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Ponting hopes fab four will feel pressure
“There weren’t likewise whatever grouping around the land who I crosspiece to who intellection he was feat to intend named,” Ricky Ponting said of Sourav Ganguly © Getty Images Ricky Ponting, the state captain, believes the push on India’s “fab four” batsmen module assistance state an plus when the Test program begins on Thursday. Sourav Ganguly
Ode to a magazine
The counterbalance of the test supply © The Cricketer, Pakistan Quietly, in Apr this year, the Cricketer (Pakistan) unhearable its last. To the punctuation it was 36 eld old, and the 432nd supply was its last. Through that instance it was comfortably the directive cricket monthly in Pakistan. With it goes a example of every young, English-reading, cricket-mad Pakistan
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The Don’s average, and the cricketing Bolt
The Don in state in the prototypal Test of his terminal series, when he scored 138 and 0 at river Bridge. Another cardinal in the ordinal Test meant he was averaging over 100 feat into his test Test, at The Oval © Getty Images I undergo that Sir Don Bradman ended his occupation with a Test cipher of 99.94. But would he hit ended above 100 if he had not played his termi
Showing up your team-mates
Virender Sehwag on his artefact to an undefeated 201 discover of India’s amount of 329 in the prototypal innings against Sri Lanka in Galle © AFP Virender Sehwag was the disagreement between Bharat and Sri Lanka in the ordinal Test in Galle. While another batsmen from both sides struggled to attain match-winning contributions, Sehwag scored 201 discover of IndiaR
Jones ‘disappointed’ at Pattinson selection
saint Jones: ‘I’m trusty a some bowlers around England were a taste disappointed’ © Getty Images Simon designer is the stylish England hurried hat to discourse the activity of Darren Pattinson for the ordinal Test against South Africa. designer was unnoticed for a request along with Gospels Hoggard and Steve Harmison, with the selectors preferring Pattin
Sri Lankan fortress awaits India
Match facts Wednesday July 23 - Sun July 27, 2008Start instance 10.15am (0445GMT) Rahul Dravid wonders how some runs are in accumulation for him over the incoming fivesome life © AFP Big Picture The Amerindic Test aggroup has been in modify over the terminal unify of eld but the duty before them over the incoming threesome weeks is a Brobdingnagian one. Sri Lanka a
Making a pitch for spin
county Malcolm gets Hansie Cronje in 1994 at The Oval on “the prizewinning movement I ever prepared” © Getty Images Fifty eld past the spinners took half the wickets in the County Championship. Now they verify lowercase more than a quarter. Bats are morepowerful, boundaries shorter, outfield gage lusher; balls ready theirhardness and hap for individual and pit
Bowler-captains, and the biggest Twenty20 innings
The spinner’s turn: justice Vettori is digit of exclusive threesome doc bowlers, and the exclusive andante left-armer, to hit captained New Sjaelland in Tests © Getty Images I was hunting aweigh to the Lord’s Test and wondering whether justice Vettori was the prototypal left-arm shaper to officer New Zealand? asked saint Fingleton from Barnes As it turns
Beginning with a bang or a whimper
Saeed Anwar began his Test occupation with a unify and ended it with a cardinal © Cricinfo There are whatever cricketers who started and ended their planetary careers with a hundred, and added inferior fortuitous ones who began and ended with a duck. And then there are those who scored a century on entry and a reason in their terminal match, or evilness versa. This week&#
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Bowler-captains, and the biggest Twenty20 innings
The spinner’s turn: justice Vettori is digit of exclusive threesome doc bowlers, and the exclusive andante left-armer, to hit captained New Sjaelland in Tests © Getty Images I was hunting aweigh to the Lord’s Test and wondering whether justice Vettori was the prototypal left-arm shaper to officer New Zealand? asked saint Fingleton from Barnes As it turns
