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Atwal puts it in ConText
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 9:46 am Read more: Arjun Atwal, Cricket, David Beckham, Golf, Rebecca Loos, Shane Warne, Texting scandals, Tiger Woods, Wyndham 2010 (add tags)
One of the main reasons for the soaring popularity of Text messaging was that it was a cheaper way of communication compared to a voice call. When David Beckham sent his first raunchy Text message to Rebecca Loos he thought to himself, ‘Gee, I saves …
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Greg Chappell version 1.99
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 5:59 am Read more: Cricket, cricket controversies, Greg Chappell, India, Kumara Sangakkara, my attempt at humour, Randiv, Sri Lanka, Virender Sehwag (add tags)
Guru Greg lecturing about the 'Spirit of Cricket' to his brightest student Trevor (2nd from right) The Cricket market witnessed the unveiling of a new Greg Chappell version 1.99 yesterday. Some key features of the new software are highlighted…..
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Thank You Team India
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Saturday, August 7, 2010, 2:23 pm Read more: Cricket, Gautam Gambhir, ICC test rankings, India in Sri Lanka 2010, Sachin Tendulkar, team india, Test cricket, Virender Sehwag, vvs laxman (add tags)
What promised to be a 90-10 chance day favoring Sri Lanka to win the 3rd Test instead turned out to be the underdog’s supporters’ delight. Jayasuriya it seems had predicted these odds and frankly one was equally pessimistic about India’s chances …
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My shirt is Cesc(y)
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Monday, July 26, 2010, 9:41 am Read more: Arsenal, Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas, Cricket, David Villa, football, Iniesta, Lionel Messi (add tags)
The Cesc Fabregas saga is beginning to get on one’s nerves now. Every day there is an interview with some Barca player who desperately wants Cesc to join his team. Their sentiment is understandable as most of the Barca players come from Spain and als…
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Unfair and lowly ra(n)tings
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Saturday, July 24, 2010, 8:42 am Read more: Cricket (add tags)
It is often said that a man’s real character is displayed under adverse conditions. But in of Kumar Sangakkara it’s the other way round. His true spirit is revealed when he is winning or on top. His recent comments about the ICC rankings being unfa…
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Lax Man caught short at Galle
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Thursday, July 22, 2010, 11:18 am Read more: Cricket, Galle Test 2010, India, Muttiah Muralitharan's 800th, Sri Lanka, Test Match cricket, vvs laxman (add tags)
One can remember the India-Sri Lanka Galle match for many reasons. The top of the mind recall is, of course, Murali’s 800th wicket. The long wait for that one last one, the worried and at the same time expectant faces of close family, the frustration…
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Lax Man caught short in Galle
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Thursday, July 22, 2010, 11:18 am Read more: Cricket, Galle Test 2010, India, Muttiah Muralitharan's 800th, Sri Lanka, Test Match cricket, vvs laxman (add tags)
One can remember the India-Sri Lanka Galle match for many reasons. The top of the mind recall is, of course, Murali’s 800th wicket. The long wait for that one last one, the worried and at the same time expectant faces of close family, the frustration…
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BCCI, Commonwealth Games and India at the football WC
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 2:51 am Read more: A Maidan View, BCCI, Commonwealth Games, Cricket, history of Indian cricket, Imperial Cricket Conference, Indian football, Mihir Bose, Nehru, Suresh Kalmadi (add tags)
With the latest developments (?) on the Commonwealth games’ progress viz., the Delhi rains and the resultant unintended swimming pools being shown live on national TV, one was reminded of the other controversies in connection with the CW games. Of co…
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Cricketers and the matters of HeArt
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Monday, July 5, 2010, 7:20 pm Read more: business ventures of cricketers, Cricket, harbhajan singh, M S Dhoni wedding, my attempt at humor, Ravindra Jadeja, Sachin Tendulkar, Sakshi Art Gallery, Shoaib Akhtar, Virender Sehwag, yuvraj singh (add tags)
It is reliably learnt that MS Dhoni is looking to own a franchise of the famous Sakshi Art Gallery in Mumbai. The name was attractive enough for his new business ventures. He is also roping in a few other cricketers as franchisees across the world. The…
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Raavan, Rooney and Tendulkar
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Monday, June 21, 2010, 4:21 am Read more: ACP Pradyuman, CID, Cricket, football, harsha bhogle, Sachin Tendulkar, twitter, Wayne Rooney (add tags)
‘Rooney can't take the pressure of living up to a country's lofty expectations for a week. Sachin's taken such pressure for two full decades!' This Tweet was retweeted by hundreds of (presumably) Indians either to reinforce their nega…
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The matador who was gored by a milch cow
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 6:20 pm Read more: Argentina, Brazil, Cricket, football, Greatest sports upsets, North Korea, Switzerland, Symbolism in sporting contests, World Cup Football 2010 (add tags)
Over the history of the post industrialisation world, Sports has thrown up some fascinating results that go beyond an outcome of two teams/players battling for supremacy of a mere sporting contest. Sometimes the sporting contest transcends the Olympic….
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