- CricInfo asks the real Dads’ Army to stand up in a nice analysis of age and experience of the World Cup teams. The “Dads’ Army” issue was demystified on this blog about 4 weeks back. Although we seem to have had a few of our calculations wrong, the outcome is still the same — India is one of the younger teams in the competition!
- Kevin Pietersen says he is ready.
- One of many post-mortems after India’s victory over The Netherlands.
- Gilchrist has no retirement plans either!
- Former India player and India coach, Madan Lal, feels that India should play 3 seamers and 2 spinners in every game and that Irfan Pathan must play in the 3rd seamer slot.
- Yesterday, it was the turn of the astrologers. Today, the sadhus are at it, conducting yagnas to pray for Team India’s success in the World Cup!
- Zaheer Khan is happy to lead the attack.
- Yuvraj Singh is confident of being fully fit and says he wants to be much more responsible in chases and finishes.
- Surrinder Khanna talks about wicketkeepers in this World Cup.
- Bishen Bedi has a go at the ICC and the minnows in the World Cup!
- Dravid says he has immense faith in the Indian batting.
- Akash Chopra wants Ganguly and Sehwag to open.
- And Bob Woolmer continues Pakistan’s litany of troubles in recent times, this time with a possible copyright violation!
News in brief: Friday 9 March 2007
9 March 2007 · 1 Comment
Categories: Cricket · Paper round · World Cup
