What a difference a day makes. After losing badly in the first game, India has bounced back to level the five match series. It wasn’t as convincing as Sri Lanka’s win in Game 1 but a win is a win is a win. India’s captain and keeper showed how much he was missed in the recent [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 12, 2008
India has not won a series in Sri Lanka for fifteen years and with two days to go in this final Test, that record looks safe. This match has been like the previous two, full of highlights with the balance of power switching sides at will. Bad luck is sometimes hard to define but for periods [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 8, 2008
Neutral cricket fans love this scenario. Series level with one Test to play. Sri Lanka dominated the first Test then India prevailed in the much closer second. You can talk about one team having momentum and India certainly grabbed it back last week. It’s all to play for in Colombo. It’s fair to say that both [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 3, 2008
Shortly after South Africa toppled England, another South African in another part of the world was being hugged by the players of the team he now coaches. Gary Kirsten’s India has just enjoyed an emphatic win over Sri Lanka in Galle. Last week in Colombo, the local team handed India a serious thrashing. Now the [...]
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