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Clarke: remember the topsy-turvy Adelaide Test of 2003

24 Jan 2012

Everyone – not almost everyone – is awaiting a whitewash 4-0 series win for the Australians in the Adelaide Test starting today. But Michael Clarke, beware the Ides of the December 2003 Adelaide Test. He was only a Sheffield Shield player then and made his successful Test debut the following year. However, Ricky Ponting, the [...]

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Vinay and Vas, I am also a Michael Clarke supporter. But his form has been disappointing in 2010-11. He played well on the SCG in the one-dayer a fortnight ago. And on the spinning Indian pitches he will do well as a spinner. Remember his 6-9 in the Mumbai Test seven years ago? It could well be a case of Seven Year Itch!

Australia ready to hit the World Cup for four

15 Feb 2011

Chris, to me Steve Waugh was the best Australian skipper after Richie Benaud. To change the topic. Before the toss was made in the warm-up game between Australia and India on Sunday, Ian Chappell said that it was an excellent pitch which will help both the batsmen and the bowlers -- seamers and spinners. But after the match everyone is blaming the pitch as it spun a lot. What's wrong with a pitch that spins? I did not watch Chawla bowl as I went to bed after mid-night but Krejza spun a lot earlier on. Such a pleasure to see tussel between bat and ball. So captains should stop complaining and batsmen should play their shots at turning balls.

World Cup cliffhangers involving Australia: Part II

15 Feb 2011

Thank you, Prof Verma, for teaching us the grammar of cricket -- adjectives, adverbs, commas and semi-colons. Where does doosra fit in this terminology? Is it a vulgar fraction to introduce a mathematical analogy? Why can't we have Jenner or Gleeson or Mallett as our spin coach? Murali is a genius but not classical. Can a genius teach?

Why Australian cricket needs to go back to school

10 Feb 2011

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