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The Day the Twenty20 Champs beat the World Champions!

Posted on 8 October, 2007. Filed under: Australia, BCCI, Dhoni, India, India win, Indian win, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Sreelata, Sreelata S. Yellamrazu, Twenty20, Twenty20 champs, Vengsarkar, cricket, cricket blog, cricket blogs, media, sport, sports, umpire | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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Fascinating Race of Unequal Equals!!!

Posted on 9 August, 2007. Filed under: Alonso, England, Ferrari, Formula one, Hamilton, India, McLaren, cricket, sport |

By Sreelata S. Yellamrazu
Parallels are not often drawn across different sporting arenas. Yet sport, especially cricket is considered a great leveler. That being the case, England are beginning to question why they find themselves trying to save face on home ground. Across [...]

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Winds of Change Sweeping across the Globe?

Posted on 3 July, 2007. Filed under: Alonso, Formula one, Hamilton, Sachin Tendulkar, Schumacher, Tim Henman, Wimbledon, cricket, sport, tennis |

By Sreelata S. Yellamrazu
Turmoil and transfers. Retirements and relegations. Sacked or silenced. Sport across the globe has seen mindless methodologies and expeditious, not to mention exorbitant, endorsements and sponsorship deals. Questions keep a-begging: if football transfers can be money raisers and club saviors, why can’t money spin for cricketers? The world order constantly threatens to [...]

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Time to Play that Forgotten Series

Posted on 3 July, 2007. Filed under: Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, cricket, sport |

By Trevor Chesterfield
Ten months ago, well . . . a little less now as we are nearing the end of June, there was mayhem and a lot of finger pointing going on in Colombo. South Africa, led by [...]

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Welcome to the Born Spectator – a S&T special!!!

Posted on 28 June, 2007. Filed under: cricket, introduction, sport |

For the first time visitors to the blog, this is a treat to relish. An emerging sports columnist from India combines with a celebrated cricket expert who has traversed the world under the guise as a writer beyond genius in his field. Trevor Chesterfield lends his own eloquent slant on the game while [...]

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