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  • 02 Jul

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    Harper angry, vents out frustration at Indian team

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    Daryl Harper may have been sidelined by the Indians but that has meant that he has taken his frustration out by accusing the Indians of being rude.

    What had happened was that the Indians had received a raw deal from the umpiring decisions in the first Test. This had led the Indian captain MS Dhoni to comment in the press conference that the umpiring could have been better and had that happened, the side would have been home much earlier.

    This led to a lot of criticism of Harper and he had withdrawn from the final Test.

    However, in an interview, he has said that the Indian team was ill-behaved and even the West Indians had complained to him about it. He added that his relation with Dhoni wasn’t the best.
    Harper also suggested that he had made 94% of the decisions correctly and that was an above average figure. He defended himself by saying that he had made only two mistakes in the game which the Indians had complained of.

    Harper was the umpire who had given Sachin Tendulkar out lbw when the ball had hit his shoulder in a Test match.

  • 18 Jun

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    Indian selection should have been smarter in fourth ODI

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    It is strange to see the Indian team go into the fourth ODI against the West Indies with so many changes made to their side.

    The reason one says that it is strange is because there cannot be too much doubt that that this is already a second string Indian side and to make further changes to the line-up would make no sense at all.

    However, the Indians went in with three changes – dropping two of their best bowlers and going in with a make-shift opener.

    This meant that first of all, on a difficult pitch, the West Indians recovered to make 249 in their 50 overs and got the Indians to chase a big score. And this was followed by a batting collapse thanks to the lack of top-order form.

    Whatever is Yusuf Pathan doing in the playing eleven after his continuous show of bad form remains to be seen. He should have been replaced by Manoj Tiwary – instead, a specialist opener in Shikhar Dhawan gets dropped. Really, the selection should have shown some faith.

  • 14 Jun

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    Cricket Australia on the backfoot as Simon Katich blasts them

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    Australian opening batsman Simon Katich has panned the Australian cricket board for having given him the axe from the Australian side. Katich’s contract was torn up by the Australian board because they want to look into the future.

    However, Katich said that he was shocked by the decision and even thought of taking legal action against the board. He said that it was stunning that a panel of part-time selectors had been appointed to take decisions on players who earned more than a million dollars each year, which meant that there was a mismatch.

    He added that the Australian board needs to rethink of their strategies – citing examples of how they messed up with the spinner-issue since the retirement of Shane Warne and played into England’s hands before the Ashes by getting in 17 players in the squad.

    What was interesting to see is that the Australian board has decided not to take any action against the player .

  • 14 Jun

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    Prior breaks window at Lord’s and escapes censure

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    So Matt Prior breaks a window pane at Lord’s and gets away as if he has done nothing? What would have happened had an Asian player done the same – thrown his kit in disgust and broken some equipment at the Mecca of cricket? Would he have been forgiven as easily?

    Let’s even not talk about Asian cricketers. What about Ricky Ponting? Only recently, he had broken a television during the World Cup and not only was he reprimanded by the match referee but also castigated in the media.

    What is Prior being allowed to go unscathed? Is it because of the reputation that Ponting has? But then, Prior has been involved in another jelly-beans incident where he made a puerile error of throwing jelly-beans in an effort to rile the opposition bowler. He got his wish and England were blown away by Zaheer Khan.

    This time again, his captain has hinted that the side missed an opportunity to win the game because of this incident.

  • 13 Jun

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    Shahid Afridi saga continues to rage

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    The Shahid Afridi saga continues to rage on as the Pakistan cricket continues to self-destruct. According to a latest report, the coach Waqar Younis has called Afridi impulsive and immature – two words that do not come as a surprise when associated with the captain.

    On the other hand, the Pakistani manager, Intikhab Alam has termed the former captain as something similar, but has also said that Waqar Younis was himself arrogant! So, in short, both, the captain and the coach have been castigated by the manager, who seems to be occupying a redundant position in the side.

    This comes after Afridi had retired from international cricket after he had been sacked from the captaincy. This was followed by some unsavoury remarks from Afridi about the board and the revoking of the NOC to play in the Hampshire T20 league.

    Now, Afridi is fighting hard to overcome that ban and the matter has reached the High Court. The HC has ordered that the PCB appear in front of the court on June 9!

  • 07 Jun

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    Virat Kohli needs to step up in West Indies

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    The Indian batsmen may have save the day for the side in the end, against the West Indian side, but one gets the sense that they will need to do a lot more at the top of the innings to be able to go the distance.

    The reason why I say this is because there is no doubt that the inexperienced batsmen will find it difficult to get going with the pitch over the period of the five games, especially once the likes of Gayle and Pollard come back. The thing with these two making a comeback to the side is that one can expect an increase of 30-40 runs to the score.

    This will mean that the chase will become more difficult for the Indians and with their inexperienced batting line-up, life may not remain as easy as it was in the first ODI.

    The need of the hour is for someone like Virat Kohli to get going at the top of the innings. His form could make a huge difference to the side.

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