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September 19, 2002
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 this day, this week

       September 28
1984: The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Delhi was the first ground to host an official floodlit ODI match in India.

archive

 best of the week

 - 'I look at every wicket
  as a different challenge'

  - Glen McGrath

 - 'It's just not in the ICC's
  interest to undermine
  India'
- Malcolm Speed

 - 'Batting is very important
  for me'
- Shane Warne


 
 in other sports

- Sampras wins fifth US
  Open title


- Pakistan defeat India
  and win bronze



  email the team

- Prem Panicker
- Ivan Crasto
- Faisal Shariff

 

September 28, 2002

Form favours India in final
India skipper Sourav Ganguly said his team is ready to take on Sri Lanka in the final of the Champions Trophy on any track the hosts will provide.

Chat with Dr Ali Bacher
Join him on the Rediff Chat on Monday, September 30, at 1000 IST as he discusses his plans for the World Cup.

News Roll
Next year's Cricket World Cup will have the tightest security ever seen at a major sporting event in South Africa. more...

Sanath Jayasuriya

Images: Sri Lanka vs Australia
2nd semi-final at Premadasa


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Ind vs SL - Final
Sep 29 - Premadasa
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Kumara Dharmasena


History repeats
Daniel Laidlaw
columns
Sachin Tendulkar


Tendulkar 100
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Srinath to make Test comeback
India fast bowler Javagal Srinath will play in the next month's home series against West Indies, said skipper Sourav Ganguly.

England replace Thorpe with Key
Key was picked ahead of Mark Ramprakash, long seen as a fine technician but a regular underachiever at international level.

SL better than India at the Premadasa
Out of the 15 matches played between the two teams at this venue, India has managed to win just four matches.

'We are capable of achieving any target'
'All the players are above average. Everyone is talented and at the same time no one is taking things for granted,' Sachin Tendulkar assesses the Indian cricket team.

Statistical highlights
Sri Lanka v Australia: 2nd semi-final in the Champions Trophy.

Tendulkar regrets loss of opening role
Tendulkar says he would still prefer to open the batting in ODI's, conceding that he is not entirely comfortable coming in at number four.

The Murdoch googly
News Corp will have the rights everywhere except the subcontinent and that's where the logo ban could put a squeeze on Sony.

Corporate India is all gung-ho about cricket
Cash is being poured into a range of activities, from buying airtime in cricket matches, sponsorships, endorsements to buying TV rights of matches.

No excuses from Ricky Ponting
Australian captain refused to blame the Premadasa Stadium pitch for his side's seven-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka on Friday.

Aravinda De Silva's ready to retire
The 36-year-old said he would only play in the forthcoming tours of SA, Aus and in the W'Cup if the selectors definitely wanted him.

'The players' agreement is fair'
Transcript of ICC CEO, Malcolm Speed's chat.

I see shades of myself in Sehwag: Sachin
'The expectations are high since he has done well in a rather special manner so we should let him relax rather than put pressure on him.'

Ask Mohandas Menon
The BCCI's official statistician responds to reader queries.

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 quote hanger
"When a team comes out like that against you, you have to show more character. We were thinking on our feet and tried bowling bumper balls and magical slower balls but failed to stop them."
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- England captain Nasser Hussain after Virender Sehwag's brilliant knock led India to victory against his side..

  letter of the day
September 23, 2002

Globalisation - At What Cost?
The ICC and all the permanent members should be asking the question why was Bangladesh allowed to play Test matches. They are just simply not good enough.


- Venkat Ganeshbabu
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