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VOL.28 :: NO.37 :: Sep. 10 - 16, 2005
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WHETHER it is the Indian subcontinent or Africa, the nationalist elite of the region followed a tried and tested policy to overthrow British imperialism — learning the systems and processes of the rulers and using these same practices to ...
Three successive heart-stopping Tests settled at the 11th hour; two great sides battling to finish on top. The Ashes series is set for a magnificent finish, writes TED CORBETT.
Of Vaughan and his ValiantsLet's wait until after the Oval to discuss how good England are, how far Australia have slipped. They will still lead the world ratings if they lose this series 3-1 but that will be a false position.
AUGUST 22. If you want your children to have job security, a practice net in the garden is probably a necessity. England are unchanged for four Tests and make no apology for their retreat from the days when up to 29 players take part in a ...
Winning is all about using common senseAUSTRALIA'S loss at Nottingham reinforces the need to carefully look at the structure of its team, coaching and management. No Australian side has ever had such a large support staff. Yet certain problems have either been ignored or not attended ...
The modern reverse swingIN the course of its recorded seven hundred-year history, cricket has developed its own mystique and invented a distinctive specialist language: an idiosyncratic tongue suited to the description of the events and skills peculiar to this most ...
Some fight from the hostTHE scorecard called it a lot closer than it actually was. Twenty-seven runs was the difference between the sides on paper. The match, however, was won before it had even started. It took just a throw from the deep to snuff out any embers of a ... IND V ZIM — I 
Lop-sided, to say the leastFOR some time now, world cricket has been saddled with the dicey question of how far to spread, when it's already spread itself out thin. Cricket in Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and West Indies has not been up to international standard, and India's ... IND V NZ — I 
Hounded by BONDIT was a bizarre match. India's left-armers Ashish Nehra and Irfan Pathan set their side up for victory, moving the ball in the air and restricting New Zealand to 215 on the same track they had scored 397 against Zimbabwe. Shane Bond then ... NZ V ZIM — I Hurricane Vincent hits Bulawayo WHEN one team makes close to 400 runs in 44 overs and the other struggles to score half that much, the question of how both are playing at the same stage raises itself. "Jeez, most disappointing thing was our bowling and our fielding," said ...
`Middlesex has given me back my rhythm'"I am hoping to do well. Sportsmen can only try, the rest is in the hands of the Almighty. I want to be hundred percent fit. That is a primary factor for success."
"Greg was very aware of the mental aspect of the game from the beginning. It was an integral part of his cricket. He drew his strength from it."
The message is loud and clearHOW does one describe Indian cricket? As of now, India seems to have a national team becoming steadily infamous for lack of performance, discipline and motivation. All the other international teams have cricketers passionate in taking pride in ...
India and Ponting's `substitute' gripeIT happened as England viewed Vijay Hazare's India, in the summer of 1952, as the near cricketing equivalent of `Zimbabwe Today'. As our four-Test series got underway at Headingley (`0 for 4' and all that), our team members asked skipper Hazare ...
When fast food was servedCRICKET'S latest avatar — Twenty20 — made its long overdue debut in India. The Unibic Twenty20 Bradman Cup, held in Bangalore recently on a weekend that had its dash of sun and spells of rain, concluded with a delightful twist ...
Asia's future is GREENIF ever world hockey were to be a stage where Asia stages its resurgence, the protagonist will most certainly be Pakistan. The fantastic win in the final of the Rabobank International tournament against Olympic champions Australia strengthened ...
Bleak HouseTHRASHED 4-1 in Copenhagen by a far from irresistible Danish team, England could count themselves lucky indeed that their World Cup qualifying group contained such small fry as their fellow Britons, Wales and Northern Ireland; though fry had to ...
EVERY now and then an old argument will be removed from the mothballs, dusted clean and debated anew. Tossed around will be the idea that Sampras was Laver's equal, and in a fresh twist Federer's name will be added to the deliberations. In all ...
The very first in an illustrious lineJack Johnson not only fought his way out of misery, but was also a ruthless heavyweight boxing champion, who spent his entire life changing the rules of the racist society he lived in. He took it out on the long line of white boxers who dared to fight him and taught them a lesson or two.
Chinese stranglehold brokenTAUFIK HIDAYAT did a great service to badminton the other day at the Arrowhead Pond Arena in Anaheim in the US. The 24-year old Indonesian, the Athens Olympics gold medal winner, broke the stranglehold that China seemed to have on the sport by ...
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