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The current controversy over what Gilly has writtin in his auto-biography seems to have been blown out of proportion by the Indian media, I think. Isn’t it true, that as per the Indian constitution, everyone has freedom of speech? Isn’t that supposed to be the very foundation of Democracy? Whatever Gilchrist wrote in his book are his personal thoughts and opinions. It doesn’t necessarily mean that its all true or not.

When Sunil Gavaskar recently called white match referees to be biased against Asian cricketers, isn’t he calling them racist. Where was the controversy there? So, in other words, Indians can say whatever they feel like and they are right as per the local media, yet if an Australian or a non-asian player says something it quickly becomes blasphemy.

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Hi Guys,

I have created another spreadsheet to track the man of the match awards:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pKIeKNJ72trGqke1kpX_cRg&hl=en

As with my other spreadsheet on IPL Fairplay points, I will be updating this regularly as well.

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A disappointing day for the Deccan Chargers as the Royals were all over them. A comfortable 8 wicket win puts the Rajasthan Royals at the top of the points table. Fifties from Adam Gilchrist and Yusuf Pathan.

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3 losses in a row for Dhoni’s Super Kings. Another exhilarating performance from stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist. Watch the full match here.

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An easy win for the Aussies as they continue with their dominance in cricket. Ricky Ponting smashed his 24th ton in ODIs and guided Australia to a convincing 7 wicket win over arch-rivals New Zealand. Earlier the Kiwis had posted a respectable 254/7 in their 50 overs. Brendan McCullum was the top scorer from the Black Caps as he got 96. Ross Taylor got to his 50 from only 52 balls. The Kiwis lost wickets at crucial intervals towards the close and that ensured they were around 25-30 runs short.

However, even that would not have been able to stop the Australian juggernaut as Hayden and Gilchrist smashed the bowling to pulp in the first 5 overs. Gilly got 51 from only 29 balls and was clearly the master blaster of the day. Ponting and Michael Clarke then had a match-winning 135 run partnership. By the time Clarke got out, Australia were well and truly on their way to an easy win.

Click here for the full scorecard

Match Highlights

Lou Vincent Wicket
John How Wicket
Scott Styris Wicket
Ross Taylor Wicket
Matthew Sinclair Wicket
Daniel Vettori Wicket

Matthew Hayden Wicket
Adam Gilchrist Wicket

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