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July 24, 2006
Posted by Anantha on 07/24/2006 in Commentary
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. But it was not a conscious decision to stay away from cricket and so when I saw this on Cricinfo yesterday, I had to break my silence.
Dinesh Mongia and Ashish Nehra are two players who brought out contrasting reactions from me as I watched the drama unfold in South Africa during the last World Cup. While in Nehra's case it was all "hip hip hurrah", I dreaded the sight of Mongia walking in. Through the course of India's campaign, he never looked like he deserved his place ahead of Laxman.
Continue reading "Nehra and Mongia - A case of incongruous pragmatism?"
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July 13, 2006
Posted by Angshuman Hazra on 07/13/2006 in Miscellaneous
Mr. Martin Crowe is once again caught spewing generous doses of oral vitriol. In his latest outburst Crowe has come down heavily, among other things, on the candidature of some fledgling sides of international cricket. I am an admirer of Crowe's frankness of expression at most times but on this occasion I failed to agree with his skewed notion.
Crowe browses through Bangladesh's Test graph and announces:
"Bangladesh have played a staggering 44 Tests, for one win, over just six years - they simply aren't going to make it."
Continue reading "As the Crowe flies in the wrong direction..."
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July 9, 2006
Posted by Angshuman Hazra on 07/09/2006 in 2007 World Cup
Just as Lahar did before the Indo-WI Test series, it is my turn now to put my head on the chopping block. I do so by airing a comment on the World Cup 2007 prospects of the leading ODI teams with brief notings (most of those end up with an emphasis on bowling). I realise that the event is way too distant in the future to be discussed with any thoroughness. But what the heck - no one’s going to hang me if I am wrong with these predictions!
Continue reading "Cricket World Cup ‘07: An early set of predictions"
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July 5, 2006
Posted by Angshuman Hazra on 07/05/2006 in Sri Lanka
I have never been to beautiful Sri Lanka. But I can picture supporters of Sri Lankan cricket team getting greatly excited by the commendable performances of their boys during the very recent past. It all started with a good show in the VB series Down Under and the team has not looked back since.
I take the pleasure of reflecting on some feats that Sri Lankans registered recently during a heady month-and-half long patch. The brave little men seem to be finding their feet on foreign shores, finally.
Continue reading "The Lankan Leap"
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July 4, 2006
Posted by Angshuman Hazra on 07/04/2006 in Miscellaneous
Cricket funda: Hadlee's comet comes once in 29 years
The only 2 bowlers to take modern Australian batsmen for breakfast, lunch and dinner over full series, Sir Richard Hadlee and Harbhajan Singh, were born on the same day, 29 years apart.
Corollary: If we extrapolate that occurence then someone born somewhere on the 3rd July of 2009 may grow up to manhandle Aussie batsmen again.
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