Dileep Premachandran

Steve Waugh - 'No sledging in cricket, mate'

Steve Waugh admitted that it had taken him until the last innings of a distinguished 168-Test career to realise that

06-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran at the SCG

Steve Waugh - 'No sledging in cricket, mate'

Steve Waugh admitted that it had taken him until the last innings of a distinguished 168-Test career to realise that

06-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran at the SCG

A touch of romance

Steve Waugh departed the stage as he had graced it, shorn of frills and gimmicks, walking swiftly back with a few waves of the bat in honour of those who made it such a memorable occasion

06-Jan-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

A touch of romance

Steve Waugh departed the stage as he had graced it, shorn of frills and gimmicks, walking swiftly back with a few waves of the bat in honour of those who made it such a memorable occasion

06-Jan-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Rahul Dravid - 'I'd back a team to score 300 on this wicket'

Rahul Dravid made another telling contribution in India's second innings while Simon Katich held his nerve and cracked his maiden Test hundred

05-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran at the SCG

Storming the Australian bastion

For Australia, a draw would be a creditable result, but it will feel like defeat to draw a series they were expected to dominate

05-Jan-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Storming the Australian bastion

For Australia, a draw would be a creditable result, but it will feel like defeat to draw a series they were expected to dominate

05-Jan-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

'The toughest home series' - Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist refused to wave the white flag, but admitted that Australia would need a monumental effort to ensure that Steve Waugh's farewell Test isn't remembered as an ignominious defeat

03-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran at the SCG

'The toughest home series' - Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist refused to wave the white flag, but admitted that Australia would need a monumental effort to ensure that Steve Waugh's farewell Test isn't remembered as an ignominious defeat

03-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran at the SCG

A beautiful struggle

After the horror patch that he has been through, a sparkling century wouldn't be an appropriate signpost to better times

02-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran at the SCG

'India will be a force for a long time to come'

It's been a career beyond compare, and with the finishing line in sight, Stephen Waugh insisted that he wouldn't be doing anything different in preparation for the Sydney Test

01-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran in Sydney

'India will be a force for a long time to come'

It's been a career beyond compare, and with the finishing line in sight, Stephen Waugh insisted that he wouldn't be doing anything different in preparation for the Sydney Test

01-Jan-2004•Dileep Premachandran in Sydney

Setting the stage

Despite the result being a foregone conclusion, 29,262 turned up at the MCG to show their appreciation of one of Australian cricket's most beloved sons

30-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

Setting the stage

Despite the result being a foregone conclusion, 29,262 turned up at the MCG to show their appreciation of one of Australian cricket's most beloved sons

30-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

'A dream come true' - Williams

Brad Williams, who watched his first Boxing Day Test at the MCG while still a kid, admitted that he had goosebumps as he walked off the field to sustained applause after having scalped four Indian batsmen for 53 on what may turn out to be the pivotal

29-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

'A dream come true' - Williams

29-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

'It can't end this way'

On the train to the MCG - Richmond Station, to be precise - this morning, I sat opposite a little boy and his father, clothed in replica Australian one-day shirts, adorned with sunscreen and carrying pocket transistor radios

28-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Dileep Premachandran in Melbourne

Ponting - 'Surprised Tendulkar didn't come out to bat'

Ricky Ponting stormed to the top of the 2003 batting charts, in the process becoming only the fifth player to score back-to-back double hundreds in Test matches

28-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

Ponting - 'Surprised Tendulkar didn't come out to bat'

Ricky Ponting stormed to the top of the 2003 batting charts, in the process becoming only the fifth player to score back-to-back double hundreds in Test matches

28-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

'It can't end this way'

28-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Dileep Premachandran in Melbourne

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