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After the scandal-hit CommonWealth Games and the IPL mess, it comes as a breath of fresh air that the ICC has given a thumbs-up to the preparations for the 2011 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
This is the third time the World Cup is being hosted on the sub-continent; the previous two World Cups here were in 1987 and 1996.
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I completely missed Sachin’s double, since I was just too busy catching up with my beauty nap!
But some articles from the blogosphere for the cricket fanatics!
http://jinojoy.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/the-little-master/
http://childoftheocean.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/tendulkar-odi-double-century/
http://newshyderabad.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/sachin-becomes-first-batsman-to-hit-odi-double-ton/
http://morethanjustagame.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/and-then-there-was-the-one/
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Quote of the day:
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. – Konrad Lorenz
Articles from the blogosphere!
http://quicktake.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/dramatic-win-for-india-at-eden-garden/
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With the 2nd day of the India-South Africa 2nd Test Match in Calcutta drawing to a close, a few thoughts on how India are notoriously bad starters in a Test Series.
Over the past 3 years, India have won just 3 of the 1st Test matches in a bilateral series.
This considering that India has played 12 Test Series in the past 3 years.
The 3 First Test Matches India have won have been the following:
England in India Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 6 wickets
India in New Zealand Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 10 wickets
India in Bangladesh Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 113 runs
Even amongst these 3 matches, India conceded the 1st innings lead against England and scored just 243 vs Bangladesh with Bangladesh replying with 242. The only Test Match where India seems to have been on fire right from the start was the Test Match against New Zealand at Hamilton where India scored a huge 520 in reply to New Zealand’s 279.
It seems to be India’s bane that by the time India wake up in a series, they are lucky if they have salvaged a draw in the 1st Test of the series. This seems to have been the case in the last 2 series as well. India were lucky to win against Bangladesh; a stronger team would have punished India’s batting ineptitude in the 1st innings.
South Africa proved that India have still to learn the art of being ‘ready to go’ right at the beginning of the series and won handily at Nagpur to go 1 up in the series without even a semblance of a fight from India’s top cricketing team – we are ranked No. 1.
Use the link below to check India’s performance in Tests over the last 3 years, both away and at home.
With luck we should be able to retain our No. 1 ranking by drawing the current series, riding on centuries by Sehwag and Tendulkar.
But why , oh why , are we such poor starters?
A good beginning is a job half-done. And that definitely holds true for the India cricket XI.
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Two posts on the India Vs SA series.
First, a point to be made. Even the most fanatical Indian cricket team fan would admit that after losing 3 top draw players in Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Laxman and then having Rohit Sharma injured at the last minute, it was going to take all the effort the team could muster to make a draw of the game, let alone win it. In the end, SA ended up winning comfortably. Also, Dale Steyn proved that quality fast bowling can only be negated by quality batting, not dead pitches!
A +ve for India was Badrinath proving that he is competent enough to be a part of the Indian test team.
Tendulkar and Sehwag scored hundreds , but could not get the middle order to bat around them. A question arises again: Is Tendulkar playing only for the record books? Does it seem that way because he makes batting look so easy, when he’s out there?
Dhoni & Gambhir were not able to stand up and be counted when it mattered!
That’s all for now!
Let these posts say the rest!
http://the22yard.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/raina-sreesanth-and-karthik-in-for-eden-test/
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A quick preview of the upcoming India-South Africa test series.
Courtesy not-yours truly!
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Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM)