Fletcher calls for India’’s batsmen to focus

SYDNEY: Coach Duncan Fletcher, feeling the heat over India s underwhelming batting in the series against Australia

Written on January 3, 2012 | Posted in Sports, UN, US, australia, batting, india

It Figures: Pitch quality analysis across all Tests

Shane Bond in the Hamilton Test match in 2002 when 36 wickets fell for just 507 runs

Written on January 3, 2012 | Posted in Cricket, Sports, UN, US, batting, bowling, import

The Surfer: Experience is a double-edged sword

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…

Written on December 29, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, Sports, UN, US, batting, india, training

The Long Handle: Sixes? Spare us

Shahid goes bananas. Again. How dreary

Written on December 21, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, Sports, Sri Lanka, ad, ban, batting, captain, fans, pta

Taufeeq defends Pakistan's cautious batting

Taufeeq Umar , the Pakistan batsman, defended his side's cautious batting approach on the third day of the Mirpur Test, saying that the plan was to first get close to Bangladesh's 338 …

Written on December 19, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, US, ad, ban, bangladesh, batting, unlmitie

The Surfer: Working hard to be at best on Boxing Day – Clarke

Michael Clarke, writing in Australia’s Daily Telegraph, says his team takes responsibility for the batting in Hobart. Australia, he says, have the prefect chance to start moving in the right direction once more in the Border-Gavaskar series. When I first came into the Australian team everyone said we had a weakness against spin bowling and we did a lot of work on that. That’s what we’re doing now against the swinging and seaming ball. We’re practising as much as we can. It will take time for us to improve and…

Written on December 17, 2011 | Posted in Australian Cricket, Cricket, ISI, Sports, US, ad, aid, australia, batting, bowling

Protect Test cricket, says India’’s Dravid

SYDNEY: Indian batting great Rahul Dravid has urged administrators to cut “meaningless” one-day cricket matches an

Written on December 15, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, Sports, ad, batting, india

Ali Imran's six-for leaves HBL reeling

Lahore City Cricket Association as Pakistan International Airlines shot out Habib Bank Limited for 128, only to suffer similar batting woes of their own. Ali Imran, the right-arm seamer, ran through …

Written on December 14, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, International, Pakistan, ban, batting, cia, lahore, unlmitie

Australia face fresh batting woes

SYDNEY: Australia s beleaguered batting line-up faces fresh problems ahead of their Test series against India with

Written on December 14, 2011 | Posted in Sports, US, ad, australia, batting, india

Karachi Blues in control after Sohail's five

at the Diamond Club Ground , and they were batting in their second, chasing 255, at the end of it. Resuming on their overnight score of 92 for 8, Faisalabad were dismissed for 106, conceding a …

Written on December 9, 2011 | Posted in UN, ad, batting, unlmitie

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