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

The Surfer: How should you handle a quick?

Robert Craddock discusses the problem of Australia’s fast bowlers getting injured too often, in the Herald Sun. The main question, he says, is whether to give fast bowlers workload restrictions or let them build up rhythm and strength by bowling continuously. vThe Argus interviewers were bombarded with theories from well-known cricket people who pointed out that West Indian great Courtney Walsh bowled more than 30,000 balls toiling year round for the West Indies and Gloucestershire for 14 years and barely broke a toe nail. Once asked to the secret of…

Written on November 26, 2011 | Posted in Australian Cricket, Cricket, Interview, Sports, UN, US, ad, australia, bowling, india, west indies

The Surfer: The record everyone is obsessed with

The fact that more people turned out to watch a dead rubber in Mumbai than for the previous two Tests between India and West Indies proves that India is obsessed with Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th international century, Deepak Narayanan writes in the Mumbai Mirror. Tendulkar himself, though, Narayanan says, is used to pressure and won’t let it prevent him from reaching the landmark. Tendulkar is no stranger to pressure. On the field, there’s the pressure to score runs, to pick up the odd important wicket, to be a superhuman cricketer who’s…

Written on November 26, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, Indian cricket, International, Sports, UN, US, ad, import, india, tests, west indies

The Surfer: Crowe adds to a long list of failed comebacks

In the Guardian, Mike Selvey writes about New Zealand great Martin Crowe’s failed attempt to return to competitive cricket. He says comebacks rarely work and are usually novelty one-offs. For someone so long out of the game this was always going to be a pipe dream, even if Crowe did “rediscover the joy of batting” in his preparations. Players older than he have played Test cricket (the eldest, Wilfred Rhodes, was 52 when he played against West Indies in Jamaica in 1930), and others have turned out in the county…

Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, New Zealand cricket, Sports, Test cricket, UN, US, batting, guardian, new zealand, west indies

Windies all out for 590 in third India Test

MUMBAI: The West Indies were bowled out for 590 in their first innings on the third morning of the third and final

Written on November 24, 2011 | Posted in Sports, west indies

Bravo ton takes Windies to mammoth total

MUMBAI: Darren Bravo continued his dream run with a third century in four Tests to help the West Indies post a mam

Written on November 23, 2011 | Posted in Sports, UN, tests, west indies

Bravo with Powell consolidate Windies position

MUMBAI: Darren Bravo hit a third century in four Tests as the West Indies posted a mammoth 494-4 in their first in

Written on November 23, 2011 | Posted in Sports, tests, west indies

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