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       December 24
1932: England right-hand batsman and leg break bowler Michael Colin Cowdrey, was born in Pulumala, Ootacamund. He played in 114 Tests and one ODI.
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 best of the week

 - Mediocrity at its best
   Sriram Ranganathan

 - 'The contract system
   provides rewards for
   good performance'
   Tim May

 - South Africa short
   on star quality
   Daniel Laidlaw

 
 in other sports

-  Arsenal win at Liverpool

-  JCT, Salgaocar in
   goalless draw

-  Anelka joins Liverpool
   on loan

  email the team

- Prem Panicker
- Ivan Crasto
- Faisal Shariff

 Travel to India

 Fly to Eden
 Gardens from
 $890

 
December 24, 2001

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.

Parthiv Patel to lead India under-19
Dilip Vengsarkar and B S Sandhu will respectively be consultant and coach of the team for the u-19 World Cup in New Zealand.

Injured Gillespie out of second Test
The bowler was shattered after breaking down with injury during training. He was ruled out of the second Test against SA.

News Roll
Man-of-the-series Sachin Tendulkar was annoyed at himself for not making a ton in Bangalore after falling for 90. More...

Allan Donald
Proteas at MCG
Live!

Aus vs SA - 2nd Test
Dec 26-30; 5:30 am (IST)
Melbourne

Ind vs Eng - 1st ODI
Jan 22, 2002
Kolkatta (d/n)

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Cricket Diary
Sourav Ganguly


The good, the bad
and the ugly

Prem Panicker
Cricket Diary
Andrew Leipus


Let Leipus have
the last say

Faisal Shariff
 

In love with the Barmies
Jonathan Dyson's India tour diary.

England's leg theory flayed
The team's bowling tactics during the drawn final Test against India came in for stinging criticism from British newspapers.

BCCI-ECB faceoff continues
'India needs to be treated on equal terms,' says BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Wright, Leipus to stay till 2003
But that their performances will be monitored closely and reviewed from series to series.

Ganguly criticises "negative" Nasser
'Test cricket is about taking 20 wickets, and about having the bowlers who can take those wickets,' said Ganguly.

Play abandoned on day five
England, the gainers in lost series, Prem Panicker reports...

Sachin, Srinath to skip Challenger Trophy
The squads for the 2002 Challenger Trophy have been announced.

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.

Leading Test wicket-takers
Leading wicket takers in Test cricket after Shane Warne took five for 113 against South Africa to move into fourth place overall.

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.

England vs India
Mohandas Menon provides a statistical review of the encounters between the two sides.

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"We felt we had him in the morning (Ahmedabad Test), then after lunch, he came out and said 'Enough of this - I am Sachin Tendulkar'. It was one of the finest innings I have seen."
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England's captain Nasser Hussain on the need for a new plan against Sachin Tendulkar

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bbc.co.uk

A pleasure to watch Sachin
- Richard Johnson

Happy in the background
- Graham Ford

Vaas hits purple patch
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sport.telegraph.co.uk

Sad routine of collapse - Nasser Hussain
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wisden.com

Wright under pressure

Let battle commence: Kallis


  letter of the day
24 Dec 2001

Spirit of the Game
With the England camp crying foul against the unusual Vaughan's dismissal, claiming that the appeal, although within the rules of the game, was against the 'Spirit of the Game'. What does Nasser Hussain have to say now?


- Vikram
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