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Remembering Ben Hollioake

Thursday marked four years since the death of Ben Hollioake, when his car crashed in Perth

Andrew McGlashan
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Thursday marked four years since the death of Ben Hollioake, when his car crashed in Perth. England were playing a Test match at Wellington at the time and the tragedy overshadowed the remainder of the tour. Geoffrey Dean caught up with Adam Hollioake, who now lives in Perth but is still strongly involved in the CHASE charity, set up following Ben's death.
Adam’s priorities changed, part of the reason why he retired early from the game in 2004. Since then, although you sense that behind his bright-eyed gaze and strong smile the pain will never be far away, he has successfully rebuilt his life
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If only Fleming was more ruthless ...

Adam Parore, former New Zealand wicketkeeper, reckons Stephen Fleming is missing the ruthlessness required to go from good to great.

Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
Fleming will end up with a test average a good five or six runs short of what it should have been. He even said last year it had got beyond the point where he could rescue this situation - that his numbers would never stand out in the history books. I wonder if this thinking has infiltrated his game, and taken away that extra ruthlessness needed to get the big hundreds.
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Read the home wicket or weep

Business day 's Marc Smit gets critical of South Africa 's bowling on the opening day of the second Test match

Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
Business day's Marc Smit gets critical of South Africa's bowling on the opening day of the second Test match. Bowl outside off, get the batsman to fish. Good strategy? No, not if its too wide and the batsmen aren't required to play, says Smit and he supports it with stats.
Peter Roebuck also wonders about the SA bowling and asks did the ends justify the means?
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Wham, bam, thanks for nothing Uncle Sam

Andrew Ramsey imagines a Twenty20 World Cup at Orlando

Andrew Ramsey imagines a Twenty20 World Cup at Orlando. He tells you of the various possibilities that might unfold, before describing an epic final contested between England and Australia.
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Tahir Popat's triumph

Peter Roebuck watches Michaelhouse and Durban High School contest in a semi-final of a local night tournament in South Africa:

Peter Roebuck watches Michaelhouse and Durban High School contest in a semi-final of a local night tournament in South Africa:
Apart from their positions as school captains, they stood out in only one respect. Both captains had brown skin. Both were of Indian origin. They have risen to the highest point possible in their school's cricket and clearly command respect among their peers ... Never forget that, not so very long ago, it could not have happened. Oh yes, and one of the youngsters is a Muslim.
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Sajid Mahmood - tall, loose-limbed and hostile

Sajid Mahmood is a fast bowler in the Stephen Harmison, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh mould

Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
Sajid Mahmood is a fast bowler in the Stephen Harmison, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh mould. He is tall, loose-limbed and hostile, and he has arrived in India with his confidence high after an excellent A tour of the West Indies, says Angus Fraser in the Independent. Mahmood talks about hisfamous cousin - Amir Khan, the boxer he boxer who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Stephen Bishop profiles him in The Guardian. Mahmood spoke to Tanya Aldred, in 2004, about his first trip to India. click here to read.
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