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Sleeping through the static: August 2011
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Mussoorie Days - column for GQ India, August 2011 issue. Saturday, August 13, 2011. So yes, lets accept that India were beaten severely by a superior team. They were woefully under-prepared, as a result of a cramped calendar. This is a systemic issue which which needs to be addressed. Days after the World Cup final? If that is what defenders of th...
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Sleeping through the static
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Better days of Test cricket are hard to come by. This is what we live for, the kind of battle we flock to the grounds to, put aside work and other daily activities and chores for, skip work for, the reason some of us become sports writers. Those of you who happened to be at Trent Bridge to day, I envy you. Laxman, chatted up and needled by the fiel...
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Sleeping through the static: December 2010
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Friday, December 03, 2010. To see Jaffer still going so strong is a sign of his dedication, ability, experience and perhaps lack of bowling talent. But that would be a disservice to Jaffer's work ethic. His hunger is phenomenal; the Marathi manhoos. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Picking up the Pieces. The 100th Hundred: It had to happen this way.
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Sleeping through the static
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Tuesday, August 02, 2011. You have a team on the mat at 124 for 8, and then allow them to score 221. Then you get a lead of 40 with six wickets in hand and end up with a lead of 67. And on the third day, India's generosity in the field - what was Dhoni doing with his fielders? What business did Strauss and Flower have in knocking on the Indian dressing room? The challenge ...
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Sleeping through the static: June 2011
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Saturday, June 25, 2011. Coolly, the batsmen tucked runs off Harbhajan to the leg side. Too many to even recall, but there must have been a large percentage of runs scored to the on side. While watching Harbhajan's uninspiring display, I re-read this article. Ninety-four Tests, 396 wickets. That's a pretty good career. You don't get close to 400 wickets by being an...Or is...
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Sleeping through the static: Rain, rain, rain ...
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Thursday, July 21, 2011. Rain, rain, rain . So, a damp squib of an opening day at Lord's. A sedate start from England's openers after Dhoni won a good toss and opted to field, and I reckon India will feel a bit let down by their performance. Zaheer aside - he really is the most important player on either side - the bowling lacked bite. An iffy sort of day. An engrossin...
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Sleeping through the static
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Links to latest pieces for GQ India: on Dravid's ODI recall. And what India can learn. From the Test series. More to follow. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Picking up the Pieces. The 100th Hundred: It had to happen this way. People with good taste (or, those who follow me). Dravids recall: a knee-jerk reaction.
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Sleeping through the static: The Chemistry Brothers
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Monday, July 25, 2011. This is Dravid and Laxman, of the 376-run partnership at Eden Gardens in 2001, still the highest partnership in India vs Australia Tests. Dravid and Laxman, of the 303-run alliance for the fifth wicket in Adelaide in 2003. In the best overall partnerships for a pair. In terms of the times that Dravid has batted with Laxman. View my complete profile.
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Sleeping through the static: Dravid's recall: a knee-jerk reaction
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Sleeping through the static. No, honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I'm playing smart. I have more page views than you. Seriously. Saturday, August 06, 2011. Dravid's recall: a knee-jerk reaction. The decision, we are told, is a pragmatic, immediate one: the team is marred by injury and needs Dravid's vault of international experience - he is the seventh-highest run-scorer of all time, with 10,765 runs in 339 matches - and his innate ability to scrap and hold together an innings. Beyond the headlines ...
