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Spirit of Cricket
Wed, November 28 2012
MS Dhoni is against the spirit of the game, says Daryl Harper
Former ICC umpire Daryl Harper has said that the Indian captain MS Dhoni has repeatedly offended against the spirit of cricket. This came after Dhoni did not recall England batsman Jonny Bairstow who was controversially given out caught by Gautam Gambhir at silly mid-off in the Mumbai Test
Fri, November 16 2012
Jonathan Trott sends spirit of cricket galloping to new heights
Thursday, November 15, 2012 is a day Jonathan Trott will remember for a long time, albeit for all the wrong reasons. At any rate, it is not likely that he will get to forget about it in a hurry because images of a chance -- courtesy Virat Kohli -- put down would haunt him in the papers. But then, cricketers don t read papers, do they?
Thu, April 12 2012
Switch-hit: Innovative ambidexterity or opportunistic ambivalence?
A lot has been said and written about the acceptability of switch-hit as a cricketing shot. Kevin Pietersen, in particular, executes this shot well and often. In his classic knock of 151 in the recently-concluded Test at Colombo, which England won to retain its No 1 standing, Pietersen resorted to the switch-hit time and again to unsettle the bowlers.
Sun, February 26 2012
Tendulkar run-out sparks another controversy at the SCG
The venue of the infamous '2008 monkeygate scandal' was in focus yet again on Sunday during the ODI tri-series match between the two sides, which are becoming synonymous with intense rivalry in international cricket.