may complain about the heat they had to counter while playing the test and one day series in India, but they can thank Indian cricket board for one thing - See nearly whole of India. That too free of cost!!
England team started from Nagpur in Maharashtra, traveled to East like Delhi and Faridabad, then to western part of India like Mumbai and Goa, then to South like Kochi, then to North like Guwahati and Jamshedpur and they will be finishing the Indian tour at nearly the centre of India - Indore. Indore is situated in Madhya Read complete article |
Added on Fri, 14 April 2006
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Keenan Cricket Stadium in Jamshedpur is known for its lush green out field, good hard pitch, extremely hot conditions and bad luck for Indian team. And this time Keenan stadium disappointed in none of it. Temperature was hotter than 50 degrees on the cricket field, ground was like a green sleeping bed, pitch was harder than Indians would have wanted and they batted first to make the matter worst.
India had made so many changes in their playing eleven that I feel tough to mention. From the last team that played at Kochi - Dravid, Irfan, Ajit Agarkar and Sreesanth were replaced by ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Wed, 12 April 2006
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Do you know that the first ever test match between India and West Indies was played from 10th to 14th of November at Delhi in the year 1948 when West Indies cricket team came to India for the first ever test series in between the two test playing Nations. West Indies won the 4th test of that series at Chennai (called as Madras at that time) and hence won the series with all the other four test were drawn.
In fact, India would easily have won the fifth and final test match at Bombay and squared the series as they made 355 runs in their 2nd innings - just 6 runs short of victory target of ... .. Read complete article |
Added on Thu, 13 April 2006
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