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batpadgap: February 2006
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Monday, February 27, 2006. Excerpted from Wisden Asia cricket 2004 issue). Shivnarine playing a stubborn innings at one end, West Indies still had some hope of saving the game. Posted by Sriram Veera at 4:09 AM. Sunday, February 05, 2006. Glenn and Jane McGrath. Glenn McGrath will not play in the VB Series finals, choosing instead to spend time with his family after his wife Jane had a relapse of cancer. Posted by Sriram Veera at 4:30 AM.
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batpadgap: October 2005
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Thursday, October 27, 2005. Yeah right, we shall show who will be crawling on the knees. In the West Indian case, the race had supplanted the nationalist feeling that fuels other cricket teams. The way forward for the team lies via the individual salvation. As Tony Cozier wrote recently on the West Indies tour of Australia, "it could be individual self interest that strengthens the team ethic on this tour and beyond". What am I out for?
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batpadgap: April 2007
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Sunday, April 08, 2007. One ball. Three runs to get. What do you do? Dilhara Fernando with the ball and an inexperienced Ravi Bopara, who had till then carved out a gem of a cameo, with the bat. Nails were spit out, heart beat faster, and some eye-lids shut. Mahela Jayawardene had a few decisions to make. Should I bring in the fine-leg? Should I have a mid-off or a long-off? Rather than reading me, hear the legend Hall. SMG and SRT. Ga...
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batpadgap: March 2006
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Friday, March 24, 2006. How Imran Khan lifted the World Cup. The ambition was that of Imran Khan, son of a strong and proud woman. Once when Imran at the age of 13 had bribed his way out of trouble with a police man, his mother confronted him as soon as she heard about it. She told him that bribing was a loss of his dignity and that he should have gone to goal instead. When Imran tried to defend. It was as simple as that, he had to win the...
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batpadgap: January 2006
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Tuesday, January 31, 2006. From Cricinfo's 'All Today's yesterdays'. A one-day final, and the opponents need six off the last ball just to tie. If you were an Australian, you'd back yourself to win, wouldn't you? To see a video. Not surprisingly this prompted widespread charges of poor sportsmanship. The. On the infamous incident. Extracted from http:/ www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/stories/s1034248.htm. Sunday, January 29, 2006.
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batpadgap: February 2007
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Sunday, February 18, 2007. I have already written two pieces in Cricinfo on his technique before. One 0n his ODI blues. And the other on his short-ball woes. He has again changed his technique recently, takes a middle-stump guard now. As usual it is a fascinating topic. Will he simply stick to one thing? It makes for compulsive TV. Posted by Sriram Veera at 3:13 AM. View my complete profile. This day that year. Why call a fielder a cheat?
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batpadgap: January 2008
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Monday, January 28, 2008. Why call a fielder a cheat? It is accepted that not walking is not cheating. Fair enough, but why call a fielder a cheat when he takes a bumped catch? Now cut to the situation where the fielder has taken a ‘catch’. In most situations, he is not sure whether it had bumped. Let’s take the Dhoni catch. Off Pietersen at The Oval in the recent India-England series. Apparently, he thought that the ball dropped on hi...
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batpadgap: December 2005
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Thursday, December 29, 2005. The Myth of the Nightwatchman. An excerpt from Charles Davis's book The Best of the Best. It shows how the tactic fails more often than it succeeds. There is also a short piece on partnerships: do wickets fall in pairs after long partnerships? To read the article. Posted by Sriram Veera at 11:19 PM. Tuesday, December 27, 2005. Kerry Packer, the media moghul who changed the face of cricket, is dead. Ranjit Shind...
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batpadgap: December 2006
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There is birth, then there is death, in between there is cricket. Thursday, December 21, 2006. The day the music died. To watch 8 top dismissals from Warne, interspersed with commentary from the magician himself. Orgasmic! The whole weight is now shifted to the left foot, and the ball is released with a rip, a final flick of the right wrist, launching the ball in its orbit. Back a little and give a hats off gesture the bails come off. Posted by Sriram Veera at 5:27 AM. View my complete profile.
