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Cricket has always been based on three foundation stones—-character, commitment and charisma. Whilst many players may score on the statistics scale, they fail miserably on the character yardstick. Ricky Ponting definitely has the statistic to back him up while VVS Laxman has the THREE Cs firmly planted on his mind. While the so-called Sehwags and [...]

It was the winter of 1989 when I, as a nine-year-old first saw the highlights of the India-Pakistan Test series when a young Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar made his debut. While there was nothing remarkable about his technique but what impressed me was the youngster’s ability to negotiate with the pace of the likes of Imran [...]

They came, they saw and they butchered. Yes, the first two days of the much-hyped battle of biggies — India and South Africa have become a one-way traffic with the Proteans amassing a lead of 230 after bowling out India for 136. A measure of South Africa’s dominance in this Test can be gauged from [...]

While Australians can afford to count performers who have set theBIG stage ablaze in more occasions than one, the same can’t be said about the Englishmen. Names such as Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath crop up immediately when one thinks of stars who have shone for Oz over [...]