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There is no Sadagoppan Ramesh appreciation thread on Twitter.So I decided to write one on his 45th birthday.And since Ramesh is very personal, let me begin with a personal memory.+
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A bit on Richie Benaud, then, on his 90th birth anniversary.First, the cricketing bits.When he finished his career, Benaud had the most wickets for Australia.He held the record for a
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I am calmer now, so I suppose my response to this will be more objective than it would have been otherwise.+ Are men the only ones to have a natural
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On his birthday, let us talk about Duncan Fletcher a bit and his remarkable life.Let us get the cricketing bit away first.Fletcher scored 4,095 runs at 23.67 from 111 First-Class
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Ian Chappell was born on this day, 1943.There are too many anecdotes (really, too many) for one Twitter thread.Today, I shall narrate only some random ones involving him and his
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On this day, 2007, Yuvraj Singh blasted a 30-ball 70 against Australia in the World T20.Far, far away, a mad day's cricket was unfolding at The Oval.That also involved Indian
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Three of West Indies' favourite sons – Learie Constantine (in 1901), Curtly Ambrose (1963), and Chris Gayle (1979) were born on this day.Here is something on the oldest, and most
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Dhyan Chand, the greatest sportsperson in Indian history was born on this day, 1905.There are many fascinating tales, some true, some false, some well publicised (meeting Bradman, for example), some
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An injury to Alfred Mynn, on this day, 1836, led to batting pads becoming mainstream in cricket.Before that, however, the 6'2", 135 kg (150 in later years) Mynn played a
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Bina Das was born on this day, 1911.She was, to put things in the simplest way, an Indian freedom fighter.On February 6, 1932, her convocation day, she tried to shoot
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Random facts about birthday boy Rameez/Ramiz Raja.Rameez was member of the 1992 World Cup winning side. He scored 349 runs at 58.16.He became the first cricketer in history to hold
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Alfred Hitchcock was born this day, 1899. Here is a not-too-well-known cricket connection.Most of us have seen the 1938 movie The Lady Vanishes.The movie featured two characters of relatively less
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