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‘No alternative to experience’

Sunday 19 April '09

Sanath Jayasuriya likes to keep himself busy at all times, and that reflects in his batting as well.
IPL’s money-spinning ‘strategy break’ makes boring debut

Sunday 19 April '09

The dog doing a lap of honour, eating biscuits and holding up play, wasn’t part of the spectacle lined up at the inauguration of the second IPL...
Low scores, high drama

Sunday 19 April '09

The beauty of Newlands has always been its spectacular backdrop, with Table Mountain hanging over the lush ground...
Indian pitch, foreign field

Saturday 18 April '09

Can’t Wait. Come 2010.’ Billboards splashed around laidback, sport-loving Cape Town have been gearing up residents for next year’s World Cup football for a while.
Bowlers beware, says fired-up Flintoff

Saturday 18 April '09

Andrew Flintoff is hopping around the nets at the Bellerive Oval, happily swatting deliveries away in his spotless yellow kit.
Opening just a job for me: Sehwag

Saturday 11 April '09

Despite making optimum use of the horizontal bat while at the crease, Team India vice-captain and opener Virender Sehwag has a rather straight-forward approach while facing questions.
Joginder hopes SA provides another spark to flagging career

Thursday 26 March '09

Misbah-ul-Haq c Sreesanth b Joginder Sharma. This moment, captured in a million hearts, adorns the drawing room wall in a frozen frame.
No call on venue yet, but scales tilt towards SA

Tuesday 24 March '09

While the BCCI is still in talks about where to host the IPL’s second edition, South Africa seemed to emerge as the likely venue late on Monday.....
Middle-East venues at the forefront again

Thursday 5 March '09

As the International Cricket Council announced that Pakistan needed to find a new base to host matches in the aftermath of Tuesday’s terror attack...
Viru preaches patience

Wednesday 18 February '09

Statistics make an easy understanding of India’s last tour to New Zealand.
‘A poor fielder has no place to hide’

Monday 16 February '09

Robin Singh stresses on ‘all-rounders’ in the field but feels slip catching will be crucial in New Zealand
Why Kuruppu would’ve loved to play T20

Wednesday 11 February '09

Regarded as one of the pioneers of the aerial shot, Brendon Kuruppu is sitting in the Sri Lankan dressing room as manager, appropriately attired in team colours....
Pathans take flight as India win

Wednesday 11 February '09

Growing up in Baroda, Yusuf and Irfan Pathan would have dreamt, perhaps, of winning a match for the country, against all odds....
Malinga looks forward to cranking it up

Tuesday 10 February '09

Where there is Lasith Malinga, excitement can’t be too far behind. The maverick with the curly golden locks, pierced eyebrows and slingshot action is back....
India out to have a blast

Tuesday 10 February '09

On Poya, a full-moon day when this Buddhist island shuts down completely, Pragyan Ojha took Venkatesh Prasad for a single-wicket bowling session....
By the Tamils, for the Tamils... but only the Sinhalese play here now

Monday 9 February '09

The creaking of the iron gates at the P Sara Stadium provides the apt soundtrack as one enters the 109-year-old Tamil Union Cricket Club.
Lanka avoid whitewash

Monday 9 February '09

It was inconsequential as far as the series went, but India’s 68-run loss to Sri Lanka...
Lanka avoid whitewash

Sunday 8 February '09

India’s 68-run loss to Sri Lanka ensured that Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Co’s winning streak ended at nine...
Team India want it all

Sunday 8 February '09

As the young fans stood in a queue, flipping pages of their autograph books to see if they had enough pages left...
Reconstructing Irfan

Saturday 7 February '09

The Indian dressing room was understandably jovial, uproarious laughter piercing through the half-empty stands of the Premadasa Stadium...
The worst-dressed Indian team?

Friday 6 February '09

G S Vivek Established, popular faces of world cricket were in their official T-shirts, mixed with a variety of accessories.
Muralitharan goes top of ODI heap

Friday 6 February '09

Eighteen years is a long time, long enough to make people forget. Muttiah Muralitharan, who on Thursday became the highest wicket-taker in one-dayers after accounting for Gautam Gambhir as his 503rd victim....
No respite for broken Lanka

Friday 6 February '09

Gautam Gambhir was walking the talk at the Premadasa Stadium on Thursday afternoon, making a telling impact on the scoreboard every time he strolled down the pitch....
Opener Dilshan inspired by IPL team mates Sehwag and Gambhir

Thursday 5 February '09

“Welcome skipper, you are looking smart,” Virender Sehwag quipped, seeing Tillakaratne Dilshan in formals as they prepared to head for a dinner at the Sri Lankan President’s house....
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