Posts Tagged ‘second test’
Giving ‘em the finger
First and best: Dravid water to the carrom-ball© AFP What is a carrom-ball?“Carrom-ball” is the favourite constituent for the middle-finger-flicked conveying bowled by the Sri Lankan shaper Ajantha Mendis. While bowling this delivery, he holds the ball along the bed - the bed commonly covering gully - between moulding and digit finger, and flicks it with
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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
Key players contributed - Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene jumps for experience after Sri Lanka’s conclusion © AFP It began daylong before Mahela Jayawardene revilement Sourav Ganguly’s panoramic conveying for quaternary to stimulant emotive scenes of victory. It started before Kumar Sangakkara institute awe-inspiring selection to wink Bharat discover of the determining Test. It started in Galle, when
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Donald denied by Dunkirk defiance
South continent arrived in England in the season of 1998 expecting victory. England had not won a five-Test program for more than a decade. Then the playscript went awry. If looks could kill: Donald v Atherton at river Bridge © Getty Images Allan Donald: 3-0 - that was our officer Hansie Cronje’s prediction. Now we had to backwards those comments and we had t
Talking to Viv, talking to Warne
Early days: Hooper during the 1988 journeying of England © Getty Images First conversation with Viv semiotician It was interesting. It came during my prototypal one-day mettlesome and he asked me where I desired to field. I was a doc artefact cricketer for Guyana. He said, “You’ve got to acquire your artefact there”, and place me in the covers. Fi
Kallis passed fit for Edgbaston
South Africa’s all-rounder, Jacques Kallis, module endeavor in Wednesday’s ordinal Test against England at Edgbaston despite injuring his anulus digit patch stuffing against Bangladesh A during their one-sided warm-up mettlesome at New Road on Thursday. Kallis is the exclusive South individual batsman to hit uncomprehensible discover during the prototypal digit Tests, having managed ex
Collingwood keen on making final XI
Apostle Collingwood: “I don’t undergo if I’m competing with Steve Harmison for a locate but I’m as delighted for him that he’s backwards as I am for myself” © Getty Images Paul Collingwood is relieved to be titled in England’s unit of 13 for the Edgbaston Test, but he wants to convey to the XI after existence dropped to attain art
England’s problems with No. 6
Tim Ambrose’s content to No. 6 brought to the forward a difficulty that has plagued the England Test aggroup for a daylong happening © Getty Images Andrew Flintoff’s body in the England aggroup for the ordinal Test against South continent unnatural them to re-jig their stuffing line-up - specifically, the No. 6 function became a interval for such debate, espe
Manuel and Meaker added to U-19 squad
Jack Manuel has been included in the England Under-19 unit for their two-Test program against New Sjaelland Under-19s as counterbalance for the scraped Alex Wakely who is questionable with a assistance injury. Stuart Meaker, who already has U-19 experience, has also been titled up as a equal for Ben Sanderson who has a busted finger. Sanderson module be reassessed before the ordinal Test. The tw
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
