VOL. 25 :: NO. 09 :: Mar. 02 - 08, 2002

A tale of two giants. As a batting genius, how good is Sachin Tendulkar today compared to Vivian Richards in the 1970s and 1980s? Who is the greater batsman? Well, Tendulkar is Beethoven and Richards is Mozart. The choice is yours. Cover Story.

Test Cricket Another humiliating defeat for the Caribbeans.

U-19 World Cup Australian juniors full of pep.

STAR POSTER: Ricky Ponting
• Cricket: Board XI v Zimbabwe

• On the Write Line: A sacking & a retention
  Column by Sunil Gavaskar

• Hitting Hard: The luckiest man
  Column by Harsha Bhogle

• Opening Salvo: A shocking dismissal
  Column by Navjot Singh Sidhu

• Dateline Down Under: On Ponting

• By the Way...: An international treasure
  Column by Ted Corbett

• Tennis: Davis Cup first round review

• Verbal Volleys: `On the road again'
  Column by Ramesh Krishnan

• Focus: The Bryan brothers band is a hot one

• Chess: National `A' championship

• Swimming: World Cup

• Volleyball: Federation Cup

• Boxing
  • YMCA Championship
  • National Championship

• Letters

• Kicking Around: The Euro draw
  Column by Brian Glanville