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Kerry Packer
Tue, September 02 2014
Greig’s murky past doesn’t make him the right man to talk about spirit of the game
In the MCC Spirit of Cowdrey Lecture 2012, Tony Greig severely attacked the financial focus of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Arunabha Sengupta argues that while there may be merit in some of his arguments, Greig should take a look at the ugly bootmarks that he himself has left on the spirit of the game.
Mon, May 09 2016
Kerry Packer’s World Series: Remembering the massive quake that shook world cricket
Cricketers Turn Pirates, screamed the banner. “The new Dogs of Cricket include England captain Tony Greig and 13 of the Australian touring party now in England,” Ian Wooldridge wrote.
Thu, September 03 2015
Cricketing Rifts 18 – Kim Hughes vs Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee & Rodney Marsh
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In this episode he looks at long drawn out battle between Kim Hughes and the famous troika of Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh.
Mon, March 05 2012
KKR rope in sports psychologist Rudi Webster ahead of IPL 5
Seventy-two-year-old sports psychologist Dr Rudi Webster, who worked with World Cup winning West Indies captain Clive Lloyd in the 1970's, would help Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming IPL season 5 beginning on April 4.
Mon, September 15 2014
The untold story of West Indies cricket legend Alvin Kallicharran
Alvin Played 66 Test matches and close to 4,500 runs and being captain of WI.
Mon, April 21 2014
Testing times for Australian cricket
they need to keep faith with the right set of players for a stipulated period to build a good team.