Expect a fast track, says SCG curator

Done in by pace and movement during the opening Test against Australia, the Indian cricket team is unlikely to get much respite in the second match as well with the pitch curator here promising a track which will initially aid fast bowlers.SCG curator Tom Parker said the pitch he is preparing would favour fast bowlers on the opening day before settling down and turning later. continueread...

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Tendulkar's elusive hundred will come

If you happen to meet Sachin Tendulkar, perhaps in George Street, Sydney, this weekend wish him good luck but please don't mention that century. He ought to be in batsman's heaven but in truth he must feel he is starring in a nightmare.He is at the top of his game even though he is 38, an age for a top sportsman to rest the feet. Instead he is still harnessed to cricket, scoring runs aplenty but not at the right time or in the right measured quantities....

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