VOL.28 :: NO.51 :: Dec. 17 - 23, 2005
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From the publishers of THE HINDU VOL.28 :: NO.51 :: Dec. 17 - 23, 2005
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UNBELIEVABLE as it may sound, in being beaten by Pakistan 2-0 in the recent three-Test series, the England cricket team could well have been stating its commitment to the Aristotelian concept that catharsis is always ennobling. The Test series ...
In full steamShoaib Akhtar claimed 17 wickets, including a five-wicket innings haul at the business end of the three-Test series as Pakistan vanquished the powerful English team 2-0. It was a strong performance from a man who had displayed the strength of character to overcome adversity, writes S. DINAKAR
From Ashes winners to sad losersMICHAEL VAUGHAN, the England captain, generously praised Pakistan "the better team" and said they deserved to win the three-Test series 2-0 after an astonishing collapse by England at the Gaddafi Stadium. They lost the match by an innings and 100 ...
NOVEMBER 28: We go into central Lahore to find an office where we can get 800 sheets of photocopying done cheaper than the rate at our hotel. Luckily we discover a tiny office at the back of the Court House where for three hours we sip ...
Making practice meaningful We are practising better. We are treating every practice like a match and whether bowling or batting, we are trying to win the contest. — Ricky Ponting
What a fall!All of the teams skippered by Sobers, Kanhai, Lloyd and Richards lacked nothing in skills. But the far superior results of the Lloyd and Richards (in pic) combinations seem to indicate a synergy which far exceeded the sum total of their abilities.
Merv Hughes was always more of a thinker than he pretended, and every bit as much a cricketer. He is a thinker dressed as a joker, writes PETER ROEBUCK
There's plenty at stake here tooWHILE international cricket is all frenzy, speed, tension and high attention, Ranji is relaxed, relatively stress-free and played as if in slow motion. Of course this is only on the surface. For players plenty is at stake, their careers and ...
Need for a mature approachGIVING vent to frustrations can be expected from a dropped player, but never have we seen the spectacle of sacked selectors criticising the board. Not even in other countries. Yashpal Sharma and to some extent Pranab Roy, by criticising the BCCI ...
Getting his feet right, he's looking for great feats YUVRAJ SINGH has undergone a metamorphosis mentally and technically. His transformation into a free-stroking, but judicious batsman in the Indian middle-order has been quite remarkable. It is the manner in which he is gathering runs rather ...
Mahela's magic is only solaceMAHELA JAYAWARDENE'S batsmanship is touched by class. And a bit of magic. Years fall away as he strokes the ball languidly. He is a great charmer of the modern era who plays the game the old fashioned way. The strokes are no more than a caress ...
`I did not allow the BCCI boat to be rocked'FOR 12 years, Kerala Cricket Association's S. Karunakaran Nair served the BCCI in several key positions such as treasurer, chairman of the Finance Committee and secretary. In accordance with the BCCI resolution that fixed a maximum limit of three ...
Oh, Henry...The weather was typical of London, cold and damp with a light drizzle. Called up again after 15 minutes, Rebello made what he called his "two big mistakes."
Some day, they're going to write a blues song just for fighters. It will be for a slow guitar and a soft trumpet and a soft bell. — Former heavyweight champion, Sonny Liston. WE all want to know about champions when they ...
Red Englishman NOT too long ago, David Beckham used to say that red was the colour he loved the most. The faithful who then used to assemble in Old Trafford on Saturday evenings had only one chant on their lips even as the world's best right-sided midfielder ...
DRACULA v WOLF MAN at Old Trafford ROY KEANE has left Old Trafford. Unceremoniously booted out by the waning but unforgiving Alex Ferguson, whatever the camouflage the club has placed round the decision. It is all too tempting to compare what has happened with what happened to ...
Ljubicic takes Croatia to the promised landAll year, in a consistent performance that surely puts him behind only Federer, Nadal, Safin in tennis achievement in 2005, Ivan Ljubicic was Croatia's man of the moment in the Davis Cup.
THE question all along has been `why have the top players not been playing the national championship in tennis?' It was generally agreed that it was just a stepping-stone for aspirants to launch their respective careers, so that they can go ahead ...
Sir, — The piece on Sourav Ganguly by Rohit Brijnath (The Sportstar dated November 26) was quite interesting and a fitting tribute to the man — the most successful captain of Indian cricket team. I am a staunch supporter of ...
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