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Diego Maradona: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Diego Maradona Is Not Interested in Argentine soccer
What he said:
"Since I left, I have never seen the Argentina team… And I think I will not see them again."
Diego Maradona makes it clear that he has no more interest in the Argentinean soccer team. The footballing great was national coach for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He was later sacked following the 0-4 loss to Germany in the quarter-final.
What he really meant:
“The Argentine national team is neither my responsibility nor the Argentine Football Association (AFA) my paymasters.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“You can take me away from my Argentina but you can’t take away the Argentina in me.”
WAGS, doctors and nurses protest the display of emotion by men in blue (Satire)
That the Indian team was given a replica instead of the Real trophy was good enough reason to cobble together a band of experts for an hour-long discussion on the Times Of India news channel—at prime time.
It didn’t matter that the replica was a genuine one, albeit usually unveiled for promotional purposes.
Jacob Oram rams home the ‘C’ word: SA choke as NZ play spoilers once more
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ICC World Cup 2011: Should India bat first or second?
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Woes with the bowling attack has led to critics lending suggestions as to how the men in blue can overcome their travails.
There is, however, no need to make a mountain of a molehill.
There is less to be concerned about than other teams like South Africa, England,Pakistan or Sri Lanka. Australia and the West Indies are notable , even surprising, exceptions. Maybe playing to your strengths even in alien conditions has its merits.
India have not exhibited their best but have continued their winning ways. It has not been great watching but it’s been effective.
At the end of the day, it’s about getting the job done. Winning ugly is still winning.
World Cup 2011: ICC gives preparations a thumbs-up
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After the scandal-hit CommonWealth Games and the IPL mess, it comes as a breath of fresh air that the ICC has given a thumbs-up to the preparations for the 2011 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
This is the third time the World Cup is being hosted on the sub-continent; the previous two World Cups here were in 1987 and 1996.
Sachin’s Double!
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I completely missed Sachin’s double, since I was just too busy catching up with my beauty nap!
But some articles from the blogosphere for the cricket fanatics!
http://jinojoy.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/the-little-master/
http://childoftheocean.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/tendulkar-odi-double-century/
http://newshyderabad.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/sachin-becomes-first-batsman-to-hit-odi-double-ton/
http://morethanjustagame.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/and-then-there-was-the-one/
Have a great day!
Quote of the day:
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. – Konrad Lorenz
For the cricket fans!
Articles from the blogosphere!
http://quicktake.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/dramatic-win-for-india-at-eden-garden/
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Notoriously bad starters!
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With the 2nd day of the India-South Africa 2nd Test Match in Calcutta drawing to a close, a few thoughts on how India are notoriously bad starters in a Test Series.
Over the past 3 years, India have won just 3 of the 1st Test matches in a bilateral series.
This considering that India has played 12 Test Series in the past 3 years.
The 3 First Test Matches India have won have been the following:
England in India Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 6 wickets
India in New Zealand Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 10 wickets
India in Bangladesh Test Series – 1st Test
India won by 113 runs
Even amongst these 3 matches, India conceded the 1st innings lead against England and scored just 243 vs Bangladesh with Bangladesh replying with 242. The only Test Match where India seems to have been on fire right from the start was the Test Match against New Zealand at Hamilton where India scored a huge 520 in reply to New Zealand’s 279.
It seems to be India’s bane that by the time India wake up in a series, they are lucky if they have salvaged a draw in the 1st Test of the series. This seems to have been the case in the last 2 series as well. India were lucky to win against Bangladesh; a stronger team would have punished India’s batting ineptitude in the 1st innings.
South Africa proved that India have still to learn the art of being ‘ready to go’ right at the beginning of the series and won handily at Nagpur to go 1 up in the series without even a semblance of a fight from India’s top cricketing team – we are ranked No. 1.
Use the link below to check India’s performance in Tests over the last 3 years, both away and at home.
With luck we should be able to retain our No. 1 ranking by drawing the current series, riding on centuries by Sehwag and Tendulkar.
But why , oh why , are we such poor starters?
A good beginning is a job half-done. And that definitely holds true for the India cricket XI.
Have a great day!
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India Vs SA – First Test – Results & Selections
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Two posts on the India Vs SA series.
First, a point to be made. Even the most fanatical Indian cricket team fan would admit that after losing 3 top draw players in Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Laxman and then having Rohit Sharma injured at the last minute, it was going to take all the effort the team could muster to make a draw of the game, let alone win it. In the end, SA ended up winning comfortably. Also, Dale Steyn proved that quality fast bowling can only be negated by quality batting, not dead pitches!
A +ve for India was Badrinath proving that he is competent enough to be a part of the Indian test team.
Tendulkar and Sehwag scored hundreds , but could not get the middle order to bat around them. A question arises again: Is Tendulkar playing only for the record books? Does it seem that way because he makes batting look so easy, when he’s out there?
Dhoni & Gambhir were not able to stand up and be counted when it mattered!
That’s all for now!
Let these posts say the rest!
http://the22yard.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/raina-sreesanth-and-karthik-in-for-eden-test/
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