Roar Guru More Articles
Subcontinent teams are ruining Test cricket
4 Jan 2013Teams from the subcontinent, such as India and Sri Lanka, rely heavily on individuals to carry the team to victory unlike their western counterparts, South Africa, Australia and England, who rise above opponents by means of a professional team effort. Additionally, any cricket fan would be aware that subcontinent teams are certified pushovers when playing [...]
Spin bowling is a dying art in India
15 Dec 2012In the current era of sport, we expect China to dominate gymnastics, Jamaica to win on the track, America to out-swim the competition and India to spin its way to comprehensive victories in Test matches on home soil. But this conventional wisdom has been contradicted by a determined English cricket side, which has overcome the [...]
Coaching or recruitment to blame for Chelsea's plunge?
11 Dec 2012It’s a proven fact that for all the wealth he is in possession of, business mogul Roman Abramovich lacks patience. At least in regards to the endeavours of his beloved FC Chelsea. Since becoming the owner of the west London club in 2003, Chelsea has had nine managers to date and the club recently earned [...]
What Real Madrid can learn from Barcelona
7 Dec 2012Barcelona and Real Madrid are two powerhouses in world football plying their trade week in week out in La Liga and Europe with success. However, outside the field, they enjoy contrasting fortunes – the former is a portrait of stability and the latter is eminent for anything but constancy. Reports of dispute and unsettlement continue [...]
Big four to rule again in 2013
18 Nov 2012With world number one Novak Djokovic’s recent victory over Roger Federer in the ATP Tour Finals in London, a tremendous year for men’s tennis has come to an end, a year that saw the top four players snaffle a Grand Slam apiece. And if form and fitness of the players hold true, we could be [...]
Kallis is more valuable than Ponting, Tendulkar
8 Nov 2012On the eve of the highly anticipated Australia versus South Africa Test series commencing this week, Australian coach Mickey Arthur took the opportunity to brand South African Jacques Kallis the best cricketer the world has ever witnessed after Sir Donald Bradman. “Can you imagine putting Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee into the one player? That [...]
THE ROAR ON