Tour Diaries: An expensive hobby

The author takes in the sights in Cape Town during an England tour to South Africa

Written on January 4, 2012 | Posted in Cricket, England cricket, Songs, Sports, UN, US, ad, africa, batting, bowling, england, uth, west indies

The Surfer: An honest defeat not bad for Australia

Australia collapsed from a strong position yet again to narrowly lose the Hobart Test to New Zealand by seven runs. Going down to a good bowling attack was by no means the worst thing that could have happened to a side that has struggled like a dialysis patient waiting for a donor, says Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning Herald. The Australian team bottomed out two years ago, when they only just beat the two worst teams to have come here in decades, the 2009-10 West Indies and Pakistan. At…

Written on December 13, 2011 | Posted in 2009, Cricket, Pakistan, Sports, UN, US, ad, australia, bowling, new zealand, teams, west indies

Injury rules out in-form Bravo from fourth ODI

INDORE, India: In-form West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has been ruled out of Thursday s penultimate one-day inter

Written on December 7, 2011 | Posted in Sports, india, west indies

Rampaul fires Windies to vital win

AHMEDABAD: Ravi Rampaul and debutant Sunil Narine shared six wickets to bowl the West Indies to a crucial 16-run v

Written on December 5, 2011 | Posted in Sports, UN, ad, cia, west indies

Windies set India 261-run target in 3rd ODI

AHMEDABAD: West Indies set a competitive target of 261 runs for India in the third One-day International here at t

Written on December 5, 2011 | Posted in International, Sports, UN, ad, india, west indies

The Buzz: Footballers spruce up stadium for cricket match

The financial imbalance between cricket and other sports in India is well documented. Cricketers are revered for the most part, while other sportsmen tend to go by unnoticed. The scene at the Holkar Stadium in Indore, ahead of the fourth ODI between India and West Indies, was a case in point. The Anand XI Football Club, winners of Indore’s top football league, were hired on Monday to clean seats at the cricket stadium in preparation for the one-dayer. The 15 footballers are being paid Rs 3 per seat for their…

Written on December 3, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, Football, Miscellaneous, Sports, UN, ad, aid, cia, india, west indies

India put Windies into bat in 2nd ODI

VISAKHAPATNAM: India captain Virender Sehwag elected to field after winning the toss against the West Indies in th

Written on December 2, 2011 | Posted in Sports, captain, india, pta, west indies

India restrict Windies in first ODI

CUTTACK, India: India put in a disciplined bowling performance to restrict the West Indies to 211-9 in the opening

Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in IPL, Sports, bowling, india, west indies

West Indies force thrilling draw in final Test

MUMBAI: Indian spinners Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin plotted a sensational West Indies collapse before the

Written on November 26, 2011 | Posted in Sports, india, west indies

India on course for West Indies whitewash

MUMBAI: India are on course for a series whitewash against West Indies and need 95 more runs in the final session

Written on November 26, 2011 | Posted in Sports, UN, india, west indies

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