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VOL.27 :: NO.44 :: Oct. 30 - Nov. 05 2004
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IT is not easy to figure where exactly Shane Warne will fit into the constellation of famous Aussie leg-spinners.
A mind readerNo bowler of Shane Warne's pace has ever produced that shiver of excitement in the crowd and that trembling terror in the batsman simply by standing at his mark and walking, oh so slowly, for half a dozen paces towards the wicket, writes TED CORBETT.
Shane Warne — then and nowA few weeks back, I was sitting along with the great spinners, Erapalli Prasanna and Bishan Singh Bedi in the National Cricket Academy, Bangalore, and naturally our attention turned towards Shane Warne, who was going to be in India again. `This is a proud moment for me' IT was on the day leading up to the eve of the second Test, that Shane Warne spoke about bad memories haunting him at the Chidambaram Stadium.
Hot and humid game drowns in rainCRICKETING tales are often bound together by contrasting characters, much like an epic cinema that has threads of varying shades and hues running through it. At the Chidambaram Stadium, buzzing and alive, the story of the Second Test was very ... `Spot' moments lost on TV THE Saturday morning of October 16, 2004, marked a watershed for TV in India.
How much cricket can a lift operator catch?The Australian and Indian teams observe a minute's silence before the start of the Test in memory of legendary all-rounder Keith Miller. The Aussies wear black armbands in tribute.
`500 is a realistic possibility'ANIL KUMBLE is riding a crest these days, becoming the first Indian spinner to reach 400 Test wickets, and then registering a 13-wicket match haul in Chennai.
Falling standard of Aussie fieldingAUSTRALIA's epidemic of dropped catches is not new. Four years ago I was given figures on the large number of catches the Australians were dropping and also the number of run out attempts they were missing.
A revolution in cricket literacy A silent revolution is unfolding in India with TV doing to cricket what NIIT and English speaking institutes have achieved in their respective fields.
Ernie ElsIT was some 35th birthday for Ernie Els. The day started with a call from his 95-year-old grandfather back in South Africa and ended with a cheque for £ 1million as he defeated Lee Westwood by 2&1 in the 36-hole final of the HSBC World Matchplay ... 
Chris Schofield & Kevin PietersenIT was like one of those after-thought obituaries, crammed into a few forlorn paragraphs at the bottom of the page. "Chris Schofield," the small headline lamented unhappily, "has been released by Lancashire." Chris Schofield, the future of ...
Gilchrist: an honourable manThat Gilchrist's quiet stroll from the crease without waiting for the umpire's decision has caused such discussion in some way suggests how unaccustomed we are to grace. When we see goodness we are wary of embracing it, as if there is some trickery here.
Striker, the term is curiously imprecise VERY recently, I was asked to write about strikers. First, by my Sunday newspaper in London, to rank the best 10 English strikers of all time.
Kyaw Thu Ra does the star turn KYAW THU RA could not have been of greater help as a substitute for the Finance and Revenue Football Club (FRFC) of Myanmar. EURO FLAVOUR 
Deisler faces another bout of depressionGERMAN midfielder Sebastian Deisler has flown back from Turin to return to the clinic where he was treated for depression a year ago. Deisler, who had travelled to Italy for Bayern Munich's match against Juventus reportedly spoke to Bayern ... EURO FLAVOUR 
Adrian Mutu in troubleADRIAN MUTU faces a possible two-year suspension after his agent Gheorghe Popescu said Chelsea had told him that the striker had tested positive for a drug. "Chelsea confirmed to me that Mutu had tested positive but did not reveal the ... EURO FLAVOUR Ferguson's admission SIR ALEX FERGUSON has admitted that Manchester United's faltering start to the season is his fault for making too many changes. Ferguson has chopped and changed his side this season and the results have been disastrous — just three wins ... EURO FLAVOUR 15,000 volunteers needed for 2006 World Cup FRANZ BECKENBAUER, chief of the 2006 World Cup organising committee, has sought for 15,000 volunteers to help out at the tournament in Germany. "We need drivers, who know their city like a navigation system, we need language experts as World ...
`If I was in the same position again, I would make the same call'16,000 hate-emails, 5,000 abusive phone calls, tabloid humiliation, death threats — when referee Urs Meier disallowed an England goal against Portugal at Euro 2004 he became the most vilified man in football in the U.K. So, asks JON HENLEY, how does he feel about it all now?
Rushing into a brave new worldINDIAN hockey is familiar with ad-hoc decision-making. Adrian D'Souza, the hottest goalkeeping talent today, is supposed to be one of the positives of such out-of-turn moves.
Davenport back at the topBACK at No. 1, Lindsay Davenport is putting retirement on hold and plans to play in next year's Australian Open. Davenport officially moved atop the WTA Tour computer rankings for the sixth time and said she tentatively has worked out a 2005 ... 
Ronaldo overtakes Romario and labels him "pretentious"RONALDO labelled his former Brazil striking partner Romario as pretentious after the 1994 World Cup forward's description of himself as the team's most important player in 34 years. ``I think it's very pretentious for a player to call himself ...
Is Narain Karthikeyan ready for the new world?AS Narain Karthikeyan waits patiently for his maiden Formula One drive, a new world circuit has been launched recently which promises to give the Indian racing ace his break into big time.
Less fancied ones dominate the showUNLIKE in the past, the latest edition of the National aquatic championship in New Delhi proved to be a stage for a couple of lesser-known names, whose performances upstaged that of a few accomplished ones.
Scripting a new chapterSHE has been waiting for close to one year now for the big moment to arrive in her brief career dotted with some creditable performances in the domestic circuit.
Executing the late cutTHERE are some shots that seem effortless and provide a lot of pleasure to the fans when players of real calibre execute them with finesse. The late cut or the back cut is one such shot and this is generally executed against the spinners. Though ...
A good experience for the juniorsHE has been making purposeful strides in recent times. By winning his second successive ITF junior title on the clay courts of Gurgaon, the 17-year-old Vivek Shokeen showed that he was learning the intricacies of winning quite fast. The junior ... 
The game needs more such tournamentsIT is not enough to pack a team with star players, but it is important to handle the team well. The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from Dehra Dun, with some of the best players in the country such as Shabbir Ahmed, Desh Raj, Sridhar, ... TUTICORIN 
Sethuraman's featS. P. SETHURAMAN won the title in the 17th edition of the SPIC Trophy FIDE-rated open chess tournament conducted by the Tuticorin District Chess Association and SPIC Central Sports Council at Tuticorin. The 11-year-old Sethuraman, a seventh ... BANGALORE 
Taste of big timeTHE Nike Junior Tour is an innovative concept of the Nike Inc., USA, which has made it a prestigious event for tennis players in the under-12 and under-14 age groups all over the world. The NJT now covers 25 countries, and the Nike International ...
Sir, — What's going on in Indian cricket? Despite repeated poor performances Parthiv Patel is retained in the squad time and again. It's strange that he gets chance after chance to prove himself. If a player has shown no improvement as a ...
He brought Namibian sports onto the world mapFRANKIE FREDERICKS raised his hand just as the gun was about to go after the runners had seemingly settled into the blocks for the Athens Olympics 200 metres final. |
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