CNN:: Passions are high on the subcontinent as India’s national cricket team storms to the semi-finals of the World Cup. The nation is cricket mad and comes to a virtual standstill every time its players take to the field in the quest for the one-day trophy. Read More »
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The Star:: reviews Mike Atherton’s autobiography, Opening Up with some interesting tid-bits about Zimbabwe tyrant Robert Mugabe. Read More »
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The Daily Mirror :: Test discard Mark Ramprakash has spent the winter coaching young Gunners – and now he says England’s World Cup goners may live to regret their boycott of Zimbabwe. If only England had resolved to bite the bullet and played in Zimbabwe, instead… Read More »
Gulf News:: Shahid Afridi has been banned from taking part in next month’s Sharjah Cup. “Afridi will not play in the April 1 to 10 Sharjah Cup and will be fined 50 per cent of his match fee for the game… Read More »
Pakistan’s cricket-general: five more years
Dawn:: Nothing is more calculated to subvert the national interest than the suggestion, voiced in some foolish quarters, that following the laughable performance of the Pakistan cricket team in the World Cup, Pakistan’s cricket czar, serving Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, should step down. If performance… Read More »
Tony Becca on Kenyan dream come true
Jamaica Gleaner:: Remember the words of Maurice Odumbe last week after Kenya had qualified for the Super Six round of the World Cup?If you do not, these were some of the words of the former captain: “When we were preparing for the World Cup we never… Read More »
Get out Waqar
Dawn :: Skipper Waqar is way past his sell-by date, and the cricket board’s head honcho, Tauqeer Zia, a serving lieutenant-general and corps commander, issues endless fatuous statements. In this he is no different from his brothers in uniform who love to see their… Read More »
