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I broke Marcus Trescothick

I broke Marcus Trescothick

It was Thursday morning when I decided to travel to Canberra for Friday's Prime Minister's XI match against the English Cricket team

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Wanted: batting strike rates on players' stats

Wanted: batting strike rates on players' stats

Did you know that besides being an all time great batsman the Indian cricket coach is quite Viv Richards-like in qualifying as one of the top all rounders to have played in ODI's?

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

It's not what you say...

It's not what you say...

The life of the modern elite cricketer is different from most of our own

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Swinging in confusion

Swinging in confusion

Here’s a much-awaited treatise on that great mystery of cricket – swing

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

A nice celebration for a 1st anniversary

A nice celebration for a 1st anniversary

What is the best way to celebrate an anniversary

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Nehra and Mongia - A case of incongruous pragmatism?

Nehra and Mongia - A case of incongruous pragmatism?

It seems it has been a long time since I posted on Different Strokes and on cricket, a subject that was the reason I started blogging in the first place

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

As the Crowe flies in the wrong direction...

As the Crowe flies in the wrong direction...

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Cricket World Cup ‘07: An early set of predictions

Cricket World Cup ‘07: An early set of predictions

Just as Lahar did before the Indo-WI Test series, it is my turn now to put my head on the chopping block

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

The Lankan Leap

The Lankan Leap

I have never been to beautiful Sri Lanka

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

The 6-6-6 men for Australian batsmen

The 6-6-6 men for Australian batsmen

Cricket funda: Hadlee's comet comes once in 29 years

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Indian Catching-7: Wicket Keeping

Indian Catching-7: Wicket Keeping

Wicket keeping must be the big daddy of all Indian catching worries

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Indian Catching-6: The Skipper's Catch-22

Indian Catching-6: The Skipper's Catch-22

Dearth of dependable catchers engenders a dilemma for the Indian Test skipper with more rookie bowlers bowling for India now than ever before

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Round 2

Round 2

Unlike when the presale began, today when the MCG Ashes tickets sale got underway, I was in pole position

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Indian Catching-5: Remembering Akash Chopra

Indian Catching-5: Remembering Akash Chopra

The omission of opening batsman Akash Chopra from the Indian scheme of things is a cause for lament

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Indian Catching-4: The Australian Connection

Indian Catching-4: The Australian Connection

Coming to that 1990's Australian side, they had some truly great catching fieldsmen supporting Taylor - Junior, Warne and Punter immediately come to mind

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Indian Catching-3: The present

Indian Catching-3: The present

Right now India have two brilliant infielders from the one-day side Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif playing in Tests

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Indian Catching-2:The recent past

Indian Catching-2:The recent past

Let's not go into the divine era featuring Solkar-Yajurvendra-Brijesh-Kirmani-Kapil-Sunny and just take a passing look at the Indian Test side of late 1990's

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Indian Catching-1: Intro

Indian Catching-1: Intro

The deteriorating Indian standards of catching in Test matches have prompted a number of written and verbal screams from the cricket fraternity.

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

When elegance went on a holiday

When elegance went on a holiday

The other day I sent this interesting excerpt from a cricinfo throwback to a friend:

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Taking the Sting with the Ring

Taking the Sting with the Ring

You strut into a home Test series as skipper of the overwhelming favourites to win the series.

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

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