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  1. SJS

    Hear, Hear, Hear : Lend me your Ear

    While clearing out my battery of external drives, I came across,dozens of finished and unfinished cricket articles among which was the first instalment on that last bit on Ajit Agarkar (PBUH) and I started wondering whether I ever finished that and if I did, how did it end. So I came to CW...
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    What's in an Average?

    What's in an Average? Road to cricket punditry :sleep:
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    It's the foreign coach , stupid !

    I am sorry mate for that was not the intention as you have hinted. To say It is 'such-and-such' stupid has become a widely used way of saying "why don't you get the obvious you dumbo" as Bill Clinton famously said to Bush, not directly of course. In this case it is supposed to be BCCI saying...
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    Is the criticism of the Indian batting line up justified?

    Well said
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    It's the foreign coach , stupid !

    Hi Yes it s good to connect although I have long back decided not to get into arguments here in fact my photography and travel keeps me away anyway :) I do not have an opinion on Ravi as a coach. There is no way for me to say whether he is good or bad. I agree with you that he comes out much...
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    It's the foreign coach , stupid !

    Aha. BCCI finds the scapego... . . . errr . . . The solution to its cricket team's poor performance . . . It's the man responsible for all our cricketing ills - Duncan Gora Fletcher ;) the SOB he hasn't scored a single run, taken a single wicket and held not a single catch since he has joined...
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    Is the criticism of the Indian batting line up justified?

    People in denial mode with their heads-in-the-sand attitudes deserve the worst of fates that befalls them . . . sadly many of the Indian cricket fans fall in this category . . .
  8. SJS

    DRS: Worth Persevering With?

    There is a basic problem with the debate on DRS. It invariably goes down to "poor umpires without the benefit of numerous cameras and slow motion replays" versus "lousy umpiring decisions ruining games". Both miss the vital point and the main reason for the DRS system being their in the first...
  9. SJS

    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    Joy in the Srinivasn Camp !! Quiet joy as Srinivasan expected to hold sway Somshuvra Laha , Hindustan Times Kolkata, March 29, 2014 As of now, there is a win-win feeling within the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following the decisions taken by the Supreme Court on Friday. By...
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    Gavaskar at best, a reluctant administrator N Ananthanarayanan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, March 29, 2014 The current crisis in Indian cricket was triggered by corruption in the Indian Premier League and allegations of conflict of interest against N Srinivasan. Thus the Supreme Court’s interim...
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    While on Gavaskar's appointment, there is a piece by India's best living cricket writer, Pradeep magazine, whose pieces pointing out what is wrong with the cricket establishment in the country have made him a pariah in the elite circles and the fans who are swayed by what the...
  12. SJS

    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    While on Gavaskar, Gupta in the article linked above also makes a very interesting point . . . on conflict of interest . . . This paper, on its front page on Friday, had carried a story on some conflicts of interest that Gavaskar has with the BCCI. The judges have tried to address that by...
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    There is a superb article in today's Indian Express by its Editor-inChief, Shekhar Gupta, who in my opinion is India's foremost journalist by a long mile. I give the link below for those interested but it really covers the rights and wrongs of the Apex Court's 'activism'. However, Shekhar Gupta...
  14. SJS

    IPL Spot Fixing Scandal

    Very valid point :)
  15. SJS

    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    I don't know how many people noticed the scepticism that was implied by the ?? marks in the title to this thread. Lets see if that was justified . . . Here is some breaking news still coming in . . . 1. Sunil Gavaskar will be the interim President of BCCI only for managing affairs of IPL: SC...
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    Here is a timeline of this scandal. We need to ask ourselves how many questions remain unanswered and whether anyone, ANYONE BCCI, ICC, Gavaskar, Shastri, Bhogle, Shashank Manohar, Dalmiya, Dravid, Kumble, Srinath, (keep adding who you want that seems to matter) has ever raised these questions...
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    This is an opportunity to set the running of the game in the country right. It would be a great tragedy if it were squandered by making token changes in personnel. The entire set up needs to be over-hauled and it is not too difficult to do that. It just needs the realisation that nothing less...
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    Of course, Dhoni can relinquish his position as Vice President in India Cements but he has a bigger issue to face. He openly declared that Maiyappan was just a cricket enthusiast and had nothing to do with the administration of CSK. This has proven to be wrong and Meiyappan has been convicted...
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    If IPL is the Indian Parivar League, India Cements is its First Family | The Indian Express
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    The Cosy Club crumbling ??? . . . Indian Apex court out to set BCCI's house in order

    Srinivasan has conflict of interest, SC choice Gavaskar has some too | The Indian Express

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