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Breakdancing bowler a sign of the times

Breakdancing bowler a sign of the times

I discover today that the young Indian quick bowler Sri Sreesanth is a former breakdancing champion

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Eight and a half on the roar-ometer

Eight and a half on the roar-ometer

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Blackie: a local hero a long way from home

Blackie: a local hero a long way from home

For me a sleepy but significant day’s cricket was enlivened by the Test debut of Ian Blackwell

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The Last Flight to Nagpur

The Last Flight to Nagpur

India has many many fine towns and cities but Nagpur is not one of them

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Send for Nasser

Send for Nasser

Today Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton, in India on Sky TV duty, slipped almost unnoticed through a busy airport and out into Mumbai, a money-making city of muggy sunshine and honking horns

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The end of the road

The end of the road

Sarfraz Ahmed slept with the World Cup last night and you can hardly blame him considering it looked to have slipped away from him yesterday

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

A bagful of memories

A bagful of memories

This is the end and time to head back home with a bagful of memories

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Final drama

Final drama

What an extraordinary match; 180 runs, 20 wickets, 60 overs

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Bahawalpur's quaint charm

Bahawalpur's quaint charm

Non-availability of tickets from Multan led one to undertake a two hour journey to Bahawalpur before boarding a Karachi bound flight

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Dancing the night away

Dancing the night away

This evening was the closing dinner for the World Cup, an event attended by the two main finalists and the two teams who contested the Plate final – New Zealand and Nepal

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Pakistan passion

Pakistan passion

Was that the Aussies choking that I watched today

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

High on speed

High on speed

It’s pretty surprising that a bunch of around 15 journalists, traveling on a bus this morning, actually got to the Multan Cricket Stadium

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Meeting expectations

Meeting expectations

It wasn’t the worst of days for Sameera de Zoysa, Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain, against Zimbabwe

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Leaving in a rush

Leaving in a rush

What a way to go – 58 all out and in front of the TV cameras to boot

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

'Aap ki marzi'

'Aap ki marzi'

Rickshaw drivers come in various types

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Smile for the cameras

Smile for the cameras

The crowds for this tournament have been non-existent, even for Sri Lanka’s matches, but at least the semi-finals and final should have a few more people taking notice of the action as the games are being beamed around the world

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Watching Sachin leave

Watching Sachin leave

Strangely, and this maybe because I have watched most of Sachin Tendulkar’s career before I began covering cricket, I have rarely noticed him when he leaves the ball.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Jayasuriya's triple century

Jayasuriya's triple century

Mine will be a ‘Jayasuriya Triple Century’ please, and for him a ‘Border’s burger’

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Time for reflection

Time for reflection

Today was a ‘Poya Day’ in Sri Lanka - a Buddhist ritual which happens four times a month and equates to the four phases of the moon

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Running from pillar to post

Running from pillar to post

I was just imagining Rahul Dravid's life when one-dayers are on

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

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