Posts Tagged ‘Ricky Ponting’
Is Sachin’s favorite ton really his best knock?
A cricket career that spans twenty years and consists of ninety three tons at the highest level of the game is like a sumptuous buffet. If any one particular dish – a hundred in this case – doesn’t suit your taste buds, there is always the next one to savor. There are the classic cuisines – ground out in the gruesome Test arena – and the [...]
Australia buckle under Kiwi pressure
The last ODI game, before today, that Australia had lost was against India way back in October-November 2009. Since then, they played Pakistan and West Indies in ten matches and won nine of them with one being washed away by rain. It is not to say that one loss would have ruined their summer for this team has already proved its credentials in [...]
Thank You Sachin!
Almost eighteen years to the day, in the 1992 World Cup, India took on Pakistan. That was the first match I watched, thanks to our babysitter who was a cricket fan as it turned out. A curly-haired guy got a half-century – whatever that meant I must have thought then. Important point was everyone was happy and later got happier because India won. [...]
