Time running out for Duncan Fletcher as coach of the Indian team

Eighteen months ago, when Duncan Fletcher was appointed as the coach of the Indian cricket team, he was expected to fill a huge void created by the exit of Gary Kirsten. The latter had set such high standards for himself, as well as the team; to emulate that would require an enormous effort. Nevertheless, Fletcher had the reputation of transforming even mediocre sides into formidable units, and it was expected that he’d nonchalantly fit into...

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England take huge lead against Haryana despite Rahul Dewan's impressive ton

www.cricketra.blogspot.com Rahul Dewan remained unbeaten on 144 but his brilliant knock failed to prevent England taking a huge lead of 188 runs in the third and final warm-up match at Ahmedabad on Saturday. In reply to England's 521, the Haryana side were bowled out for 333. For England, Tim Bresnan and Stuart Meaker took three wickets each while Samit Patel bagged two. At lunch, opener Rahul Dewan completed a patient hundred...

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Haryana vs England XI, Practice match, Day 2, As it Happened

Over: 61 II Score: 172/4Haryana were trailing England XI’s first innings total by 249 runs with six wickets in hand. Rahul Dewan (77*) and Sandeep Singh (2*) were still in the middle. ==================================================================================== Over: 57 II Score: 167/4Haryana were four wickets down in their first innings after losing the wickets of Abhimanyu Khod and Sachin Rana. Khod (3) fell to Bresnan after being...

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hasim amla

Australia vs South Africa: Proteas in command on Day 1 Brisbane: Hashim Amla showed he wouldn't be intimidated by Australia's mind games, scoring an unbeaten 90 to guide South Africa to 255-2 at stumps here on Thursday after a series-opening day dominated by the batsmen. Amla surpassed 5,000 career runs and shared partnerships of 136 with Jacques Kaliis (84 not out) for the third wicket and 90 for the second wicket...

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Inconsistency major hurdle in Raina`s progress: Coach

Inconsistency major hurdle in Raina`s progress: Coachw: Inconsistency might have cost Suresh Raina a place in the Test squad, but coach Dipak Sharma here feels that his prodigy would soon overcome the "hurdle" and return with a bang. "Raina is definitely a very talented cricketer but inconsistency in his performance is the major hurdle in his progress," Dipak Sharma who taught Raina first lessons of the game told...

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