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From the daily archives: Saturday, December 10, 2011
CHENNAI: Veteran India batsman Rahul Dravid and former captain Ajit Wadekar were on Saturday honoured with the Indian Cricket Board’s (BCCI) top recognitions, the Polly Umrigar Award and the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dravid, who made 1,285 runs from 15 Tests at an average of [...]
CHENNAI: Swashbuckling India opener Virender Sehwag was singing songs of Kishore Kumar during the course of his record 149-ball 219-run knock against the West Indies in the fourth ODI in Indore, his team-mate Suresh Raina said.
“He was playing very well with no tension. That day, he was [...]
CHENNAI: Rookie leg-spinner Rahul Sharma feels hard work and long sessions with India team’s bowling coach Eric Simmons has helped him a lot going into his maiden international match.
“I have been interacting with Eric Simmons regarding variations and that has helped me a lot. I am also [...]
SYDNEY: The Australian bowling attack is improving, but success against an in-form Indian outfit featuring Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar will not come as easily as it has against a disappointing New Zealand.
With Sehwag joining Tendulkar as the only players to score double centuries in the 50-over [...]
CHENNAI: With the series under their belt, India would look to sign off on a winning note before heading off to the gruelling trip to Australia when they take on a spirited but inconsistent West Indies in the fifth and final one-dayer on Sunday.
Stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag single-handedly plundered [...]
HOBART: New Zealand led Australia by 153 runs after Day 2 of the fast-moving second Test on Saturday, aiming to build a decisive second innings lead after rattling the hosts out for just 136.
A total of 23 wickets fell in two days on a drying [...]
MELBOURNE: Australian pace sensation James Pattinson can’t wait for the four-Test series against India later this month as he feels there is no better challenge for him than their famed batting line-up.
“That’s the pinnacle, the Boxing Day Test. When I was young I would go every year. So to [...]
HOBART: New Zealand made the most of a lively greentop wicket to bowl Australia out for 136 and take a first-innings lead of 14 runs on the second day of the second Test on Saturday.
Brendon McCullum, nine not out, and Martin Guptill, unbeaten [...]
HOBART: Ricky Ponting failed on his home ground as Australia lost six wickets in the first session on Saturday to stumble to 81-7 at lunch in its chase of New Zealand’s first-innings total of 150 in the second Test.
Ponting, whose last century came [...]
HOBART: Ricky Ponting failed on his home ground as Australia lost six wickets in the first session on Saturday to stumble to 81-7 at lunch in its chase of New Zealand’s first-innings total of 150 in the second Test.
Ponting, whose last century came [...]
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