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The Year that was...
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 this day, this week

       January 2
1960: Indian right-hand batsman Raman L.M. Lamba, was born in Meerut. He played in four Tests and 32 ODIs.
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 best of the week

 - 'After me no one'
   Syed Kirmani

 - Spirit of the game:
   Handle with care
 -   Daniel Laidlaw

 - The good, the bad and
   the ugly
 -   Prem Panicker

 
 in other sports

-  Indians fall in first round:
   Tata Open

-  Gopichand gets a
   thrashing

-  Vijay Kumar wins Royal
   Challenge golf

  email the team

- Prem Panicker
- Ivan Crasto
- Faisal Shariff

 Travel to India

 Fly to Eden
 Gardens from
 $890

 
January 2, 2002

UCB ordered selectors to pick Ontong
UCB president Percy Sonn said he had ordered the selectors to select Ontong as a replacement for Lance Klusener instead of Jacques Rudolph.

PCB hopeful WICB will review decision
Cricket-starved Pakistan is hopeful that the series against West Indies will take place.

Aussies happy with one-horse race
The ICC's Test world championship might be replaced with a two-tier system.


News Roll
The much-awaited cricket board's policy of players' rotation will be implemented with India's tour to the West Indies in April. More...
Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden
Aussies vs Proteas - 3rd Test, day 1
Live!

Aus vs SA - 3rd Test
Jan 2 - 6; 5:30 am (IST)
Sydney - End of day 1

Ind vs Eng - 1st ODI
Jan 19, 2002
Kolkatta (d/n)

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Interviews
David Gower

'To be out of form
is a soul-destroying experience'

David Gower
Cricket Diary
Michael Vaughan


From an England fan's perspective
Jonathan Dyson
 

India tour is on: Lamb
The second leg of England cricket team's tour of India involving six on-dayers will go on as scheduled, Tim Lamb said.

Politics and Aussies prevail on day one
The Aussie openers posted their fourth double-century partnership in two months to put their side in command. Daniel Laidlaw reports...

Langer and Hayden surpass Aussie greats
The two left handers passed 1,000 runs in their 10th innings together and now have 1,125 runs at an average of 112.50.

Pakistan invited to play in Australia
Australia have invited Pakistan to play a three-match limited-overs series at the end of June.

World rankings flawed, says Waqar
Waqar Younis called for cricket chiefs to devise a new system for ranking teams and players, insisting the current method made no sense.

Cricketing Royalty
Nasser Hussain is the latest among the esteemed English skippers to receive the honour.

West Indies pull out of Pak tour
WICB has informed the PCB that it is not willing to send its team to Pakistan in the current climate of tension.

The Rediff Cricketer of the Year 2001
You decide who was the best. See the records of the 17 nominated players and cast your vote.

England in India, 2001
Mohandas Menon provides the statistics of the Tests matches between the two countries..

India the loser in Rediff ratings
The draw in Bangalore, and the 1-0 series result, brought little joy to India in terms of its position in the rankings. Ironically, England lost the series, but went home as marginal gainers.

Australia v South Africa in Tests
Mohandas Menon provides a statistical review of the encounters between the two sides.

Ranji Trophy dossier
A summary of the zonal league matches played thus far in the tournament.

Ask Mohandas Menon
The master BCCI statistician replies to readers' queries on cricket.

All about the Venues
Statistics of the Test venues for the England series.

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  what say?
Who was the most outstanding skipper in 2001?
Nasser Hussain
Steve Waugh
Stephen Fleming
Sanath Jayasuriya
    Previous Polls

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 quote hanger
"We're a proud sporting nation and we don't like getting beat. The pressure is obviously off now we've lost the Test series but the pride of performance as sportspeople is still there and that's what the guys will be looking to."
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South African captain Shaun Pollock after losing the Test series to Australia

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bbc.co.uk

Sombre mood in Sydney
- Justin Langer

Celebrating Shane Warne

Cricket's crystal ball
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sport.telegraph.co.uk

Warne celebrates `dream' decade
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supersport.co.za

Don't apportion blame or make excuses

UCB insists on two players of colour


  letter of the day
27 Dec 2001

Give England their dues
All said and done, skipper Nasser Hussain came to India with a raw and untried team and went back with his head held high.


- Denzil Fernandes
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