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Being Mr. Cricket

Sunday 25 October '09

Two games into the International Cricket Council’s much-publicised Super Series, with Australia having walloped the Rest of the World in both, it’s increasingly clear that games between the world’s best team and the world’s best players aren’t going to provide too much in the shape of contests.
The Flintoff way

Friday 18 September '09

Has the all-rounder gone rogue, or is he on to something revolutionary?...
It’s gone over the boundary

Sunday 12 July '09

An insider and an outsider give a spin to one of sport’s great rivalries — India versus Pakistan on the cricket field
Mishits and big hits

Tuesday 23 June '09

The second edition of the World Twenty20 championships started with the opening ceremony...
Gift for nation, dedicated to Woolmer

Monday 22 June '09

Pakistan cricket came alive at Lord’s on Sunday evening in all its unpredictable glory and unrefined exquisiteness.
Young Afridi comes of age

Monday 22 June '09

He had exploded on the cricket world as an overgrown 16-year-old, armed with a flashy smile and a fiery blade. He slammed....
Bowlers have learnt to live with Twenty20

Monday 22 June '09

International cricket is a batsman’s game, but in increasingly loud voices, bowlers are having their say. Between the inaugural edition....
At Lord’s, Pakistan put Lahore behind, lift World T20 trophy

Sunday 21 June '09

Pakistan were crowned the T20 World Cup champions after they beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in a lop-sided final.
Today, two nations hit by war, terror pad up for hope

Sunday 21 June '09

From Lahore to Lord’s in three months and 17 days: it’s not been an easy ride for either of these teams, but between them....
For Pak, the dream is alive

Saturday 20 June '09

An hour after Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul had charmed their way past South Africa’s steel, the train back from Nottingham to London....
‘We didn’t choke, we were beaten’

Saturday 20 June '09

This time, they did not choke. What will hurt Graeme Smith most is the fact that they did not even get close enough to Pakistan....
Lower standards in IPL gave false sense of security

Friday 19 June '09

It wasn’t just the Indian team that lost some of its sheen here in England this week; it was the Indian Premier League as well.
Sri Lanka ready for Gayle test

Friday 19 June '09

Lanka will surely take confidence from their convincing win against the same opponents in the group stages, but then again, Chris Gayle did not play that game.
Caught in limbo, Indian women crumble again

Friday 19 June '09

Two days ago, it was Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team whose chase against South Africa crumbled like a crisp cookie at Trent Bridge...
Team India failed unit test

Thursday 18 June '09

Their first match on this trip, the warm-up against New Zealand, India lost by nine runs; their last game of the campaign.
Clash of contrasts as Pak take on SA

Thursday 18 June '09

Will the South Africans choke? Or will the Pakistanis self-destruct?
spinners keep it tight

Wednesday 17 June '09

For a team who have been knocked out of the tournament a couple of days ago, a team left with nothing to play for....
Couldn't connect, we lost our players during IPL: Coach

Tuesday 16 June '09

Riding on 39 days of manic IPL action, Indians were the men in form, the side that had figured this format out. So what went wrong for M S Dhoni and his team? Bad form? Bad planning? Bad luck?
After shock, one for pride

Tuesday 16 June '09

Five days of an interesting Test pass quickly. Five days of a Twenty20 tournament can seem like years....
OUT

Monday 15 June '09

England quicks send India out of World T20 championship, win by three runs....
Home or away? Lord’s turns out in lighter shade of blue

Monday 15 June '09

When India play England at Lord’s, which side has the home advantage?
First time as captain, Dhoni faces Sunday Stress

Sunday 14 June '09

For the last couple of years, ever since their World Twenty20 title in South Africa, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team have strutted....
Two years after, Yuvraj meets Broad in similar setting

Sunday 14 June '09

India versus England or Yuvraj versus Broad? It’s a crucial, must-win clash for both teams, but when the battle within is as mouth-watering as this one...
Windies rock Indian boat

Saturday 13 June '09

The West Indies fast bowlers had a plan, and unlike the norm in Twenty20 cricket, keeping it in the right areas wasn’t a part of it.
Three months after Lahore, SL too good for ‘distracted’ Pak

Saturday 13 June '09

Salman Butt was belting it out of the practice area, as was Misbah-ul-Haq, and the bowlers ran in with purpose and hit the right areas most of the time.
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