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Jan 1, 2025 · A s the July morning served up staple English-summer fare - grey skies, damp air and wet streets - something unusual was brewing in cricket's most traditional sanctum sanctorum, the long room at Lord's.. A cosmopolitan crowd, representing varied interests of cricket from around the world, had assembled for an event titled World Cricket Connects, organised with remarkable perseverance and ...

5 days ago · Tests: 366 Results: 215 (58.7%) This tough period, when all the teams tended to play safe, falls between the India-West Indies Test in Delhi in November 1948 and the fifth Test between India and Australia in Madras in December 1969.It was the period of Garry Sobers, the 3Ws (Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott), Neil Harvey and Len Hutton

Jan 22, 2025 · They raced to 279 for 2 in 30 overs, about 60 runs ahead of Australia, who were also two down around the same point. Australia had a free pass on the road of excess; South Africa showed even the badlands around it could be treated like they were a highway.

Jul 24, 2023 · There is film music at every IPL venue, but this is different. This is the title track from the 1995 blockbuster Baashha, probably the first movie you'd show someone seeking a crash course on the phenomenon of Rajinikanth, and the kaantham in his name. This isn't just any Rajini song, but a Rajini intro song (re-intro song in this case, housed within a flashback).

Dec 13, 2024 · I ndia's win in the 2021 Gabba Test against Australia, played in the middle of a Covid lockdown, will forever be counted among the greatest Test matches. Here's the story of the match in the words of some who played and were present in the dressing rooms. Vikram Rathour, India assistant coach: In Sydney [third Test] people were allowed to go out and have meals and walk around, but suddenly [in ...

Nov 22, 2024 · Ahead of its Time Angelo Mathews' spectacular boundary save. There was a time when fielders being acrobatic on the boundary to save runs or dismiss batters wasn't the norm

Somehow Sobey found out what Slug had said. Victoria elected to bat, but we knocked 'em over for 101. Sobey got three wickets. Then he went in and made 124 and came out and got six more wickets as South Australia secured an innings-and-46-runs victory inside three days. So Sobey beat Victoria all by himself.

Apr 26, 2020 · T he ball from Jeff Thomson that hit me in the nuts was a full toss. I did not pick up the one from Gladstone Small that broke my cheekbone. Sylvester Clarke bust my right index finger with a good-length delivery that spat at my hand like fat from a frying pan.

Oct 17, 2017 · T he highest-earning captain in international cricket in 2017 stands to make nearly 20 times as much as the lowest-earning; the top cricketers in the world earn around US$1 million from playing international cricket; the top Pakistani annual contract is worth less in monetary terms than the top Ireland one; and coaching a subcontinent side, though bad for job security, is great for the bank ...