Ricky Ponting gave his team a “kick in the backside” during a team meeting after the six-wicket loss in the first final and asked the players to pinpoint areas to improve for Tuesday’s sudden-death encounter at the Gabba. Ponting expected the side to lift after their loss against Sri Lanka on Friday, but the [...]
In 38 previous ODI innings in Australia, Sachin Tendulkar had never scored a hundred; in 11 previous one-day internationals against Australia in Sydney, India had never won. Both those jinxes were wiped out in a memorable evening at the SCG, as Tendulkar scripted a magnificent unbeaten 117 and shared a 123-run fourth-wicket stand with [...]
When rain reduced the Under-19 World Cup final to a battle of nerves, the Indian bowlers held theirs better than the South African batsmen did to win by a dozen runs, and with that their second U-19 World Cup.
After being bowled out for 159 to a stifling performance by the South African bowlers and [...]
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