Communal Cricket There are a few things that being an Indian one could be thankful to the British for! They built a super railway network for our vast country They created fantastic link roads, like the Grand Trunk Road They gave us English, the link language that people in the cities across state communicate with They introduced the country to the game of cricket Now, the last point is of significance here, because now, we all know how cricket has become a life statement for most of us...
Indian Cricket thro' the ages The British brought the colonial game called cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first ever cricket match being held in 1721. In 1848, the Parsi community in Mumbai formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After stead...
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Celebrating that 1971!! Three decades and more ago, the Indian cricket team did not have a great reputation as visitors. Not much has changed since then, but that is another story. Their record in England was particularly bad, coz they had lost all their previous outings from as early as 1952. Th...
'England not deflated after another horror day' Brisbane:England captain Andrew Flintoff denied his young side had been demoralised by Australia in the opening two days of its Ashes defence. ...
Kiwis put West Indies in to bat in third Test Napier:New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming won the toss and opted to bowl first in the rain-shortened third and final Test against the West Indies, with New Zealand aiming for a 3-0 series result for the first time in their cricket history. ...