Australia
The Day the Twenty20 Champs beat the World Champions!
By Sreelata S. Yellamrazu
He is not the first. And he certainly won’t be the last. Ricky Ponting may be an aggrieved batsman. But at the end of the day, his grievance as a skipper would have only been graver with India beating Australia in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tournament Favourites – Picky Finalists!
By Sreelata S. Yellamrazu
It would be like killing two birds – money and mania – with one stone, er, tournament. But having come thus far, the scenario for the final suggests nothing could surpass a seething border rivalry. Pakistan and Australia have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )SA’s worst dissection – as always at a World Cup!
By Sreelata S. Yellamrazu
Even the self-assured Graeme Smith appeared set aback by the stunning events of the just concluded encounter in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 championship. This would be South Africa’s live nightmare at every cricket World Cup thus far. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )SL : Another One bites the Dust!
By Sreelata S. Yellamrazu
Sri Lanka is perhaps the one team besides New Zealand who seemed to have a hang of the tournament. Dark horses perhaps, but decidedly Sri Lanka was showing the mature side if Pakistan could curb its temperamental ways. India [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Zimbabwe Topple Australia; Rattle England!!!
By Sreelata S. Yellamrazu
This was more than the tournament organizers bargained for! Did they get their money’s worth? Who knows, judging by the many empty seats? Perhaps Ricky Ponting’s statement, “We should respect the game more,” should have applied to the local fans that missed out on [...]
