Captain Smith

Captain Smith Shows Leadership Traits in Carving an Australian Victory over England in ODI Tri-Series

 January 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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At the Bellerive oval in Hobart, England faced Australia for the second time in the ongoing Carlton Mid Tri-Series. Steven Smith played under Bailey in the first three ODIs of the Carlton Mid Tri-Series. In taking over in the 4th match from George Bailey, who is serving a suspension for poor over-rate in the match […]

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Sri Lanka Cricket

Ronchi, Elliot Turn the Tables on Sri Lanka with Record Stand in 5th ODI at Dunedin on Friday

 January 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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After AB de Villiers’ 31-ball hundred last Sunday at Johannesburg, another ODI record was shattered on Friday, January 23, 2015 in faraway Dunedin. Just when everyone thought that New Zealand would be run over by the touring Sri Lanka side, Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliot produced an unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 267 runs off just […]

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West Indies Cricket

West Indies Cricket in Utter Shambles as They Lose ODI Series with a Miserable Defeat in Third ODI

 January 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The way it looks now, West Indies’ World Cup preparations are full of cracks. They are faltering in every department. The bowling attack is blunted, fielding lapses are woeful and their batting is fully dependent on Chris Gayle. When Gayle clicks, the innings look good and when he flops, everyone follows. That was the story […]

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de Villiers South Africa

Astounding de Villiers Lead South African Hacking as West Indies Suffer in the first two ODI Games

 January 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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After Hashim Amla emerged as the fastest batsman to reach 5000 ODI runs at Durban, AB de Villiers created history at Wanderers by notching up a 31-ball hundred. At both venues, West Indies lost heavily and conceded a 0-2 series lead to the hosts. de Villiers was the top scorer in the first ODI, in […]

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Tri-Series

In Two Tri-Series Debacles, India Lose to Aussies on Sunday & Ripped by Anderson & Finn on Tuesday

 January 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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India need to collect themselves. Their batting, bowling and fielding have gone haywire. After going down to Australia on Sunday, they also lost to England as the batsmen were done in by some smart bowling by Steven Finn and James Anderson on Tuesday. Batting first at the MCG, India did well to post a creditable […]

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Australia Beat England

Authoritative Australia Beat England in Match # 1 of Carlton-Mid ODI Tri-Series

 January 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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Cricket teams of Australia, India and England have begun playing with one another in an ODI Tri-Series sponsored by beer manufacturers Carlton Mid. The first match of the 7-match series (including the final) was played at the SCG on Friday, January 16, 2015 between Australia and England. The match opened the old wounds of England’s […]

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South Africa Cricket

No-Gayle-No-Gain as West Indies Allow South Africa Consolation Win in Last T20

 January 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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Player of the last two T20 games, Chris Gayle couldn’t take to the field in the last match of the series at Durban. As in the second T20 at Johannesburg, West Indies chose to field after winning the toss with the idea of chasing the score rather than setting a target. But since they didn’t […]

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Sydney Test

Sydney Test: Rahane, Bhuvneshwar hold Nerves to Carve out a Tense Draw

 January 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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After holding out for a while, India’s batsmen returned to the familiar habit of fiddling with the away-going balls and began falling one by one on the last day of fourth test match at the SCG. All those flourishes were eminently avoidable at least when one is hard pressed to save a match. But if […]

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Cricket

Run-Fest Continued on Day 4 at SCG but Wickets Fell Too as Australia Lead by 348

 January 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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If the trend of scoring 300+ runs on every day were to continue, India should at least save the Sydney test. But there are factors like consistency of India’s batsmen, worn-out last day pitch and of course, the excruciating heat that may come into play on the final day. Australia are likely to push India […]

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Chris Gayle

Gayle-Storm Blows Away South Africa in First Two T20 Games

 January 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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After being mowed down by Proteas in tests, West Indies began the T20 Series in thundering fashion with Chris Gayle showing raw batting power twice in a space of three days. On January 9 at Cape town, Gayle began slowly after he came to the crease with Dwayne Smith to counter South Africa’s 165/4. After […]

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