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December 20, 2004



'Hazare was a man of great dignity and charm'
Ramchandra Guha salutes the legend's memory.



December 03, 2004



I had the right attitude: Rhodes
'Even in defeat you learn something, you learn from your mistakes and you learn from your victories,' said former South African batsman Jonty Rhodes.



November 30, 2004



'I have to take wickets at little cost'
Former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock on the team touring India and the promise it holds.



November 26, 2004



'We have the ability to take 20 wickets'
South Africa's captain Graeme Smith feels the Eden Gardens wickets will offer more spin than the one at Kanpur.



November 08, 2004



Michael rocks!
'My teammates are always telling me to sit down because I'm making them nervous,' the latest Aussie prodigy tells Deepti Patwardhan.



November 04, 2004



'No shame in failing to this Australian team'
Former Australian fast bowler Merv Hughest says the combination of not having the best team due to injuries and not having good openers hampered India in the Test series against Australia.



November 03, 2004



'It's the same batting at three, five or six'
Simon Katich believes that being decisive is a very important aspect of batting.



October 25, 2004



'I would like to be more consistent'
Ajit Agarkar believes in being prepared when opportunity presents itself. Irfan Pathan's side strain has given him a chance to return to the team.



October 19, 2004



'Without Laxman the batting is not clicking'
'There are two factors that are affecting India's performance. One, of course, is the absence of Tendulkar, the other is V V S Laxman,' says Chris Cairns.



October 12, 2004



'Ganguly is a very obstinate captain'
'I want to know what the coach is doing. The captain is getting out playing some ada-teda shots,' says Polly Umrigar.



October 08, 2004



'Clarke is Test captaincy material'
The selectors saw a spark in Michael Clarke and showed faith in him. Now, says former Aussie batsman Michael Slater, he is repaying that faith.



October 07, 2004



Foreign coaches are neutral, says Akram
Former Pakistan pace ace Wasim Akram says to become a cricketer in Pakistan you have to be a politician first.



October 05, 2004



'We need to restrict India's batting'
'We have got the ability to look at either a pace bowling attack backed by a spinner, or a spin bowling attack backed by pace or a combination of both,' says Aussie coach John Buchanan.



October 04, 2004



Umpires get most decisions right: Taufel
'The further an umpire goes in international cricket, the more deskilled he becomes. The more his skills are not tested. I would like to have my skills tested,' says Simon Taufel, currently the world's best umpire.



October 01, 2004



'Dalmiya did not do anything against the rules'
BCCI president-elect Ranbir Singh Mahendra the recent elections were held 'in accordance with the rules of the BCCI constitution'.



September 30, 2004



'You have to believe that you can win'
The Indian batting line-up is one of the strongest in the world and playing them in conditions that they are comfortable with is going to be tough, says Aussie quick bowler Michael Kasprowicz.



September 28, 2004



'Dravid is the guy I'll target'
The Indian vice-captain, he says, 'is on a roll; he's the rock.'



September 27, 2004



'We have plans for all the Indian batsmen'
Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie outline their plans for Ganguly & Co.



September 26, 2004



'Bradshaw and Browne were brilliant'
West Indies coach Gus Logie applauds his players on their triumph in the Champions Trophy.



September 24, 2004



'Batting will decide the series'
Coach John Buchanan discusses Australia's chances on the upcoming tour of India.



September 22, 2004



'Bring it on, we're ready to win'
Former England wicketkeeper-batsman Alec Stewart says Michael Vaughan's team is capable of beating anyone in the world at the moment.



August 21, 2004



'Quality 'keeping comes with quality spinners'
Chairman of selectors Syed Kirmani laments the deteriorating wicketkeeping standards in the country.



July 20, 2004



'ICC wants the Azhar issue sorted out'
ICC president Ehsan Mani says he and CEO Malcolm Speed are talking with the BCCI about lifting the former India captain's ban.
'Umpires should not be coat hangers'
The 56 year-old former chief executive of the Cricket Australia, whose tenure with the International Cricket Council has been extended till July 2005, in an exclusive interview with Ashish Magotra.



July 12, 2004



'I created my own position'
A year after winning the right to play representative cricket, Ajay Jadeja remains on the sidelines with neither the BCCI, nor his home state of Delhi, picking him to play.



July 07, 2004



'Going by one's instinct is the best form of batting'
Master bastman Sachin Tendulkar says advancement of technology has made the task of a batsman quite difficult.



July 06, 2004



Your role changes as you become a senior: Tendulkar
The batting ace dismissed talk that he has mellowed down. 'There are different ways of scoring runs,' he said.



July 05, 2004



'ProCricket will not lose cricket's sanctity'
Anshuman Gaekwad, executive director of ProCricket, discusses the latest innovation in the game and the improvement in Indian cricket.



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