As players get older, they understand the game more but they also know more about what can go wrong, Greg Chappell explains in the Hindu. He writes about how he he spoke to Sachin Tendulkar during his time as India coach about trying to think like a young player, who is only enthusiastic about scoring runs and is not worried about making a mistake. As a young player all that matters is cricket and batting. One hundred per cent of one’s mental capacity is devoted to training and playing. Doubts…
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In the Hindustan Times, Sanjjeev K Samyal and Amol Karhadkar say that even though India won the World Cup in 2011 with a young side, the players who stand out in Indian cricket are still the experienced trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. Three years ago, the India selectors pushed the first of the Fab Four, Sourav Ganguly, into retirement. Perhaps, it was a signal to the ageing middle-order troika that their phase out was not far away. But they kept coming back with superlative displays. Natural…
By Mohammad Isam Players arriving for Twenty20 matches in a helicopter is an often-used gimmick. But for Shahriar Nafees, Mushfiqur Rahim and Alok Kapali, a chopper will actually be necessary to get them to the logo unveiling ceremony of the Bangladesh Premier League on time. The three players are icon players for their respective sides in the upcoming Premier League but will all be involved in matches in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on December 29, and could have less than an hour to make it to the Radisson…
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The Sydney Morning Herald’s Andrew Wu looks back on some memorable debuts at the venue that will host its 100th Test in the new year. Born Reginald Erskine Foster, but better known as Tip, Foster was the only man to captain England at football and cricket. His 287 on debut in 1903 has stood for more than a century as the highest score made in an SCG Test … Foster’s debut effort remains the highest score by a Test debutant, well clear of the unbeaten 222 by South Africa’s Jacques…
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In the Otago Daily Times Adrian Seconi talks to Suzie Bates, who was recently named captain on New Zealand’s women’s cricket team. Bates represented New Zealand in basketball at the 2008 Olympics but thinks her elevation to leadership means she’ll have lesser time for basketball.”I knew saying yes would mean I couldn’t just flitter off to play basketball like I have in the past,” Bates said.”That did come into consideration. Also whether I was ready or not was part of the decision process. But it was too good an opportunity…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that conspiracies are being hatched to oust the elected gov
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BAGHDAD: A wave of bomb attacks across Baghdad on Thursday killed 40 people, the health ministry spokesman said, a
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It’s hard to imagine that Shane Warne could look any more bronzed than he does at the moment. But it has been achieved by the sculptor Louis Laumen, whose statue of Warne has been unveiled outside the MCG. The first in a series of statues to be known as the Avenue of Legends, the Warne likeness sits outside the members’ entrance. Warne was on hand on Thursday to reveal the sculpture, which he had not seen himself until the grand unveiling. The statue shows Warne in his classic delivery…
Flying to Europe is about to get more expensive. The continent s highest court upheld a European Union law
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LONDON: The United Kingdom faces an “enormous challenge” in maintaining the Union in the face of increasing pressu
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