In the Sydney Morning Herald, Greg Baum leads the tributes to Michael Clarke, who declared Australia’s innings when he was batting on 329. An innings such as this is by definition larger than life, yet consists of a repetition of life-sized acts: those glorious covers drives, that effortless easing to leg, the feather-light footwork against the off-spinner. One ball might have halted it. Ask Shaun Marsh, who faced only one, or Rahul Dravid, who last night was bowled an exceptional one by Ben Hilfenhaus. Yet Clarke outlived all of the…
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Should have quit 30 runs before
The author takes in the sights in Cape Town during an England tour to South Africa
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In 2011, only two batsmen scored more than 1000 runs in Tests, and there were several batting collapses. Ben Dorries, writing in the Courier Mail, says there is no excuse as things are still in favour of batsmen in modern cricket. They have more powerful bats, smaller boundaries and are favoured by bad light calls often when fans still have their sunglasses on in the stands. Batsmen get every advantage. Surely it is not too much to ask for them for put their head down and bat with the same…
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Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman contemplate saving the board money on farewell-party cake
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SYDNEY: Coach Duncan Fletcher, feeling the heat over India s underwhelming batting in the series against Australia
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Shane Bond in the Hamilton Test match in 2002 when 36 wickets fell for just 507 runs
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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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Shahid goes bananas. Again. How dreary
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 …
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