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• Miller and Sobers over Bradman(TM)

  There have been many posts on Bradman's anniversary. Nestaquin's has some great youtube clips of Bradman . And, perhaps inevitably, some backlash or at least reappraisal . Here's Jrod on why we should be celebrating Keith Miller instead. And... Posted Aug 28 2008, 05:58 AM with | with no comments Filed under: Ajantha Mendis, Don Bradman, Keith Miller, Suresh Raina, Mushtaq Ahmed

• Champions, but not in Pakistan

  Much electronic ink has been refreshed on the topic of the Champions Trophy and playing in Pakistan. Here's Amit Bajaj's take on the contrast between the BCCI and ACA : The ACA has given more weightage to the report given by Reg Dickason, based... Posted Aug 21 2008, 05:45 AM with | with no comments Filed under: BCCI, Ajantha Mendis, Pakistan, Australia, Fab Four, ACA

• More Mendis, no Sehwag

  Sri Lanka beat India easily. Will India come back again in the second game? Dileep Premachandran says Mendis is the culprit : Eight of the Indians reached double figures, but came no nearer to finding a solution to the Mendis conundrum that has ruined... Posted Aug 18 2008, 05:40 AM with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: county cricket, Ajantha Mendis, tennis ball cricket

• Test cricket at its best

  What a lovely few days for Test cricket and the duels it produces. Freddie Flintoff got all riled up when Jacques Kallis' dismissal was reversed. Here's King Cricket's take : This was no less a batsman than Jacques Kallis too - easily one... Posted Aug 01 2008, 08:43 AM with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Ajantha Mendis, Test cricket1, Andrew Flintoff, Virender Sehwag

• Taking Mendis out for a spin

  Terry Jenner and Guddappa Viswanath are among the chorus of voices on Ajantha Mendis. Jenner is surprised that Mendis does not have a stock ball : "Mendis needs to develop the stock ball which is very essential for leg break bowlers. When I heard... Posted Jul 21 2008, 05:38 AM with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Sri Lanka, Ajantha Mendis, Gunduppa Viswanath, Terry Jenner

• The Mendis carrom ball

  India take on Sri Lanka in a one month series, containing 3 Tests and 5 ODIs. The big draw is, of course, Ajantha Mendis. Here's Mohan on the Indian squad : The major surprise is that Virender Sehwag is vice-captain of the Test team ! After his comments... Posted Jul 08 2008, 04:58 PM with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: India1, Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka, Ajantha Mendis, sponsors

• Mendis and bamboozlement

  One thing that I missed from that astonishing last game between the West Indies and Sri Lanka was the emergence of a new Lankan spinner. Ajantha Mendis. Here's one description : Even Ramnaresh Sarwan appeared clueless at times to what Mendis was delivering... Posted Apr 12 2008, 06:39 AM with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo, Ajantha Mendis