Weekend Youtube: Sehwag

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India go ballistic

It may be an innocuous pitch, the bowling may not have been great, but 417 runs for two wickets in one day is still pretty special. Virender Sehwag‘s 131 from 122 balls was spectacular enough, but Gambhir (167 – his seventh century in nine Tests) and Dravid (85 not out) got in on the act [...]

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India vs Australia: One Day Series Preview

India are hosting Australia for a seven-match ODI series, which normally would have been hyped for weeks (if not months) in advance, but the Ashes (and its attendent ODIs) blurred into the Champions Trophy which blurred into the Twenty20 Champions League which only finished yesterday, so it’s almost as if the series has crept up [...]

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Twenty20 Champions League Preview: Part One

Club cricket takes a new turn this week with the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. Here’s a brief run-down of the sides involved: The Cape Cobras, although without the injured Graeme Smith, will still have plenty of firepower with JP Duminy and Herschelle Gibbs the main threats. The lack of access to the large pool of [...]

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Champions Trophy: Group A Preview

The second most prestigious tournament in everyone’s third-favourite format of the game is nearly here. Can you contain yourself? Here are the Group A runners and riders: Australia will no doubt have had a confidence boost from driving a steamroller over England over the latter part of the summer, but doubts remain over how they [...]

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The Return of the Wall

Rahul Dravid is set to return to One Day International cricket after being included in India’s squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka and the autumn’s Champions Trophy. Although Dravid hasn’t played an ODI since 2007, his performances in this year’s IPL and the relative weakness of India’s middle order in the World Twenty20 [...]

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West Indies vs India: One Day Series Preview

After the sugary delights of the World Twenty20, it’s back to the slightly more balanced diet of 50-over cricket for the West Indies and India with the four-match ODI series which starts tomorrow at Sabina Park. The tourists have been hit by injury (Sehwag, Raina) as well as the desire to give some key players [...]

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Abhishek Nayar and Ashish Nehra in India squad

India’s squad for their upcoming tour of the Caribbean makes interesting reading. In the absence of Sehwag and Raina (injured), Tendulkar and Zaheer (rested), and Munaf Patel and Irfan Pathan (dropped), there are one or two names that require a little mental exploration before recognition is achieved. Ashish Nehra hasn’t played for India since 2005, [...]

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ICC World Twenty20: Super Eight

Group E England recovered well from their shock defeat to the Netherlands in the tournament opener to record a relatively convincing win over Pakistan, but doubts remain over the side’s ability to push on and score big if the top order fails. It would be a surprise if the hosts were to make it as [...]

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IPL 2009 Preview: Part 1

The second season of the IPL (or the first season of the SAPL, if you prefer) gets underway this weekend, so here’s the lowdown on the teams taking part: Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore’s main pre-season activity was the purchase of Kevin Pietersen and KP will join a host of his fellow countrymen in Kallis, Steyn [...]

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New Zealand turn the tables, then the screw

Ahead of the Second Test in Napier, with India having been so convincing in the first you would have been offered stratospheric odds on New Zealand forcing them to follow on, Sehwag twice getting out for less than 35 and Jesse Ryder making a double century. Yet all of those things have come to pass. [...]

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New Zealand vs India: One Day Series Preview

After the Black Caps’ surprising 2-0 victory in the Twenty20 matches between these sides, India are facing claims that they can’t cope in Kiwi  conditions. Gambhir in particular hasn’t looked comfortable, and Tendulkar hasn’t yet played a game since arriving in New Zealand (partly due to the BCCI’s ongoing attitude to ICL-tarnished players), so the [...]

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