Entries Tagged as ‘Sachin Tendulkar’

March 8, 2008

Lessons from an Australian summer

Mark Taylor said it was one of best summers of cricket he has seen in a long time. Others have been claiming that Australia V India is the new Australia V England, which isn’t saying much given those weren’t ever in the vicinity of being contests barring 2005. The long-drawn Commonwealth Bank [...]

February 11, 2008

Saved by the bell

India’s first win in over two decades against Australia at the MCG took a superlative bowling effort that bowled out the hosts for their fourth-lowest first innings total at home. While it is being touted as a stirring performance by the Indian attack, it was really the performance of young Ishant Sharma supported by some [...]

February 5, 2008

Of champions and twilight

The Border-Gavaskar trophy has been handed out and before one could say “skill-be-damned-bring-on-the-mayhem” three games of the pajama variety have concluded, one where the ‘reigning champions’ were given some lessons and two that fell prey to the age old enemy, weather. The hysterical nature of the cricket calendar means that by the end of the [...]