A great day for Delhi Cricket

Sunday, January 20, 2008
Yesterday (Jan 19 '08) turned out to be a great day for Delhi cricketers. The Ranji team emerged victorious in the domestic trophy finals after 16 years. Viru Sehwag and young Ishant Sharma played key roles in India's historic win at Perth. And also their other 19-year old star, Virat Kohli led the Indian under-19 team to a test-series win against South Africa in South Africa.

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How can they?

Monday, July 09, 2007
Courtesy: Rediff
"How can your selectors drop a bowler of Harbhajan Singh's quality? He has taken wickets in a heap against the best sides. That is the hallmark of a great bowler," a surprised Saqlain said.

What Saqlain (the new Brit) is trying to say here is this -"How can the Pakistani selectors drop a bowler of Saqlain Mushtaq's quality?".

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India's tour of Bangladesh '07: Test Series - Grades

Thursday, June 07, 2007
Part 1
Part 2

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India's tour of Bangladesh '07: ODI Series - Grades

Part 1
Part 2

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England's next best thing?

James Alexander Russell Harris

Hope the Welsh teenager goes the Fredalo.. sorry (I never uttered that word).. the Freddie way.

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The Ranji-Duleep Trophy

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Read it here.

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Looking Ahead: The likely five

Read it here.

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Whatmore? Say Who?

Thursday, May 24, 2007
Kapil Dev, who once asked, "Who is John Wright?", now asks, "Who is whatmore?".

Paaji, you ask too many questions..

Whatmore is a SriLankan born Aussie cricketer, who coached a world-cup winning SriLankan team and is now very likely to coach your home team. What more do you want to know ji?

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Coach-cum-Umpire

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Courtesy: Express India
Satrajit Lahiri is aware of what the word ‘coach’ exactly means. The 39-year old former Ranji Trophy batsman — he played for Tripura from 1991 to 1998 and turned up for East Zone in the 1996-97 Deodhar Trophy — recently earned a double distinction unique in eastern India’s cricket history.

He became the state’s first ever Ranji Trophy elite panel umpire to also complete the National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) coveted Level III coaching degree, at Bangalore. The twin distinction apart, Lahiri also boasts of the Level III coaching degree that he picked up from the English & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last year.


When Lahiri is umpiring, how hard would it be for him to restrain the coach in him? If the batsman gets beaten outside the off-stump and the bowler starts appealing, would the umpire first tell the batsman that he needs to move his feet a bit and then turn to the bowler and say that it is not-out? If the bowler is chucking, would Lahiri correct the bowler's action right there and then tell him that it is a no-ball? If he feels that the fielding captain is not attacking enough, would he ask the skipper to place a slip and a foward-shortleg?

I know Lahiri is a professional and he would know exactly how to separate the umpire from the coach, but it does make you wonder. Doesn't it?

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Blogging for AOL India

Friday, May 18, 2007
I've signed up to blog for AOL India's new cricket blog. My first 2 posts are up for reading - 1. a la Pietersen, 2. World Cup 2007: Ten Most Enjoyable Pieces Of Action.

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