VOL.28 :: NO.46 :: Nov. 12 - 18, 2005
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From the publishers of THE HINDU VOL.28 :: NO.46 :: Nov. 12 - 18, 2005
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IN the one and a half years that had passed since the double in Pakistan in the spring of 2004, Indian cricket had progressively plummeted to new lows. Team India had nothing to show other than a Test series win at home against South Africa last ...
Power playDhoni is not someone Indian cricket stumbled upon by chance. He is a product of the system. He rose through the ranks and then tasted international competition on the `A' tours, writes S. DINAKAR
Youngsters script a rousing finishMORE than the victory itself, it was heartening for India that two youngsters held their nerve in a tense situation and saw the team through. When Suresh Raina joined Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indians were in trouble at 180 for six. The target ... JAIPUR ODI 
A turbo-charged bulldozerMAHENDRA SINGH DHONI walks with a swagger and dumps the ball to the different corners of the ground. He stays and he conquers. His act of destruction at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium was more like a heavyweight boxer pummelling a lightweight ... ON THE ODI TRAIL 
Greg gets crackingMohali has to be among the foremost cricketing venues in the country. Everything is done with great care, taste and style here. Pictures of former cricketers adorn the walls of the clubhouse. Achievements of the past are rightly remembered and celebrated. The relaxed ambience at the stadium is suffused with cricket. 
Dhoni: 'Very Very Sixy'SOME labels you invent stick. Like `The Palm-Tree Hitter' in the case of Polly Umrigar, `The Haryana Hurricane' vis-a-vis Kapil Dev. But what punchline do I now conjure to sum up the ultra-hard-hitting persona of Mahendra Singh Dhoni? ...
Dada has himself to blameThe selectors and the team management have embarked on an ambitious plan to groom youngsters ahead of the World Cup in the Caribbean. They have to be phased into the side. And they need to be given games ahead of the premier limited overs competition.
Food for thought IN 1995, the year we finally beat the West Indies in Test cricket, we were having problem with our one-day approach. In a bid to get input from the team, I asked the players to answer two simple questions. a) Why haven't we been playing as well ...
Adding a new dimensionTHE delivery was wrapped in the mystique of the Oriental, drifting into the right-hander and then spinning away to rearrange woodwork. It was a wickedly beautiful piece of deception from a left-arm spinner. Murali Kartik will replay the ...
BILLIE BOWDEN, 42, is the sunshine man of international umpiring. Someone who puts joy into what is a tedious job of immense focus; a white-collar man performing flamenco on the office table. The Kiwi has got away with his methods. So much so ...
The West Indies team ethic is perhaps, and ironically so, reinforced by individual self-interest. And over and above is the realisation that everyone wants to "play the cricket" and that they can't do so by absenting themselves or by bickering among themselves, writes TONY COZIER
Managerial troublesTHE knives, even the shotguns, are out for the besieged Alex Ferguson, manager of the ailing Manchester United. Mediocre to a degree in its sluggish, goalless European draw at home to Lille, positively abysmal in its 4-1 defeat at modest ...
Brazilian key ignites Mahindra engineONE minute was all what was left for the lottery of the penalty shootout to be drawn. The 35,000 capacity crowd in the floodlit Nehru Stadium was bracing up for what, to critics, is an unsatisfactory way of resolving a deadlock, but to fans is ... ENGLISH COMMENTATORS 
Describing the beautiful gameCommentating in India is a first-time experience for John Helm and Russell Osman, who are "pleasantly surprised by the standard of Indian football which is more than what we had expected".
`The game has improved'THE hungry look is no longer written on his face. He is a satisfied man, who has an array of achievements and awards, including the coveted Arjuna Award. Slightly filled out, I. M. Vijayan, 36, is today experiencing the true joy of a football ...
Brilliant chase at LeedsTHE legend of Don Bradman's `Invincibles' — arguably the greatest team of all time — was born on the triumphant 1948 tour of England. Australia convincingly won four of the five Test matches and were the only team to stay unbeaten in ...
THINKING OUT OF THE BOXONE hardly expects eyebrows to be raised on the Marina beach. With the exception of the horrific images of December 26, the golden sands of the second longest beach in the world usually bear witness to strolls (quiet and the not so quiet ones), ...
SPOTLIGHT ON SAINAINITIALLY, the lack of depth in the field for the Asian Satellite badminton championship was the only talking point at New Delhi's Siri Fort Indoor Stadium. But once the action commenced, the intensity of competition in singles dominated every ... Advt Links: • Round Trip Airfare Online • Ordering Auto Insurance Online • Bankruptcy Student Loans • Get Mercury Car Insurance • Debt Consolidation • Contact Lenses Care • Donate Cell Phones • shoes • free nextel ringtones • Real Estate Bulgaria • Fitness Equipment & Treadmills • Soccer balls, goal & accessories • Fresh MP3 Downloads • Used cell phones-we buy and sell
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