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VOL.29 :: NO.49 :: Dec. 09, 2006
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It was yet another sad day for Indian cricket. Team India suffered its third straight loss against South Africa at Port Elizabeth. However, it's no use blaming the team again and again. Instead, let us think of the future. Let India go into the ...
Is Sourav the solution?Sourav Ganguly has a mountain to climb both on the field and off it where he must share a dressing room with Greg Chappell. Let's not make it any tougher by spiking up expectation, writes S. Ram Mahesh.
`I will never relax'Sourav Ganguly is confident of doing well this time. "I am prepared to bat at any position the team wants me to and I am looking forward to bowling more than I used to," he says in a chat with Vijay Lokapally after being selected for the Test series in South Africa. COMMENT Where are the replacements? India will remain competitive so long as Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar are able to set an example to the younger players. It is not merely a matter of scoring runs and taking wickets. Attitude is everything, writes Peter Roebuck. FIFTH ODI One-horse race At last India played 50 overs, and at last India scored 200 runs. But the Proteas were home in the 32nd over for the loss of just one wicket. A report on the Centurion rout by S. Dinakar. TWENTY20 Excitement is the name of the game The purists might squirm, but Twenty20 cricket is bound to catch on, writes S. Dinakar. FOURTH ODI 
They can't put a proper bat to ballHerschelle Gibbs was the backbone of the South African innings, while the Indian specialist batsmen gave another spineless display. S. Dinakar reports. SOUTH AFRICA TOUR DIARY The 10-minute city Cape Town has great natural beauty, while Port Elizabeth has an unmistakable English influence. Here's another instalment of S. Dinakar's Diary. BRISBANE TEST 
Ponting's pyrotechnicsThe Australian skipper had given us an exhibition of the style that has brought seven centuries in eight Tests and the suggestion that he is the new Bradman, writes Ted Corbett. AUSTRALIA TOUR DIARY 
What is wrong with Marcus?Any sport takes its strength from its champions and, until their needs are sorted, cricket will have a headache that cannot be cured with a couple of pills, writes Ted Corbett.
On the sidelinesNowadays, considering the structure of the game, with tournaments from under-13 to Ranji, the emphasis is squarely on playing, competing and performing, and this leaves little time for cricket education.
He was never tired of cricket"I would rate Hanu a great umpire of the mind, a stickler for the minute technical detail merged with the psychology which the modern game demanded, all learnt from personal experience," writes Bishan Bedi in his tribute to Hanumant Singh. APPRECIATION A champion batsman who is still to get his due Mohammad Yousuf gives the impression of a man who is constantly battling with himself, wanting to improve and prove. The intensity he brings to his batting reflects the struggle that marked his initiation to international cricket, writes Vijay Lokapally.
Need for good pitches Preparation of pitches is a professional job, and unless the BCCI works out a good payment system, the process will have non-professionals instructing the ground staff.
China's development has been systematic, spreading out across the planet to learn, drawing coaches into its ambit, and then fine-tuning its approach, writes Rohit Brijnath.
Making sense of the law A foul is a foul, especially if it prevents a probable goal, and in any case how is the referee to divine whether it was malicious or not? He can hardly be expected to double as a mind reader.
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