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Written by Tom Wipperman
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
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Even if
religion, caste, class and culture continue to divide the subcontinent,
one thing is bound to continually unite them: the love of cricket. The
opportunity to go to see a game between India and Bangladesh was too
good to turn down, and so I was able to have my first real day out in
Bangladesh.
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Written by Sreeram Ramachandran
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Sunday, 22 April 2007 |
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Tears in a sporting arena are a sign that the sport is doing incredibly
well, fuelling extremely intense and raw passions, and offering great
drama. It's been a while since I have seen tears in a cricket stadium.
I saw them in the eyes of the fans as Lara walked away for the last
time yesterday, and I felt goosebumps like I haven't felt in a long
time.
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Written by Jonathan
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Friday, 20 April 2007 |
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180. 277. 375. 501*. 213. 153*. 400*. 196
The numbers tell a story. The context of the numbers
make the story legendary in the purest definition of the word: that each
shall be talked about across generations.
Bringing the most eventful World Cup tournament to a
final boil, Brian Lara has announced that he has had enough from the feast that
is international cricket. He leaves very few scraps for his
contemporaries but much to discuss on his legacy, the fate of regional cricket
and of course all of those glittering innings.
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Written by Sanjay Kewlani
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 |
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A doosra, that is what the recent tactic by the Sri Lankans of resting Vaas and Murali is. I don't believe for a second that they were merely trying to rest their key players. If that were the case they wouldn't have played in the Ireland game today (in which Murali has been spinning his web).
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Written by Mark Smith
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 |
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As a reaction to India’s shock exit from the world cup the BCCI are
proposing to clamp down on players advertising and promotional activity
limiting the number of endorsements any player can give to three, and no
product can be endorsed by more than two players.
It’s being seen as a
rather heavy handed, and has predictably raised something of a stink – and it’s
surely only a matter of time before some barrack room lawyer starts talking
about ‘restraint of trade’ and, going down a road that English footballers have
started keenly navigating – ‘image rights’.
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Written by Sreeram Ramachandran
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
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It's been three weeks since India got gobsmacked out of the World Cup, and newspaper reports here are still talking about how cricket merchandise sales are down, pub revenues are down, XBOX cricket game DVD sales are down (at Rs.2,500 or so a DVD, when were they up anyway?), tv ratings are down, cricket playing equipment sales are down.
In this deluge of depression, there is only one thing that comes to mind - get over it already.
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Written by Alan
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Tuesday, 10 April 2007 |
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So far Sri Lanka has been the most interesting team in this World Cup.
Their matches against South Africa, in which South Africa limped to
victory after a near-fatal collapse (including the remarkable 4 wickets
in 4 balls by Lasith Malinga), and against England, in which a great
rearguard effort from England's tailenders Bopara and Nixon fell just 2
runs short. That's one-day cricket at its most exciting.
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Written by Jonathan
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
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In the 1975 WC Tourney, the West Indies thrashed a then-minnow Sri Lankan team
by 10 wickets in a match that was over before most would have finished their
morning papers.
FF to 2007 and sit with me as I watch the West Indies fall to the 'Lankans for
the second straight tournament, again failing to negotiate Vaas' swing and
Murali's/Jaya's turn - 'no hugging, no learning' in this team that's for sure.
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