County Championship Yorkshire

A well-balanced Yorkshire team deservedly seal English County Championship

 September 12, 2014   John Welsh

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By securing 10 wins in the English County Championship during 2013, Durham were able to claim the title at the expensive of neighbouring team Yorkshire who were forced to settle for the runners-up position. Twelve months further ahead, it is Yorkshire emerging as County Champions with Durham only just securing their top flight status with […]

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T20 Kohli

India Finish Their Summer Tour with a Narrow but Avoidable Loss in the Only T20 at Edgbaston

 September 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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Indians made a heavy weather of their batting in the last few overs to lose an otherwise winnable and the only T20 match of their English tour. It was the last game left in their itinerary before India flew back home. Everything pointed to an India victory until the better part of the match, before […]

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England Cricket

Joe Root’s Whirlwind Century Helps England Salvage Some Lost Pride In Fifth ODI at Headingley

 September 6, 2014   R K Gupta

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Generally lucky with the flip of the coin, MS Dhoni won the toss again and unhesitatingly chose to field. India made one change from the last match, bringing in Umesh Yadav to replace Dhawal Kulkarni. England made two changes with James Tredwell and Ben Stokes replacing Harry Gurney and Gary Ballance. England didn’t have a […]

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Win ODI Rahane

Resurgent India Bulldoze England into Submission at Edgbaston, Win ODI Series 3-0

 September 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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England would have gone to the fourth ODI at Edgbaston with a resolve to resurrect themselves, following their loss of face in the second and third ODI games. They lost both matches without a fight after the first was washed out. England needed redemption to send a message to the cricketing fraternity that the two […]

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England v India ODI

Indian Spinners Restrict England to Win Second Successive ODI and Lead 2-0 After Nottingham

 August 31, 2014   R K Gupta

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When MS Dhoni won the toss at Trent Bridge on Saturday, he didn’t want to bat first despite the weather being warm and sunny. India have been going through the top-order batting failures on this tour and even the good performance in the second ODI at Cardiff could not encourage Dhoni. Initially, it appeared that […]

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Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina’s Century Powers India to Victory in the 2nd Royal London ODI at Cardiff

 August 28, 2014   R K Gupta

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As if to prove that format-change in cricket can yield an entirely different outcome, India showed its competitive edge in the 50-over game at Cardiff. They won the second Royal London ODI with a handsome margin after the first was washed out at Bristol, two days ago. The ignominy of the test series debacle was […]

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England cricket

Total Annihilation for Indians as They Emulate Disastrous Manchester Show at Oval’s Final Test

 August 18, 2014   R K Gupta

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It will be difficult to find another turnaround of such horrible kind in cricket history. When India played the first test at Trent Bridge, they looked a better side than England until the tenth English wicket in the first innings created a new world record. When India won the second Lords test, they thought they […]

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cricket

Pathetic Show by India on Day 1, Loss of Control on Day 2 and Innings Defeat on Day 3

 August 11, 2014   R K Gupta

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India’s batsmen emulated their performance of the Southampton’s third test in the fourth test as well. The difference was; the 266-run loss at Southampton appeared more decent than the shameless surrender at Old Trafford, where the poorest batting by Indians was on a sordid display. England didn’t have Stuart Broad on day 3, but with […]

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test cricket

England Crush India by 266 Runs to Complete Their Dominance in the Southampton Test

 August 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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In what was already a forgone conclusion, England handed India a thoroughly commanding drubbing in the third Investec test at Southampton on Thursday. Coming back gloriously from their own poor performance in the second test at Lords, England dictated terms in all 13 sessions of play and ended the match with a deserving victory to […]

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cricket

India No Match to England as Play Enters the Final Day in Southampton’s Third Test

 August 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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England required less than half an hour on the fourth day morning to dismiss India, well-short of the score of 370 that India required to avoid follow on. But Alistair Cook chose the option of batting again, probably to keep the reins of the game in his own hand. Critics may contend that enforcing the […]

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