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John Wright's contribution to Indian cricket
Apr 22, 2004: Whenever I heard former Indian players talk on television about Wright's lack of fire, I have had a quiet chuckle
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Dravid - India's best batsman?
Apr 15, 2004: It's time to stop fudging the obvious with phraseology
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A riveting contest at Gaddafi
The capricious world of Test cricket
Apr 8, 2004: Of all the reasons why we love Test cricket, the most compelling one is the way it reveals itself and yet holds back so much
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The throwing controversy rumbles on
Apr 1, 2004: As might have been expected, an entire nation has been roused to indignation over Chris Broad's decision to report Muthiah Muralitharan's doosra as suspect
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The Indian View
Mar 25, 2004: A tape of his batting wouldn't enliven a rainy evening, but if your team had to save its skin on a dodgy pitch, Gary Kirsten's name would among the first on the sheet
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The Indian View
Mar 18, 2004: For those of us bemused by the orchestrated hype around Steve Waugh's retirement, the coverage of India's tour to Pakistan has been benumbing, but fears that the good game will be buried in the cacophonic lust of marketing czars have been happily
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The Indian View
Don't burden cricket with significances it cannot carry
Mar 11, 2004: Given the bitter history that India and Pakistan share, every little thing that promotes goodwill is worth clutching at, but there is a danger here of overestimating the power of cricket
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The Thursday column
Mar 4, 2004: I never saw KP Bhaskar play
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The Thursday column
Feb 19, 2004: Nostalgia can be the enemy of reason, for it imbues the past with such marvelous colours and scents that reason cannot cut through fortifications
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The Thursday column
Feb 12, 2004: Safety is a matter of personal concern and players should be allowed to make the choice without the fear of recrimination
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The Thursday column
Feb 5, 2004: The essence of sport lies in contest and cricket is in danger of limiting itself to the contest of bat against bat
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The Thursday column
Yes to passion, no to hysteria
Jan 29, 2004: Watching Ravi Shastri and Wasim Akram do their stuff in Australia is a demonstration of what India-Pakistan cricket relations really are
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The Thursday column
Jan 22, 2004: How far is nationalism taken in journalism?
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The Thursday column
Jan 15, 2004: If Steve Bucknor is looking for some R & R, he should strike India off his list of possible destinations
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The Abhijit Kale case
Tackle the disease, not the symptom
Dec 4, 2003: The Kale case, irrespective of the truth, is only a manifestation of a serious and deep-rooted malaise
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The two-Test series
Nov 20, 2003: Sambit Bal speaks out against the two-Test series in this week's Thursday column
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India's opening problems
Nov 11, 2003: Sambit Bal builds a case for S Ramesh in this week's Tuesday column
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ESPNcricinfo at 20: Could the world live without the site's favourite stats-spewing thingummybob? By Andy Zaltzman
Rob Steen: While players are pulled up for various deeds of misconduct, administrators get away
Switch Hit: Mark Butcher joins the team to preview the Champions Trophy semi-finals
'He was going to run all over you'
My XI: Allan Donald on the most intimidating bowlers he has seen. Right up there: Malcolm Marshall
Jon Hotten: It's hard to avoid the conclusion that there is a deep statistical conviction behind their current method
Why India have had success in this Champions Trophy
The unexpected conditions in England have favoured India's adventurous batting
Lots of rumour, but no hard evidence
The words of a former England captain turned commentator have sparked a controversy around the Champions Trophy hosts but, as yet, there is no hard evidence
Pakistan were cheered fanatically to three defeats and an embarrassing Champions Trophy exit
A contest that brings cricket alive
The game can often seem dreary, predictable and endless. Not when India and Pakistan play each other
Warner row shows how Root has bedded in
That he was out drinking with senior players and was targeted by David Warner's misfiring aim proves Joe Root is firmly a part of Team England
Why India have had success in this Champions Trophy (87)
The unexpected conditions in England have favoured India's adventurous batting
India prepare quietly ahead of big clash (78)
India look at ease as they train quietly and purposefully on the eve of their semi-final against Sri Lanka in Cardiff
The day the laughter died (70)
Pakistan were cheered fanatically to three defeats and an embarrassing Champions Trophy exit
Pakistan have always looked wistfully at the batting riches produced across the border
Batting trips up Pakistan again (48)
The Champions Trophy debacle was just another example of how frail Pakistan's batting has been over the last few years
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