Tag Archives: Steve Waugh

A Great Supporting Player: Misbah-ul-haq

Posted on February 9, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

Sport, unlike anything else we know, provides us with so many heroes and antiheroes. But there are also character actors—actors that never become the A-list, yet have served their roles with the same or generally a better level of equanimity … Continue reading →

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The Declaration

Posted on January 5, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

The Test match (the international version of the five-day game of cricket) offers a fascinating, strategic option for captains: the declaration. As Ron Kaplan notes of India’s current game against Australia : “Isn’t there the chance that India could have … Continue reading →

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The Little Master Almost Makes It: West Indies v. India—Part I

Posted on November 27, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

This time he reached 94 before he edged a lifting delivery to second slip and was compelled to walk in near total silence back to the pavilion. For the length of his innings, it seemed as though, finally, Sachin Tendulkar, … Continue reading →

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