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Football and Cricket
Thu, December 08 2016
Geoff Hurst: Less-remembered cricket career of England football legend
Geoff Hurst never made it back for the first side, but continued to play for the Second XI till 1964.
Fri, August 08 2014
Matthew Hayden was my hero, says footballer Phil Neville
Former England and Manchester United football player Phil Neville has said that choosing between cricket and football was the hardest decision for him. As a youngster, Neville played for Lancashire’s second XI and was the England Under-15 captain. Speaking about his days spent playing cricket, Neville said, “It was amazing. We played a Test match....
Fri, August 08 2014
Matthew Hayden was my hero, says former Manchester United footballer Phil Neville
Phil Neville is the youngest cricketer to play in the Lancashire's second XI.
Thu, June 26 2014
Luis Suarez and his mega-bite
The social media has erupted after Luis Suarez bit Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay’s World Cup encounter against Italy. Humjee Break-Sheikh lists a few of the reactions. Social media had not been in vogue when Zinedine Zidane had head-butted Marco Materazzi during FIFA World Cup final 2006. As a result Zidane was not ridiculed around the...
Mon, June 23 2014
When FIFA World Cup 2014 killed the cricket journalist in me
Growing up in 1990s Bengal, sports meant only Ganguly, Mohun Bagan-East Bengal clashes and watching Wimbledon.
Wed, January 13 2016
When George Best unwittingly landed up in the cricketing Old Trafford
Best had never been further than Bangor, a town four miles from home.
Sun, December 20 2015
Brazil — Football in its spiritual home had cricketing origins
Brazil remains passionately crazy about football and casually ignorant of cricket.
Thu, June 18 2015
Five Test cricketers who were born in Portugal
Let us look at Test cricketers who were born on Portugal.
Thu, August 07 2014
CB Fry – a look at the great cricketer as a football strategist
He was a cricket captain, football international, the world record holder for long jump and a classical scholar.
Thu, August 07 2014
David Beckham’s FIFA World Cup goals and the curious cricketing coincidence
Somehow each of Beckham's World Cup goals have witnessed a strange pattern in cricket.