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Tendulkar is 'great' : Holding
Michael Holding does a post-mortem of the Karachi Test and identifies the areas where India slipped
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25-Feb-2013
Michael Holding does a post-mortem of the Karachi Test and identifies the areas where India slipped. The bowler who was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' has a word of advice to the Indian batsmen and believes Sachin Tendulkar would hit form soon.
Full postWife's cancer won't force McGrath retirement
Despite his wife’s cancer, Glenn McGrath writes in his Sunday Telegraph column he has no plans to retire
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25-Feb-2013
Despite his wife’s cancer, Glenn McGrath writes in his Sunday Telegraph column he has no plans to retire
Let me make this perfectly clear - my priority is helping my wife Jane and two children, Holly and James, through this tough time. But I have no intention at this stage of retiring from international cricket. I have some goals I want to achieve for Australia and I am hopeful I will get the chance to complete them. However, my family's interests are first and foremost, so we'll see what happens.
Zaheer Abbas on the art of batting
Zaheer Abbas, the great Pakistani stylist, talks about t he art of batting , his guru Hanif Mohammad, and picks his top 5 batsmen (playing currently) whom he would pay to watch
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25-Feb-2013
Zaheer Abbas, the great Pakistani stylist, talks about the art of batting, his guru Hanif Mohammad, and picks his top 5 batsmen (playing currently) whom he would pay to watch. "I love watching stroke-makers and there was nobody better than him," Zaheer raves about a special batsman in the article. No, not Hanif or Lara.Click here to find about which batsman he is talking about.
Full postFiery Fred explodes onto the scene
Chris Waters looks back at Fred Trueman's start to international cricket in today's Yorkshire Post :
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25-Feb-2013
Chris Waters looks back at Fred Trueman's start to international cricket in today's Yorkshire Post:
On June 7, 1952, a strapping young fast bowler walked on to the Headingley field with a spring in his step and a knot in his stomach.
As he surveyed a capacity crowd of 34,000, and as he caught sight of his father amid the tightly packed throng, a thought crossed the mind of this wide-eyed Yorkshireman.
"Being one of their own, I knew all eyes would be on me," recalled Fred Trueman, who was making his Test debut on the stage he knew best. "I just hoped and prayed that I wouldn't let them down."
Full postSimon Katich - an unconventional opener
Simon Katich is surprised by his role as a one-day opener
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25-Feb-2013
Simon Katich is surprised by his role as a one-day opener. He speaks to The Australian’s Andrew Ramsey about how he moved to the top of the order.
"One-day cricket lends itself to guys going out there and blazing fours and sixes, but I guess I have had to try and adapt because I know I can't hit big sixes into the crowd. I might be able to do it later on in the innings if I have been in for a while, but I can't do that right from the start.
In the same paper Malcolm Conn says in a comment piece on crowd behaviour that all countries must “look in their own backyard”.
Before anyone climbs too far up the high moral ground pointing the finger at Australia regarding crowd abuse and racist behaviour, let's be clear that every Test nation has numerous instances sitting in its shame file.
Lefties are taking over at the crease
Peter Roebuck wonders about the plethora of left-hand batsmen around the world and suggests a change in lbw rule
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25-Feb-2013
Peter Roebuck wonders about the plethora of left-hand batsmen around the world and suggests a change in lbw rule.
Full postWhy are there so many more highly productive lefties around in cricket than in any other sport? Why so many more successful left-handed batsmen than can be found in the general population?
'Sehwag looked frightened' - Miandad
Javed Miandad believes India lost the Test even before it began
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25-Feb-2013
Javed Miandad believes India lost the Test even before it began. Targeting Virender Sehwag in particular he said, "Sehwag, I am sorry to say, looked frightened. It is all right to bang the ball around on featherbeds, but the truest test of your cricketing ability comes on tracks that offer some assistance to the quick bowlers. Sehwag failed on that count".
Full postLack of fight galling
Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the Indian batsmen for a spineless performance in the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan
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25-Feb-2013
Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the Indian batsmen for a spineless performance in the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan.
Full postIt was never going to be easy to survive for almost two days but what was utterly disappointing was that India could not even bat out the day and lost well before closing time on the fourth day itself. For far too long, there have been the so-called experts who have been talking about how attacking batting is the only way to win. That may be true, but there has to be the ability to be able to lower a few gears and bat to save a game that can’t be won and so live to fight another day by surviving.
Ponting defends his R&R
Ricky Ponting writes in his column in The Australian that he’s surprised by the reaction to his two-game rest.
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25-Feb-2013
Ricky Ponting writes in his column in The Australian that he’s surprised by the reaction to his two-game rest.
I'm still not sure if the outcry was caused by the fact that I missed a couple of matches, or if it was because one of those games happened to fall on Australia Day. I also remain uncertain as to what was the main point of the criticism. The fact is I have missed a few games here and there over the last few years, and that hasn't caused anywhere near the same uproar as we've seen over the past week.
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