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Sledging should not be banned - Part 1

Some interesting tidbits on sledging in cricket:

In a Sheffield Shield game between NSW and SA, a Waugh twin was taking an enternity to take guard, asking the umpire for centre, middle and leg, two legs - the whole lot. Then he steps away towards leg side and has another look around the field, before re [...]

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Dravid and Kumble are not amongst India’s greatest - Prasanna

Both Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble have failed to make it to the list of all-time great test players of India in a recently released list celebrating the country’s 75 year anniversary of Test cricket. This news certainly raised my eyebrows as here we have the best Test batsman and the best Test bowler both [...]

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Whatmore all but confirmed as Pakistan Coach

Indiatimes.com have reported that the PCB has confirmed Whatmore to be their next coach. The following excerpt gives more info:

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has in principle decided to sign on Australian Dav Whatmore as its national team coach but will make an official announcement in a week’s time.
If this is correct, [...]

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Ponting in full praise of Sachin and Lara

Now this has definitely come as a surprise. On one hand Ricky Ponting is in a war of words with another Indian Great, Sunil Gavaskar, and now he has openly praised Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Ponting said that Tendulkar is the most complete batsman he has ever seen play and that he rates him over [...]

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