India at Trent Bridge

India Begin Reasonably Well in the First Investec Test Against England at Trent Bridge

 July 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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For a true cricketer, all the glamor and glitterati of One-Day-Internationals and T20 cricket pale into insignificance, when contrasted with test cricket. From the moment he takes the game as a career option, the cricketer begins dreaming of his debut in a test match for his country. Though shorter versions of cricket have assumed prominence […]

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Legendary Cricketers Show Their Mettle in Home of Cricket to Celebrate 200 Years of Lords

 July 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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Located in a relatively crowded locality of London’s St. John’s Wood, the Lord’s Cricket Ground is a famous tourist attraction on days, when the place is devoid of any cricket action. Most international tourist operators include a visit to Lords as an item of their itinerary. A 2-hour guided visit to Lords costs 18 pounds […]

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Buttler dismissal

Buttler dismissal hides England cricket frailties

 June 4, 2014   John Welsh

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During an five match ODI cricket series between Sri Lanka and England in which fortunes ebbed and flowed throughout, the deciding game at Edgbaston proved not only to be a comfortable victory for the tourists but also sparked a controversial run-out which several English gentleman would have described as ‘it’s just not cricket’. Yet off-spin […]

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County Championship

International commitments could weaken Durham in 2014 County Championship

 April 16, 2014   John Welsh

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The resumption of the County Cricket season in England was greeted with centuries by both Alastair Cook and Ian Bell in the opening matches of the 16 match championship series, but for 2013 Division One title winners Durham, failure to end the last wicket partnership of Northants resulted in their four day fixture finishing in […]

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England

South Africa, England Emerge Victorious On An Enthralling Thursday At Bangladesh

 March 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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It was a great Thursday for cricket lovers at Zahur Ahmed Chaudhury Stadium in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong. In a late afternoon match, Netherlands nearly pulled off another miracle, before narrowly losing their game against the mighty South Africans, who should be indebted to Imran Tahir for saving them the blush. In the game […]

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Cricket Match

Disappointment for England but Lanka Scrapes Through in the Last Over

 March 23, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Day/Night encounter between England and New Zealand at Chittagong’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium on March 22, 2014 was spoiled by rains. Having piled up a creditable 172/6, the Englishmen never thought that their valiant efforts could be washed away by lightning and thundershowers. When the bad luck gives you a chase, there is nowhere […]

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English cricket

Tale of Woes Continues as England Nears Their Caribbean Tour

 March 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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When the English cricket team, led by Stuart Broad, arrived in the West Indies in the third week of February, 2014, the players were scared to look back over their shoulders. The events of recent cricket history were too haunting for most of them. As if the recent humiliating Australian experience was not enough, the […]

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Kevin Pietersen

Unceremonious End to the Great International Kevin Pietersen Innings

 February 22, 2014   R K Gupta

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It is not for nothing that IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils paid 90 million Indian rupees to get Kevin Pietersen in the recently concluded player auction held in Bengaluru. The guy still has what it takes to play in any cricketing format, because he is a natural. Even at 33, KP stands tall above many world-class […]

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Kevin Pietersen

Runs sacrificed for ‘team ethic’ in wake of Pietersen departure

 February 6, 2014   John Welsh

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Now that England have completed their controversial winter tour to Australia with the Ashes no longer in possession of the tourists, it was to be expected that changes in personnel would be required as a result of the 5-0 whitewash in the main test series. That the leading batsmen would be told his services would […]

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Women’s Ashes

Australia Win ODI & T-20 Series despite Losing Women’s Ashes

 February 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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After losing the test match and the first ODI to England, the Australian women scored thumping victories against England in ODI and T20 series. But in the end it was not enough. The test match had given England 6 points and the first ODI victory for them added another 2. But Australia bounced back to […]

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