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Was the Kanpur pitch doctored to suit India?

India managed to come back and level the series with South Africa with a win at Kanpur. Ahmedabad ex....

Cricket  |  April 14, 2008  |  633 Views  |  (5) Comments
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Time for the Aussies to rest Ponting and give youth a chance

I am an ardent Indian cricket fan. But I am going to give credit where it is due. It was sad to see ....

Cricket  |  March 06, 2008  |  565 Views  |  (5) Comments
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Is the Bollyline series India's greatest cricket achievement?

Finally the India-Australia summer series is over. And, much against expectations, a young and inexp....

Cricket  |  March 05, 2008  |  998 Views  |  (4) Comments
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Australia are still cricket's ODI masters

Based on the current CB tri-series and other one-day tournaments since last October, the current Aus....

Cricket  |  February 27, 2008  |  306 Views  |  (0) Comments
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The IPL's formation is based on a strong emotion - but it's certainly not love

The Indian Premier League came into being as a reaction to the breakaway Indian Cricket League, whic....

Cricket  |  February 24, 2008  |  783 Views  |  (0) Comments
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Sunny side up? Who is the better batsman Sunil Gavaskar or Sachin Tendulkar?

India have produced two of the greatest batsmen in history in Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. B....

Cricket  |  February 06, 2008  |  1102 Views  |  (17) Comments
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Ishant Sharma and Verinder Sehwag - India's surprise successes Down Under

The Australia-India series has been one of the most exciting in recent Test history.It had everythin....

Cricket  |  January 29, 2008  |  306 Views  |  (3) Comments
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Do the basics right, don't get psyched out - and India can beat the Aussies again

India's victory at Perth was like a breath of fresh air. It was great to see the young Indian bowler....

Cricket  |  January 22, 2008  |  326 Views  |  (19) Comments
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Cricket's best captains: From Ian Chappell to Imran Khan, Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting

Captaincy is one of the most crucial aspects of modern cricket and here is my all-time list of the g....

Cricket  |  January 15, 2008  |  725 Views  |  (14) Comments
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A ban on sledging, indoor stadia and miked-up umpires - let's take cricket into the 21st century

The Sydney Test was a reminder of how bad things are in contemporary cricket. It is a trigger to do ....

Cricket  |  January 13, 2008  |  66 Views  |  (0) Comments
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Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S Laxman, India need you for five more years!

Enough has been discussed about the Sydney Test. Congratulations to Ricky Ponting for winning 16 in ....

Cricket  |  January 08, 2008  |  729 Views  |  (5) Comments
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India can't compete with Australia's brilliant plan of perfection

One has to admire the meticulous planning and execution by the Australians against every team and un....

Cricket  |  December 31, 2007  |  165 Views  |  (1) Comments
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Spin doctors will ensure India, Pakistan and Sri Lankan cricket success

Most teams in cricket are hard to beat on their home grounds.When teams go to Australia or South Afr....

Cricket  |  December 19, 2007  |  152 Views  |  (1) Comments
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Are India's cricketers sleepwalking to a drubbing in Australia?

India has fallen again to the Australian bluff of psychological ploys and mind games. The media, for....

Cricket  |  December 13, 2007  |  307 Views  |  (5) Comments
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Ashraful, Jayasuriya, Tendulkar, Akhtar: A united sub-continent front can tame the Aussies

Test matches against Australia have become boring due to the one-sided dominance of Ricky Ponting's ....

Cricket  |  November 21, 2007  |  248 Views  |  (6) Comments
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Indian cricket will get nowhere under a local coach - the answer's a wizard from Oz

The ugly incident when Greg Chappell was attacked while he was India's cricket coach is exposing the....

Cricket  |  November 15, 2007  |  251 Views  |  (6) Comments
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Cricket without boundaries - the revolution is nigh!

Currently, world cricket has become bipolar in standard. One nation's cricket system has evolved an ....

Cricket  |  October 26, 2007  |  165 Views  |  (0) Comments
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How Andrew Symonds' Indian summer was clouded by fans' reaction

The recent one-day series between India and Australia left only one memory - the targeting of Andrew....

Cricket  |  October 23, 2007  |  437 Views  |  (10) Comments
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Can any cricket team halt the Aussie juggernaut?

Australia have nothing more left to demonstrate to the world that they are the number one team in wo....

Cricket  |  October 16, 2007  |  219 Views  |  (10) Comments
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how could you compare sachin with gavasker when u compare sachin with bradman.no one is nearer to sachin exept bradman who is better tan sachin may be a little.but sachin is surely better tan gavasker
abraham tim
Sunny side up? Who is the better batsman Sunil Gavaskar or Sachin Tendulkar?
 
Greg When you say 'rubbish', talk about yourself :-). I dont think SAF dominated the series and I cannot say the same about India. That is why the series is 1-1. Interes ting you talk about wande....
Chandra
Was the Kanpur pitch doctored to suit India?
 
Greg, Much like you have mentioned about this SA team being not full strength, you must realize that the Indian team was not full strength either. They played without Tendulkar and their front line fa....
Partha Rajagopal
Was the Kanpur pitch doctored to suit India?
 
I've learned fans will be fans. So much rubbish is dispensed from partisan fans (including myself) its a laugh. I cannot imagine how Indians can claim their squad to be better than the Protea's, the....
Greg Smith
Was the Kanpur pitch doctored to suit India?