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Mike Whitney

David Boon trolls Mike Whitney at the crease

Facing Patrick Patterson at Sabina Park is bad for a top-order batsman, but for a rank No. 11...

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Ravi Shastri gives one back to 12th man Mike Whitney

During India’s tour of Australia, fast bowler Mike Whitney was on the field as a substitute. A thoroughbred Aussie, it was not surprising when he gave some lip service to Indian all-rounder Ravi Shastri.

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Mike Whitney: Australian seamer who enjoys successful media career

The promising left-arm seamer was unfortunate to be amidst a wealth of pace bowling talent.

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‘Watching Sachin Tendulkar construct an innings is like watching a rose bud come to flower’

I first heard of Sachin Tendulkar when he made his maiden Test century in England in 1990. I heard he was 17, and I thought, "Wow! That's impressive at that age".

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Ashes 1981: Mike Whitney’s unusual Test debut at Old Trafford

Mike Whitney was playing for Gloucestershire, when...

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Paul Allott: A bespectacled England fast bowler whose international career was short-lived

Paul John Walter Allott, born on September 14, 1956, was a 6’4" tall fast bowler who played 13 Tests and 13 ODIs for England. Prakash Govindasreenivasan looks back at the career of this pacer who relied on swing bowling and later carved a career for himself as a commentator.

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Ravi Shastri’s fitting riposte to Mike Whitney!

Ravi Shastri’s fitting riposte to Mike Whitney!

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Cricketing Rifts 18 – Kim Hughes vs Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee & Rodney Marsh

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In this episode he looks at long drawn out battle between Kim Hughes and the famous troika of Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh.

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Sachin Tendulkar’s century against Australia at Perth Test, 1992

  Sachin Tendulkar's magnificent 114 against Australia in 1992.   Australia had set a target of 346 in the first innings of the Perth Test.   Tendulkar scored 114 runs from 228 balls in the first innings.   Incidentatlly Kapil Dev's 400th Test wicket was achieved in the same Test match.

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Dismissing Tendulkar my happiest moment: Whitney

For Australia fast bowler Mike Whitney dismissing Sachin Tendulkar twice during the iconic Indian batsman's debut tour Down Under in 1991-92 still remains to be the most happiest moment of his short 12-Test career.

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