About Anand Vasu
As soon as Anand Vasu realised he would never be good enough to play cricket at any serious level he settled for the next best thing. Writing about cricket at the highest level for over a decade, Vasu has hit the high notes with and seen some rough times in Indian cricket.
When you look up at the television screen, there’s a former India fast bowler in the studio, earnestly dissecting the game that’s just ended. The highlights reel show exotic dancers, some painted in tiger stripes, whirling away manically every time a boundary is hit. [Read more]
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Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged Champions League Twenty20, chequebooks, domestic circuit, exotic dancers, hindustan times, IPL, Karnataka Premier League, left-arm spinner, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, news, Royal Challengers
If there is one major lesson that has been learnt at the cost of the spot-fixing scandal that has shaken the very foundations of cricket, it is that there is no substitute for honesty. [Read more]
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Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged Anil Kumble, Anti Corruption Unit, Cricket, Haroon Lorgat, ICC, internet, matchfixing scandal, national Cricket Council, News of the World, no-ball, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, spot-fixing scandal, VVS Laxman
For years now, the Pakistan Cricket Board has been doing all it possible could to ruin the lives of the cricketers that represent the country. [Read more]
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Posted by Anand Vasu on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 1:44 am
Filed under Cricket · Tagged Ajmal Kasab, cricketers, England & Wales Cricket Board, ICC, International Cricket Council, Majeed, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, News of the World, ODI, Pakistan Cricket Board, PCB, Salman Butt, spot fixing
Some strange murmurs have been making the rounds in Indian cricket circles in the last week or so. [Read more]
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Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged Australians, BCCI, Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricinfo, cricketers, Garyy Kirsten, Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricket, Jacques Kallis, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, media, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, N Srinivasan, overworked, Rajiv Shukla, Ranjib Biswal, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Watson, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suresh Raina, Test series, Virender Sehwag
So, are you bored of all the bad news coming out of the Commonwealth Games? [Read more]
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Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged athletes, bollywood, breaking, Commonwealth Games, controversy, deception tests, incompetence, India, marketing line, medals tally, national pride, negative stories, newspapers, optimists, politics, scandal, sports, television
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