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VOL.29 :: NO.46 :: Nov. 18, 2006
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In a different classAs pointed out by the author, the Aussies are used to the big stage (Cover Story: "Skill, Brain and Guts", Sportstar, November 11). They definitely lift their game when it comes to a summit clash. Even under tight situation, the Aussies always ...
What ails Indian cricket?Often defeat magnifies everything. Symptoms are looked for and spotted everywhere. But, the intricate linkages in cricket make identification of causality very difficult, writes S. Ram Mahesh. 
On exploiting the middle oversThe primary cause for concern during the one-day leg of India's tour of West Indies was the inability of the middle-order to step it up on tracks of torpor. Rahul Dravid said India needed to find men with "the power and the creativity" ...
Conditions will be demanding India still seeks its maiden Test victory in South Africa. This is the only country where India has not won a Test so far, writes S. Dinakar.
All in a day's work Gifted with a wonderful eye, Kevin Pietersen's ability to hit sixes into `slogger's corner' will make him one of the most dangerous batsmen in the World Cup.
Freddie and the Ashes crusade England want to retain the Ashes and in doing so, set up an era of success. So, as a strategy perhaps they should always have an eye on the chance to force a draw, writes Ted Corbett. 
Light brigade versus ageing warhorsesNobody, not even the English press sounds convinced about its team's prospects; and if there is hope, it is to be found not so much in England's strengths as in Australia's weaknesses, writes Vijay Parthasarathy. THE ASHES/HIGHS AND LOWS Jousts, more than a century old The Ashes series have always kindled high expectations. Nandita Sridhar takes a look at some of the dramatic moments in the long history of the event. TRIBUTE/POLLY UMRIGAR End of an era Polly had no peer in contemporary cricket when it came to tackling the spinners with lordly disdain, writes S. Thyagarajan. 
Remembering a giantThe time is not good for Indian cricket and the passing away of Umrigar is another sad event. He was a great cricketer and even more importantly a perfect gentleman. — Sachin Tendulkar, India's star batsman. It's too ...
There's still time to change Perhaps the biggest losers in the Champions Trophy were the teams from the sub-continent, with none of the big three reaching the semi-finals.
Quite engrossingThe maze of matches could have led to several snags, but nothing major occurred. That everybody finally left more than satisfied is in itself an indication of how successful the 62nd Nationals turned out to be, writes S. Thyagarajan.
Fergie deserves admiration To stay in office as long as this, and to win in the process as many honours as Alex Ferguson has, is something which deserves to be celebrated and saluted.
Mohamed Sissoko, the all-action midfielder known as `Momo', is one of Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez's most impressive signings, writes Andy Hampson.
Truth is this year is the ultimate anti-climactic sporting year, or in some cases the inadequately-climactic year. Every time a perfect ending beckons, someone falls over; every time history is in the making, someone slips, writes Rohit Brijnath.
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