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Is Dhoni justified in his anger?
Just when one thought Dhoni and the selectors were on the same page comes this sad episode
Dhoni espisode exposes BCCI claims on leaks
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Will BCCI flex its financial muscle again?
There's nothing like having a discussion to break the ice. Just like the United States president Barack Obama said “You have to speak to people”. They [IPL and ICL] both need to understand their agendas and work accordingly.
Clive Lloyd, ICC Cricket Committee Chairman and former West Indies captain
There is a lot of public pressure on the ( Read more... ) -
Umpires hamstrung by playing conditions
A few questions came up at the end of the game in Kanpur.
Could the umpires and the match referee not have curtailed the lunch break so that play could resume earlier? According to the present playing conditions, the umpires and the match referee were right in penciling in a 30-minute break between innings because the time lost at the start of ( Read more... ) -
The Light? Duckworth? Or India?
So who beat England today? Was it the light; the Duckworth-Lewis calculations, or just India once again?
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That will take some eating
I was amused to read that before the defeat to India in the Border - Gavaskar trophy, Ponting declared that India's lack of real ability made them more suited to twenty-twenty than to tests. He wrote in his book "Captain's diary 2008" that teams like India who get outclassed in tests will be more successful in twenty-twenty because there is less ( Read more... ) -
Did India beat England on singles?
Homer makes the case that India have beaten England because they have done better taking singles. It is an interesting argument and is supported by the great Australian coach Bob Simpson's observation (and the cornerstone of his approach in his world cup winning campaign of 1987) that the side which is able to take the higher number of singles wins ( Read more... ) -
Dhoni proving to be a shrewd thinker
The legion of fans of MS Dhoni's captaincy is growing by the day. Here's what L Sivaramakrishnan says in his column in The Hindu.
No doubt, Yuvraj’s centuries in both the matches guided India to triumph. However, credit must also be given to the guiding hand of India’s captain. Dhoni has proved that he is a shrewd thinker not cowed down by ( Read more... ) -
Dhoni makes his own luck
The fluency with which Yuvraj Singh made a second century in as many games, Gautam Gambhir's consistency and Yusuf Pathan's skills as an exciting finisher set up another fine win for India against England at Indore on Monday but it was hard not to train the spotlight on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy.
How does one explain his leadership? Is he ( Read more... ) -
Jeev wins the Singapore open
Jeev Milkha Singh continued a great season by winning the Singapore open.
In doing so, he became the Asian tour's first single-season millionaire.
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Better, but not good enough
Angus Fraser seemed to see some improvement in England's performance, but will it be enough to be competitive during this series? Can those who were closer to the action give a view as to how England's players managed?