Shaun Tait quits: No Joke!

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. You can read about it here and in several other miscellaneous posts. I knew there was too much of a euphoric madness surrounding him that looked to me one that was clearly...

The curious case of Shaun Tait

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... From bowling extraordinarily fast, walking the talk or be a handful to the Indian batsmen. If R.P. Singh preferred facing Tait and accordingly Laxman shielded him from playing the other bowler, it pretty much sums up his disastrous outing. Ricky Ponting hardly got him to bowl as very time he came on, he looked a...

Harbhajan takes a digg at Hogg

Finally, the series which I have been looking forward is around the corner and the games have already began. Harbhajan on landing in Australia has already taken his first dig at... Hogg! On questions posted on the Australian debate on using an all-pace attack or spin, he said "From our point of view, we would be happy to see how Hogg would go against the best players of spin in the world." Hogg is "not close to the class of Warne and MacGill". "It would be a big test for him, and we all know how...