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Melbourne 2020

Posted on February 2, 2008 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

India lost the 2020 match against Australia. India batted first and were all out for 74 in 17.3 overs. They did not even last 20 overs. Australia scored 75 for one. The players who were in the Test team and continued in 2020 and ODI teams should have done better. Players newly selected did not…

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Adelaide Test

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Before the Adelaide Test began there was hope and expectation that India may win the Test and draw the series. When India scored 526 there was hope that India could impose follow on. That did not happen. Australia scored 563. R. P. Singh was injured. Harbhajan Singh did not get any wicket. India had a…

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Perth Test

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

India won the Perth Test. Australia could not create a record of winning 17 Tests consecutively. Australia missed Matthew Hayden. India made two changes. Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were dropped. Virender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan were in. Rahul Dravid played at no. 3 in the first innings and scored 93. In the second innings…

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Is India vs Australia series fixed?

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Before the 2007-2008 India — Australia Test series began one Australian player predicted that India would lose 0-4. I felt the series was fixed. When Sachin Tendulkar was the captain the team went to Australia and Milind Rege, secretary of a cricket association at that time predicted that India would lose 0-3. He was right….

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Thoughts on 10/11/2007

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

It is for the couples to decide when to have their first child. Couples generally prefer to have their first child within first year of marriage. Satara Zilla Parishad’s scheme asking couples to delay their first child for two to three years and offering Rs.5,000/- and Rs.7,500/- for staying childless for two and three years…

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Oval Test

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

India did not enforce follow on at Oval in spite of having 319 runs lead. India batted and declared at 180/6 setting a target of 500 for England to win. The excuse by Dravid was that bowlers needed rest which was contradicted by Zaheer Khan. Chandu Borde said a team can score 500 runs in…

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Fall of Australia

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Australia lost five out of his last six ODIs, four of them against succession. It lost two against England in the final and two against New Zealand and lost both the series. As a consequence it slipped in rank from 1 to 2. S. Africa is no. 1.

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Thoughts on 20/1/2007

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

If something is offensive TV channels should not show it. Sometimes TV channels give publicity to clips they say are offensive. IBN 7 showed a clip of which it said insulted Gandhi. More people came to know about the clip. The Government of India issued a notice to IBN 7 and the channel had to apologise.

There are demands for ban of various types of films but no demand to ban a film that glorifies tax evasion, bribery and smuggling.

Use of Internet for destroying someone’s reputation should be punished.

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Wisden Cricketer’s Almanac 2006

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

I want to buy a copy of Wisden Cricketer’s Almanac 2006. It is for my brother in Dubai. On New Year’s Day he told me to buy Wisen Almanac 2005 or 2006. I asked some people in my office. One person told there was a book fair at Cross Maidan. That evening I went there….

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