Just watched the Delhi vs Deccan Match. The Deccan Chargers started out slow, but picked up later and reached 142, thanks to a certain Mr Rohit Sharma, about whom I would have loved to talk about now. But alas. Limelight is a very narrow lane. Only one can steal it. It was Virender Sehwag’s night. Just look at these figures:
Runs : 94
Balls : 41
Fours : 10
Sixes : 6
Poor old Andrew Symonds went for 30 in an over. This was certainly SOME innings. I beg your pardon if I am not articulate enough. Its just that….well….I am excited. The IPL has …read more

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I missed it. Darn it. I’ve to get back to cricket!

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I have a secret to share. I have been following the tennis over this week. And not cricket. Don’t worry. Cricket is still my first love.
Anyway, Roger lost. That happens every once in a while, but it usually doesn’t in a Grand Slam. Djoker got the better of him. Good for him. He’s in his prime, and there’s a peak time in every sportsman’s career, however mediocre he may be, when they knock off the greats even. I’m not writing off Djoker, but I still believe he’s no threat to the King. King is slightly …read more

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Rahul Dravid is a giant.
He has close to 10, 000 runs in both the versions of the game. That’s a lot of burden for someone aged 35.
Yes, folk, Rahul Dravid just turned 35 on Januay 11th. So here’s wishing him a very happy birthday (belated, of course)
India’s best No. 3, he’s a player of many shades. More on him later.

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Give him five more years, and this headline might be doing the rounds of newspapers one day.
Anyway, we knew this had to happen. The question was, when would it happen? Stand up boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, and let’s give Muttiah Muralitharan a big round of applause on his 709-wicket haul.
Shane Warne, one of Murali’s biggest sporting rivals and who’s record he’s just broken, had to say this about him in his autobiography:
I have got to know Murali better since the tsunami. In my time I don’t think one player has been as …read more

Australian bowlers strove fruitlessly to send Sangakkara packing, but eventually, it took an umpire to do that.
King, as he’s known over here at Six and Out, gets our Hero spot this week, above all the Phils, Husseys, and Yuvrajs, for his could-have-been match-winning 192.
I’ve posted this before, but I am going to post his sledging video again, which is a classic in itself.
When Panesar & Co. walk out to the fields this winter, Sangakkara is going to be one man they would want to beat.
 

This space is meant for honoring the players who do well and bring good to the sport, but I am in no mood for honoring today, that’s fer sure.
Hero Turned Loser # 1 Andrew Symonds aka Roy:
The guy with the brown (or is it golden, or golden+brown, you better judge) streaks is one of the most active players on the field despite his size. He’s ran out more batsmen than I have seen any other player do. And I share Shakespeare’s philosophy:
Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o’ nights:
Yond Cassius has a …read more

This post is slightly inspired by Uncle J. Rod’s post on Dhoni. I thought it was time for my take, too.
I had kind of always admired him, not in the girly way, but for his swashbuckling batting knocks and also, er, um, his locks.
Dhoni’s Cricketing Career’s Top Three Highlights:
1. He first sprang to worldwide notice after a 183 not-out off 145 balls against Sri Lanka at Jaipur during their 2004-05 tour of India. This happened to be the highest total by a wicket-keeper. I hope it still is. Stats change everyday, ya know.
2. He equaled Adam Gilchrist’s (who happens …read more

This week two players have made it to the Friday Special feature.
Yuvraj Singh
The six straight sixes he hit has sealed his name in the Indian cricket history. And he can also keep the fastest fifty record to himself for a while.

Brett Lee
Wow, Brett “Brute” Lee is back. I think we need to give him kudos for the superb hat-trick, which also happens to be the first in Twenty20 Cricket, against Bangladesh. Remember, he also has a ODI hat-trick to his name.
Watch it here: