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Well, at least in the women’s cricket circuit! Behold, Jhulan Goswami, the Indian women’s cricket team’s strike bowler who reaches speeds around the 120 kmph mark, which can put to shame many bowlers in the men’s circuit 
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Well, this has to be the joke of this century in the cricketing world but it is not. Shaun Tait actually quit! Quit cricket indefinitely, citing physical and emotional exhaustion. Oh! Bloody hell, I have been screaming my head off on this burnout which was on the cards time and again, in this site and in the blogging world. Read more… »
Ok… this is not to be an ideal tribute or anything of that sort. To me, he is my favourite cricketer. As far as his accomplishments in the game is concerned, am sure there will be thousands of articles written on that which I will enjoy it better reading rather than writing with my half-baked skills (even that is debatable). Read more… »
Once again there was much hype in the Australian media and the man himself on his speed and also that he will rip through the Indian batting like butter. Sadly he failed at everything… bowling extraordinarily fast, walking the talk or be a handful to the Indian batsmen. Read more… »
Shaun Pollock announced his retirement from International cricket, which doesn’t come as a surprise as he has been slowly booted out in place of the younger breed of South African fast bowlers. Read more… »
Sanath Jayasuriya has announced his retirement from test cricket and the current test match with England will be his last. Stuck with poor form off late in the test version, he displayed in his last innings some vintage Jayasuriya shots with a fine 78, studded with 10 boundaries and 1 six. Just when everyone thought that he has regained his touch, Sanath has decided to call it a day to end a glorious career on a high note.
Sanath Jayasuriya had played 109 matches, scoring 6885 with an average of 40.02. With 14 hundreds and 30 fifties in his career, many would never forget that mammoth 340 he had scored.
And there it was… the much awaited world record, as Murali bowled a beauty of a delivery that went the wrong way to fool Collingwood and take his stumps. And there he was smiling with the satisfaction that he is now the world’ best bowler. Interestingly, Murali had told that he actually bowled a regular off-spinner that went the other way due to the surface of the pitch… so now even the pitches are siding with him :). Target: 1000 wickets is his next goal and why not. Read more… »
It’s funny as the first test concluded, ones’ thoughts runs through the huge void in the middle order of the Pakistani Batting line-up. The absolute over-dependence on Mohammed Yousuf and Younis Khan has hurt Pakistan so much, that I bet the PCB would know look back and see how irrationally and impulsive their decision was to leave out a true giant of a cricketer in every aspect of the game, “Inzamam Ul-Haq”. Read more… »
Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif had roughed up a press photographer who tried to take a picture of him when he was coming out of a cinema hall. Read more… »
On his last set of farewell matches of his glittering career, Darren Lehmann smashed 126* runs off 104 balls to script a remarkable victory for the Redbacks in the Ford Ranger one day cup. He was ably assisted by Matthew Elliot, who also remained unbeaten at 133* off 137 balls.
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