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VOL.26 :: NO.04 :: Jan. 25 - 31, 2003
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The tour of New Zealand clearly underscored the area of deficiencies, for the umpteenth time.
Stephen Fleming called the shots in the series against India. He is strong and silent, and can sting, writes S. DINAKAR.
In the end it was 5-2 for the KiwisThere are things to be grasped from defeats, and one hopes the tour of New Zealand, despite the obvious disappointments from an Indian perspective, could help make the Indians better cricketers.
There is enough to visit the cricket museum at the Basin Reserve, that has some lovely vignettes from history.
Apart from the pitches aspect, another, which needs to be emulated, is the New Zealand practise of sending its out-of-form players in between matches to play in the domestic circuit.
One of the few comforting thoughts for India from the one-day series in New Zealand was the performance of youngsters like Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh.
Ruby for Sony was actually merely the means to an end. Sony studiedly first employed Ruby to trivialise the game.
`I am a big fan of Rahul Dravid' Tendulkar is a modern day genius, the best batsman in the world. I am a big fan of Rahul Dravid. He probably is my favourite player.
Proteas on topSouth Africa upstaged Steve Waugh's men at the top of the International Cricket Council Test championship table when they won the two-match series against Pakistan early this month.
At the core of Pakistan's triumph in Australia stood Imran Khan, a cricketer who would have commanded a place among the elite in any era.
A champion outfit If there was a team other than the West Indies to be hailed the best in the shorter version of the game it was Pakistan. GREATEST BATTING PERFORMANCE 
His moment came at Eden ParkAt the 1992 World Cup, there were many outstanding knocks that carried their teams forward but nothing to compare with Inzamam's sensational act in Auckland. Key matches Pakistan rekindled its Word Cup hopes with a stunning 48-run win over defending champion and host Australia in a day-night match.
The summit meeting on March 25 was billed as the clash between England's professionalism and Pakistan's not so well-drilled talent.
The fifth edition of the World Cup staged the largest number of matches until then — 39 contests in two countries.
In a show of flawless seam bowling at Albury, Brandes, the big Zimbabwean fast medium bowler, brought a refreshing change to his team's fortunes.
Akram was slow to get off the blocks, but he was in his element at the finish.
Goodwin hits out at Zimbabwe cricket administrationThe 30-year-old Goodwin, who last August turned down an offer to play for the country of his birth in the World Cup, has described the game in Zimbabwe as ``unprofessional'' World Cup Quiz The fifth edition of the World Cup, held in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time, saw Australia and New Zealand hosting seven other nations to battle it out for the tag of World Champion in 1992. Some posers on the `Thunder Down Under' ...
Over the last twelve months I have become increasingly concerned about the ageing of the Australian team and the lack of any youngsters breaking into the eleven.
Brownie points for Barmy Army
Srichaphan serves a Thai delightHailing from a simple middle class family with a great interest in tennis, Srichaphan showed it was very much possible to attain success provided one worked hard and kept his focus towards the goal. Tata Open Notebook Celebrities corner the attention
`It is good to have some easy matches early'
Tennis without Patrick Rafter is like Placido Domingo with a bad throat. It is incomplete.
Aronian and Zhao Xue emerge deserving winners WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Plenty of gains for India A silver for Humpy and a bronze for Ganguly, the Grandmaster in-waiting, were the tangible returns for India.
Manish Chotrani's class act
Look back over the history of soccer, take it right up to date, and you find that the game, with its scope for courage and skill, enables little men not only to make light of their size, but to flourish.
ICC forms special Zimbabwe Committee The ICC have always maintained that the only reason for moving matches from Zimbabwe would be on safety and security grounds. UPDATE Andrew Hudson dismisses India's chances Hudson predicted that South Africa, Australia, Pakistan and New Zealand would make it to the final four with the final being an Australia-South Africa affair. UPDATE Lord Condon is part of the Security team Lord Condon, Director of the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit, is a member of the 2003 Security Directorate. |
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