A confidential order from who-can’t-be-refused is just a click away from being sent to Nagpur, the venue for the last Test. This is how it reads: Should England survive Kolkata too, slip in some burglars into the England nets in the guise of net bowlers to steal all their bats. Read more

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Posted by Hindustan Times on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Filed under cricket, sports · Tagged BCCI, cricket, Eden Gardens, England, Hindustan Times, sportoholic, sports, Team India
The lament about how Test cricket is on a rapid decline and that it will be dumped very soon is something we hear on a daily basis. Cricket bosses point to declining spectators for the five-day matches and worry that young fans are keener to watch one-day and Twenty20 matches. Read more

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Posted by Hindustan Times on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Filed under cricket, sports · Tagged AB de Villiers, Australia, Australia-South Africa series, bowlers, cricket, Eden Gardens, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, ICC, matches, N Ananthanarayanan, off-spin, pitch, ricky ponting, scoring rate, Test
The nimboo paani walas are back in action, and so have the punters. It’s summers, and it’s IPL season. Read more

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Posted by Hindustan Times on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Filed under cricket · Tagged Anna Hazare, BCCI, dhoni, Eden Gardens, Gambhir, Indian Premier League, IPL, Lalit Modi, Sreesanth, Sri Lanka, TRPs, Twenty20 cricket, Wankhede stadium, world cup 2011