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One had always wondered why Kamikaze pilots wore helmets during WWII. That puzzle was solved today after watching T Dilshan face 14 balls from the Indians. Every ball was there to be hit. Dilshan’s bat (DB) was behaving like Shakti Kapur with the ball...
Courtsey - HT The world's premier batsman of his generation was watching a decentish innings from an average batter who was getting old and battle weary. The Old Man had reached a milestone of his mundane career on the same day and was trying to do...
This article is meant for all those people who have always wanted to understand the basic economic theory of price elasticity of demand, possess a keen cricketing brain and are ready to stretch their credulity. Price elasticity in cricket is basically...
VVS Laxman is attributed the sobriquet of the man who single handedly sounded the death knell for the follow on. As usual Rahul Dravid has been overlooked even in this legacy. But frankly, the famous Kolkata partnership put the fear of god in most captains...
The problem with history is that it gets old in a hurry, falling from our forward vision into the peripheral, then tumbling to the rearview mirror with astonishing swiftness until it fades into a tiny speck fighting for space on the limited chip of memory...
They say a picture says a thousand words. Nowhere has a sport photograph captured the saying better than the one below. Ricky glaring, Flintoff with a hearty smile and the entire England team almost jeering Ricky. And no this is not dissent. Just because...
The day he came down with an injury after being worked like an ass by his captain, Brett Lee made a vow to make his captain look like one. 'Asses to Asses, dust to dust' was his new motto in life. Nothing could fit the bill more than humiliating...
Hi Folks, Its that time of the day again.. Day 2 didn't have enough books written so here is the updated list of the nominations for 1.5 combined days 1. Run Viru Run!!! by Gautam Gambhir 2. Hole in the Wall by Ian O'Brien 3. Slow and steady wins...
Brad Haddin may have never heard of this phrase but he was the lucky recipient of the reaping part today morning, when he was named the captain of the Australian T20team by the Oz selectors. It was the same guy who's 'integrity' was questioned...
With tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat, Ricky Ponting declared : "I don't think there's any doubt about that [he is Australia's greatest opener]. You can even look back through the history books of the game and try and see if...
It was a good day, it was a bad day. It was January 7, 2009. Though it had started off as an ordinary day with little to indicate the stunning events that were to follow. It was a day of mortals turning super men, it was a day of falling angels and all...
The Australian cricket team must be sick and tired about the curse of sixteen on them. First it was the record of consecutive test match wins which was stopped at 16, twice, by those wily Indians. But the one that will hurt the most at 16 comes in the...
Well, this might seem an arbitrary heading to most Indian sports lovers. It isn't. On a day when one is writing this, Anand is leading by 3 points against Kramnik after 6/12 games, India is leading Australia 1-0 after 2 tests and ISRO is sending an...
The BP XI v/s Australia warm up match! Piyush Chawla bowling to Ponting! Ponting goes on the front foot completely misreading the length of the ball. Being beaten all ends up to the googly, his middle stump lies uprooted like so many of the Indian origin...