The last test match between India and England proved to be a dullard following frequent interruptions from the weather. The match was always heading towards a draw, in the most unlikely case being, iff any of the two teams succumbs to a tame innings, which was quite an unlikely event as well.
Posts Tagged ‘australia’
India Breaks the Jinx, at last
Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged australia, cricket, dhoni, England, INDIA, KP, southafrica on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EARTH HOUR ON MARCH 29*
Posted in Reflections, environment, tagged australia, earth hour, environment, march 29, sydney on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was just trying to wade myself through the gazillions of mails that I got stuck into this article on the Earth Hour and for once I thought “Wait a minute, heard about the umpteen number of days that many of these guys come up and now what precisely was this earth hour”.
Earth Hour [...]
TIMELINE
Posted in INDIA, Reflections, cricket, tagged australia, cricket, INDIA, IPL, Kumble, MCG, perth, SCG on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1947-48
One year into independence and India is still a young nation. Its still trying to gain some ground and make its mark on the international scene. A team of this still young nation sets off to Australia to play five test matches. The Australian side led by Sir Don Bradman nearly white washes [...]
An Entertainer’s Last Bow…
Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged australia, cricket, Gilchrist, INDIA on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paul Collingwood, wouldn’t be the only one to have an assuaged expression on his face and when asked about what he thought about the latest buzz he promptly replied “Thank God for that.” This ‘d be quite the most natural reaction of any bowler, of any captain or for that matter [...]
THE INDIAN NEMESIS
Posted in Reflections, cricket, tagged australia, cricket, INDIA, Kumble, perth, Sehwag, WACA on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Next time Australians will be trying to break their world record of the maximum test wins they would honestly make sure they wouldn’t be pitting against India. Ricky Ponting and his team at the end of the day would just be pondering about what did they get wrong or was it India who were [...]
INDIA BUCKLES TO BUCKNOR AT SYDNEY
Posted in Reflections, tagged australia, cricket, ICC, INDIA, steve bucknor, sydney, tendulkar, testmatch on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A slurry of opprobrious things came out of the second test at Sydney, not to under play the fact the way the other team played it. It was the question of integrity and sportsmanship and the real motto behind these sort of games was under threat. In the good old days, games were a [...]





