A Glorious Cricket Sunday for One Day Internationals and T20 Games
January 19, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, indian cricket, New Zealand CricketCricket lovers couldn’t have asked for a better Sunday than January 19, 2014, which brought a plethora of interesting matches in shorter formats of game. First up was a day/night game, played at MCG between Australian and English women of the ongoing Women’s Ashes Series. The second game was the first ODI day/night game between […]
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Mighty Serena Crashes Out of Australian Open
January 19, 2014 R K Gupta
Australian Open, Serena WilliamsIn the most stunning upset on the seventh day of the Australian Open, women’s top ranked player, Serena Williams lost her fourth round match to the Serbian 14th seed Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 3-6, 3-6 at the Rod Laver Arena. The 32-year old Serena began year 2014 as the tournament favorite and she was chasing her […]
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Exuberant James Faulkner Scintillates in the Heart-Stopper at Brisbane
January 18, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, Cricket Australia, England CricketEngland held an upper hand over Australia nearly till the very end of a heart-stopping second ODI at the Gabba on Friday. When Australia lost Mitchell Johnson in the 44th over, with the score reading 244/9, it was England’s game for taking. With just a single wicket in hand Australia still required 57 runs in […]
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Relief from Heat at Melbourne Park as the Australian Open nears End of First Week
January 18, 2014 R K Gupta
Australian Open, TennisCooler conditions prevailed in Melbourne Park on Friday evening. Even for Saturday, there is a temperature forecast of about 250 C has been made. As the tournament heads to the completion of its first week, the main contenders in men’s and women’s categories appeared on course. Novak Djokovic’s victory in the third round on Friday […]
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Poor Show by Indian Shuttlers in Malaysian World Badminton Super Series 2014
January 17, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Lee Chong Wei, World BadmintonThe star-studded $500,000 Maybank Malaysia sponsored World Badminton Super Series 2014 Open tournament got off to a rousing start on Wednesday at Kuala Lumpur’s Putra Stadium. World’s best badminton players were seen in action on the first two days and while some players have justified their world rankings, some others have already fallen by the way […]
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Major Stories from the First Two Days of the Australian Open
January 15, 2014 R K Gupta
Australian Open, TennisThere were many interesting moments over the first two days of the Australian Open but none of these could beat the incessant talks about extremely hot weather conditions at Melbourne Park. On Monday, the first day of this year’s first grand slam, the maximum temperature in the afternoon was around 310 C, which shot to […]
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England Draws First Blood in the Women’s Ashes Series
January 13, 2014 R K Gupta
Ashes series, Cricket, Women CricketIn a low-scoring game, the English women have won the solitary test match at Perth. On day 2, the chances for England did not look too bright after the Aussie women edged past, with a narrow 6-run first innings lead, despite a mid-morning Australian collapse, engineered by the gallant English bowlers. After a modest 201 […]
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A New-Look Indian Cricket Team Leaves For New-Zealand Tour
January 13, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, MS DhoniOn the eve of departure of India’s ODI team to New Zealand, Indian Cricket Team Captain MS Dhoni spoke to the media, saying the Indian team has players, who can perform in all conditions. It was more like a generalized statement for mass consumption, rather than the true depiction of the team’s real capability. The […]
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IPL Franchises Announce List of Retained Players
January 11, 2014 R K Gupta
Cricket, IPL, IPL2014The IPL Governing Council had set January 10, 2014, as the cut-off date for the franchises to submit the list of players, they wanted to retain for the upcoming seasons. All franchises have complied with the deadline. Other than a couple of surprises, the retained-player lists were on expected lines. As an example, the Chennai […]
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Another Ashes Campaign Begins in Australia
January 11, 2014 R K Gupta
Ashes series, Cricket, Cricket Australia, England Cricket, Women CricketWhen England arrived in Australia, nearly two months ago, the critics and knowledge pundits alike, put their money on England as favorites to retain the urn full of Ashes. Cricket specialists, who sided with critics, included Ian Chappell, Geoffrey Boycott and others. These guys were circumspect about the ability of the Australian cricketers to put […]
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