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World Cup 2011: Separating men from the boys
Is the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to reduce the next World Cup to 10 teams really the way forward? Is this really as far as the sport’s governing body is concerned about making it a...
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Pakistan vs West Indies: Batting is Pakistan’s Achilles’ heel
So far so good. Pakistan have made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. And despite a few hiccups along the way, they have done it in style by not only topping their group but by beating world...
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Mohali showdown: Do we put our faith in history?
Can Pakistan win against India in India, that too in a World Cup? If one is to go down the memory lane, the answer would be that it is not likely to happen. After all, history is known to repeat...
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Jazba just wasn’t enough
Pakistan lost the much-hyped match against India, just as they lost on previous four occasions where they came up against India in any World Cup game. They say history never repeats itself, but it did...
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Windies tour: Where is the star value?
There is no intention to undermine the efforts of both sides involved, but the One-Day International (ODI) series between in West Indies failed to generate any excitement or enthusiasm whatsoever. The...
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Wimbledon: Has the US dropped the ball?
American tennis is a shadow of its former greatness. At Roland Garros in Paris, no American woman was seeded anywhere. The top seeded American man was Mardy Fish. And nothing against Fish, but I doubt...
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Do away with cricket controversies
I think we’ve all spoken at length about how boring Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies was. There was an absence of intensity. There were moments when it seemed an international duel was on show, as...
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Sachin: The unmaking of a god
Tendulkar’s achievements are truly remarkable. Whether you like the guy or not, you have to admit that he has done stuff that most ordinary mortals can only dream of. Yes, I am also hinting that...
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Bangladeshi Tigers: Not ready to roar just yet
It seems they are not quite ready for the big games after all. The cricketing fraternity was quite pleasantly surprised with the Bangladesh resurgence at the Asia Cup. They defeated the current world...
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When to use or lose identifiers
Ethnicity, religion, sect and gender. Do we or do we not, as journalists, use these as identifiers in a headline or in the introduction of a story when we are reporting on an incident - that is...
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