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Soccer frenzy at Kingston

Soccer frenzy at Kingston

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

'Slow death' at Montego Bay

'Slow death' at Montego Bay

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Baldheads - the new dread

Baldheads - the new dread

No sooner had the Indians recovered from the jet-lag, than they unleashed their latest fashion statement - Baldheads Unlimited

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Melbourne in Kingston

Melbourne in Kingston

Tucked away in a quiet corner of Kingston, at the end of Courtney Walsh Drive, is the Melbourne Cricket Club

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Rum, coffee, Marley and cricket

Rum, coffee, Marley and cricket

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

Freddie Flintoff loves his music and he loves singing

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sachin puts his hand up

Sachin puts his hand up

Duncan Fletcher’s public utterances are few and far between and rarely memorable

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Call the Engineer

Call the Engineer

After the hoo-ha about the booing of Sachin Tendulkar, the Wankhede crowd again came under scrutiny yesterday.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Naming ceremony

Naming ceremony

Cricketers are not known for their attention to detail

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Slaying the Beast

Slaying the Beast

If you’re a bat geek (that’s as in willow rather than Bruce Wayne) you might know that Kookaburra’s bat the ‘Beast’ was recently deemed illegal by MCC, the arbiter of cricket’s Laws, because it had a graphite strip down the back of the blade.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Better Fred than read

Better Fred than read

Virgin Atlantic do their best to alleviate the fidgety tedium of a long-haul flight with some half-decent movies, some re-heated but generally top-notch comedy and a bunch of music channels to suit most tastes.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Happy Holi

Happy Holi

So goodbye India

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The ghost of Botham's mother-in-law

The ghost of Botham's mother-in-law

So England lose the Test and with it, most likely, the series

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kit off is not on

Kit off is not on

The front page of today’s local section in the Hindustan Times shows a sneering blonde English ladette giving the cameraman the bird.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Of pylons and pilots

Of pylons and pilots

The Punjab Cricket Association stadium rose from the Mohali swamp 12 years ago

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sidhu hits parliament for six

Sidhu hits parliament for six

I discover today that the MP for the nearby city of Amritsar is Navjot Singh Sidhu – the Indian opening batsman turned TV commentator, famous for tonking John Emburey for nine sixes in a match

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The Chandigarh super womble

The Chandigarh super womble

So, goodbye Nagpur, hello Chandigarh

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The circus has left town

The circus has left town

The circus has left town

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chappell receives email: hold the front page

Chappell receives email: hold the front page

A friend of mine once came to Calcutta to teach small Indian schoolchildren

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Yozzer's win-ometer

Yozzer's win-ometer

Although his stint as Channel 4 TV’s Analyst ended last summer, Simon Hughes is in India for the Daily Telegraph and continues to come up with sparky technical innovations

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

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