Hashim Amla defied India today. He defied them yesterday. He defied them four days ago. He defied them a week ago. And all the time he piled on the runs with the utmost grace and ease. He only ever really looked flustered once, when Ishant Sharma bowled a fiery spell of short pitched bowling. It [...]...
To say it was a difficult first day for India in this test series would be an understatement. South Africa steered themselves into a commanding position thanks to brilliant centuries by Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla after their openers failed early on. At 6/2 India probably began to believe that not everything was going against [...]...
The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,000 for being No. 1 on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t matter - South Africa play some of their best cricket when they’ve been written off.Not th...
I read a very interesting piece on Cricinfo today about how the curator of Eden Gardens in Kolkata - the venue for the second Test bewteen India and South Africa - claims he was asked by an anonymous BCCI official to prepare a "turning track" to help the home side.It’s no secret that India want a dustbowl, although you could hardly call the Nagpur pitch a belter. Their spinners need all the ...
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