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 10:31 | 31/Mar/2007 |
| A few stray thoughts.... | |
| And, for the first Saturday after the world cup debacle, a few stray thoughts …I do believe that the world cup is really boring without India. We may not have done better than Ireland but we would have certainly done better than West Indies. The famous Marathi humorist, the late P. L. Deshpande once said that cricket is only game which is more talk...
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| 09:19 | 29/Mar/2007 |
| Pakistani beards | |
| Here are two interesting comments on Pakistan cricket team’s outward religiousity:M J Akbar in The Asian Age - “Their captain, Inzamamul Haq, could triple his personal endorsement revenues if someone eased that look of permanent pain on his visage. He also has the slightly irritating habit of confusing the Almighty with a cricket coach (irritatin...
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| 09:07 | 29/Mar/2007 |
| What luck? | |
| This is what our high profile Chief Selector, Dilip Vengsarkar looks at the team’s performance:"Nothing but bad luck,"…. "Who would have believed that India would lose to Bangladesh. India was tipped by most experts to win the Cup. It was nothing but bad luck. I am not trying to offer excuses but we must accept that it was a bad phase and proved ...
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| 14:41 | 28/Mar/2007 |
| Why fuss over sms? | |
| Greg's SMS divides Indian cricket" reads the headline on Cricketnext.com.Rajan Bala made public a sms he received from Greg Chappell. The sms and subsequent communication between Gerg Chappell and Rajan Bala bring forward following points:Greg Chappell: "Even in the last selection meeting, I fought for youth. The senior players fought against it an...
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| 14:18 | 28/Mar/2007 |
| In English or Bhojpuri… Confusion is con... | |
| Shishir Hattangdi, former Mumbai cricketer wrote in diary in Mid-Day: “One needs to hear these experts and commentators talk about solutions rather than just pointing out the problems”.My question is: Are there any cricket experts left in India? There are no AFS Talyar Khan, K N Prabhu and Sundan Rajan on the scene. Rajan Bala used to write with ...
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