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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

I watched a lot of T20 World Cup games and was glad that Pakistan won. After the Lahore attack on Sri Lankan cricketers, this was a much needed boost for Pakistani cricket. No cricket lover would like to see the game suffer in Pakistan, especially at the domestic level. Even if no international cricket is [...]

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A painful confession from a purist

Monday, June 15, 2009

I kinda like Twenty20 cricket. It mostly reminds me of how we played - both in real life and in our fantasies.
Also, both in IPL-2 and in the ongoing second Twenty20 World Cup, bowlers, especially the good ones, have some say. That has also been a surprise.

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The Entitlements of being a Cricketer

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Sidarth Monga has a remarkable story in Cricinfo on Ewen Chatfield, the former New Zealand medium pacer. Monga reports that Chatfield now drives taxi for a living. For someone who played 43 test matches and 114 ODIs and took over 260 international wickets, Chatfield displays no sense of entitlement.
A refreshing contrast to our cricketers, who [...]

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A Job Done Well

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The most-written, over-hyped, over-NBCed (rest of the world is lucky that it is not subjected to NBC’s ghastly coverage of Olympics) Olympic hero Michael Phelps (and his coach, Bob Bowman) nevertheless must have this feeling of true satisfaction. Everything they had planned, hoped and aspired for worked out. Beyond all the money and fame, [...]

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This is huge

Monday, August 11, 2008

An Indian finally wins an individual Olympic gold. This precocious young man called Abhinav Bindra has had a very nice career so far but this is a stupendous achievement, on a day when everything came together for him.
A moment to celebrate, if only because we can move beyond our usual snark and the disappointing performances [...]

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Asia Cup

Thursday, July 3, 2008

I must say it is excruciatingly painful to watch English language being butchered by Amir Sohail et al. It’s not as if these former cricketers have any good insights on the game. On the contrary, they recite cliches, cannot speak on what’s happening in front of their eyes and sometimes even misread what’s on the [...]

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