Posts Tagged ‘ South Africa ’

Time for the big boys to lock horns

February 24, 2011

There may not have been a perceptible buzz in the capital about the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 group B game featuring South Africa and the West Indies on Thursday but it is a good wager that if the Caribbean team sticks to its promise of playing passionately like some of its predecessors, the tournament may spring alive.

It is an enormous burden to carry, given that the opening round of games have either featured minnows or turned out to be lacklustre contests, Thursday’s game at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground will be the first to feature big boys on both sides, even if the West Indies’ critics will point out to its dismal record in the recent past when it has won but six of its last 20 games.

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Irony of sport shines through as India salvages a point

March 9, 2010

The irony of sport – and indeed life itself – was never too apparent than in India’s last two games in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup. On Saturday, India lost to a game England that it should have drawn, if not won. On Monday, it was left thanking its stars after a 3-3 draw with a Shivendra Singh goal in the dying minutes to figure in the play-off for the seventh place.

It would be an understatement to say that India dominated much of the match – throwing in a number of attackers to raid the South African circle, playing a bit more aggressively than it did in the past few games. And yet, for a large part of the second half, it did not seem to find that one nudge that would slot the ball home – until just five minutes were left for the final whistle.

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Goosepimples at the end of a fine event

September 24, 2007

I had no idea of what I was setting myself up for when I accepted an offer from yahoo! and its associates to travel to South Africa for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20. A votary of the conventional cricket, there was some skepticism at the back of my mind and I allowed myself to be talked into the assignment.

A journalist friend of mine from Bangladesh, asked me what I would do at T20. It is for P3 reporters, he taunted. But I had made my commitment to watch the cricket for whatever it was worth and enjoy the opportunity of watching the game. Perhaps, pegging expectations low helped and I have a feast that I am unlikely to forget in a hurry. Read more »

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