Saqlain Mushtaq, the former Pakistan offspinner, defends Harbhajan Singh in an interview with the Hindustan Times, saying the Indian batsmen simply haven’t scored enough runs to support their lead spinner. He was on the verge of 100 Tests. He was a bit upset to get injured when it was time to play matches where conditions would have suited the spinners more. The criticism of Harbhajan has been unfair. Swann hasn’t done well either but no one is talking about him. He was bowling on the first day at Lord’s when…
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Nasser Hussain writes in the Daily Mail that it is sign of the quality of England’s bowling attack that the rolled over India’s strongest batting line-up for 224.In the old days, if you lost Darren Gough or Andy Caddick to injury, there was often a big drop in quality to find a replacement. Now, they lose Chris Tremlett and in comes Tim Bresnan. Steven Finn is waiting in the wings. It’s an astonishing conveyor belt.Just look at the ball which Bresnan produced to get rid of Dravid. It was an…
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MS Dhoni has had a forgettable first two Tests, but managed to hit some form in Edgbaston. Sandeep Dwivedi writes in the Indian Express about how Dhoni reverted to the carefree, stroke-maker that he was early in his career.There are days when one cannot help referring to Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as just Mahi — the boy from Ranchi who didn’t hone his cricketing skills at some reputed cricket academy but till late in life was a football goalkeeper. When Dhoni broke into India’s celebrated batting line-up — one…
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Cricket as a retreat from the harsher realities of the world does not please everybody, but the game’s sense of moral compass has never seemed more valuable, writes David Hopps in the Guardian.Seven hours at a Test match was an opportunity to become absorbed in something different. There was talk of spectators who had become caught up in the riots, whose houses had been broken into, or shops damaged, and as the crowd became silent one wondered if thoughts were straying elsewhere. Then Gautam Gambhir dragged Tim Bresnan on to…
