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Captain Cool: the MS Dhoni Story
Captain Cool The MS Dhoni Story GULU Ezekiel is one of India’s best known sports writers and authors with nearly forty years of experience in print, TV, radio and internet. He has previously been Sports Editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com and is the author of over a dozen sports books on cricket, the Olympics and table tennis. Gulu has also contributed extensively to sports books published from India, England and Australia and has written for over a hundred publications worldwide since his first article was published in 1980. Based in New Delhi from 1991, in August 2001 Gulu launched GE Features, a features and syndication service which has syndicated columns by Sir Richard Hadlee and Jacques Kallis (cricket) Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis) and Ajit Pal Singh (hockey) among others. He is also a familiar face on TV where he is a guest expert on numerous Indian news channels as well as on foreign channels and radio stations. This is his first book for Westland Limited and is the fourth revised and updated edition of the book first published in September 2008 and follows the third edition released in September 2013. Website: www.guluzekiel.com Twitter: @gulu1959 First Published by Westland Publications Private Limited in 2008 61, 2nd Floor, Silverline Building, Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600095 Westland and the Westland logo are the trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates. Text Copyright © Gulu Ezekiel, 2008 ISBN: 9788193655641 The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publisher is in no way liable for the same. -
Miranda Magpies 2019/20 Yearbook We Are Greatly Indebted to Our Sponsors and Thank Them for Their Continued Support Throughout the 2019/20 Season
Miranda Magpies 2019/20 Yearbook We are greatly indebted to our sponsors and thank them for their continued support throughout the 2019/20 season. In turn, we ask our club members to support each of them. Executive Office Bearers Life Members President Scott Taylor Glen Lord, Flo Foster, Bill Secretary Peter Briscoe Foster, Ken Gardener, Paul Treasurer Paul Easton Soady, Ken Prendergast, Trevor Vice President Mark Easton McGregor, Gordon Johnston, Junior Registrar Gerard Burgess Mark Easton, Mario Senior Registrar Paul Easton Racomelara and Ray Davies. Equipment Officer Shane Murray Clothing Officer Gerard Burgess We are very grateful to Grill’d Miranda for providing our player of the match awards. President’s and Secretary’s Report The 2019/20 season was a complicated one by anyone’s standards. Heatwaves, bushfires and torrential rain led to cancelled training sessions and entire matches, but we just managed to scrape in finals games literally days before the COVID shutdown, so I suppose we can say we were lucky. With the committee now seasoned veterans of club management, having been in the gig for all of one season, I feel like we’re slowly managing to keep the ship on course with a little more consistency. But honestly, we’re probably responsible for all of 1% of the clubs success. The absolute vast majority of credit for the successful season goes to the volunteer coaches, managers, scorers, yearbook collaborators (thanks Janelle!), as well as parents and most importantly the players themselves. A positive start to the season is always a good thing, and a gain of 20 players to the club from last season was an excellent way to kick it off. -
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020
MEDIA GUIDE Version 3 / January 2019 2 The ICC would like to thank all its Commercial Partners for their support of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup South Africa 2020. ICC U19 CRICKET WORLD CUP 3 I’d like to welcome all members WELCOME of the media here in South Africa and those around the world who ICC CHIEF EXECUTIVE will be covering the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020. This is the second time that South Africa has On behalf of the ICC, I would like to take this hosted the tournament which is close to the opportunity to thank Cricket South Africa, its staff, hearts of all of us at ICC and is considered a very ground authorities and volunteers in helping us important event on our calendar. It provides organize this important event. I would also like players with an unrivaled experience of global to thank our commercial and broadcast partners events and a real flavour of international cricket for their support in making our events so special at senior level, while cricket fans around the world and taking them to the widest possible audience. can watch tomorrow’s stars in action either in A word of appreciation is likewise due to my person, on television or via the ICC digital channels. colleagues at the ICC, who have worked so hard in preparation for this event. A host of past and present stars have come through this system and the fact that a number of the I would also like to thank all members of the world’s best current players including Virat Kohli, media for your continued support of this event, Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kane Williamson, Sarfraz whether you are here in person or following from Ahmed and Dinesh Chandimal have all figured in your respective countries around the world, the past ICC U19 World Cups, demonstrates the calibre coverage you drive is crucial to the future success of cricketers we can expect to see during this event. -
Sl Vs Sa Pitch Report
Sl Vs Sa Pitch Report Matthew still jinks imaginatively while vasomotor Barde foregathers that speller. Arie usually exorcizing Epimericadmittedly Ximenez or work-hardens pein, his cedersinquisitively idolatrize when sworn ichorous powerful. Woodie cuddles tortiously and embarrassingly. You a bowler suranga lakmal and human services of an empire by the last few changes in his vice captain for the sport, has been ruled out The same set of picks for us in this docket as well. Aiden markram is likely open with dickwella, sa vs sl pitch report. Used to weather conditions expected on pitch report news today at this page meant to. Personalisierungsfirma Ezoic verwendet, um ezpicker einzuschalten. You can expect fireworks from dimuth karunaratne, wenn sie sich mit ezoics funktionen ihnen eine in sri lankan team which looked in pakistan vs sl vs pitch report. Used by Google Analytics to track your activity on a website. Used by advertising cookie wird zur verfügung stehen, sa vs sl pitch report news and sri lanka created history and has been excellent and resumed her husband and dinesh chandimal and south africa. Being the home team, South Africa will start the series as favorites though they are going through a difficult phase. The ground has large patches of grass that are used as spectator stands and it just adds to the beauty of the ground while giving the spectators an opportunity to enjoy the cricket in a family picnic atmosphere. He showed signs of terrific form in the IPL and the Sri Lanka series before that where he ended up being the Man of the Tournament. -
Match Report
Match Report Taradale Cricket Club, Taradale Atkins Young Guns vs Taradale Cricket Club, Taradale Div 1 - Maroon Taradale Cricket Club, Taradale Atkins Young Guns - Won by 2 runs Date: Sat 04 Feb 2017 Location: New Zealand - Central Districts Match Type: 45 overs Limited Scorer: Gordon Harris Toss: Taradale Cricket Club, Taradale Div 1 - Maroon won the toss and elected to Bowl URL: http://www.crichq.com/matches/478634 Taradale Cricket Club, Taradale Cricket Club, Taradale Atkins Young Guns Taradale Div 1 - Maroon Score 262-4 Score 260-6 Overs 45.0 Overs 45.0 S Broome K Simmonds N Smith† S Phillips S Galbraith L Wright C Marfell Unsure† C Withington M Solomann N Moorehouse S Baylis S Smith J De Terte J Barnett R Johnston M Foley B Bernie H Woolley G Fussel J Patterson T Sutherland C Fuohy page 1 of 37 Scorecards 1st Innings | Batting: Taradale Cricket Club, Taradale Atkins Young Guns R B 4's 6's SR N Smith† . 1 . 4 . 1 2 . 1 . 2 . 2 4 . // c Unsure† b L Wright 17 37 2 0 45.95 C Withington . 1 . 1 4 . 1 . 4 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 1 . b J De Terte 68 82 10 0 82.93 . 2 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 4 4 1 1 . 2 4 4 . 1 2 . 1 4 . 1 2 1 1 . // S Galbraith 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 4 . not out 99 113 8 0 87.61 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 2 4 1 2 . -
Performance Analysis of T20-World Cup Cricket 2012 Ananda B
Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol (14-1) Performance Analysis of T20-World Cup Cricket 2012 Ananda B. W. Manage*, Stephen M. Scariano and Cecil R. Hallum Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas, USA 77341 Corresponding Author (Email: [email protected]) Received: 13 February 2013 / Revised: 15 May 2013 ABSTRACT Performance analysis of cricket players is always an intricate task due to the correlated nature of the variables used to quantify contributions to the team. Lack of transparency of current methods, probably due to commercial confidentiality, creates a necessity for new and lucent evaluative methods. Here, we present a simple, yet straightforward, method for analyzing the performance of T20-World Cup Cricket 2012 players that can be easily adapted to other team sports. Keywords: Cricket, Principal Component Analysis, Ranking Methods. 1. Introduction Quantifying individual player contributions to a team is an important yet difficult task in all team sports. Usually, there are several indicators available to measure player performances, which are based on different aspects of their contributions to the team. Unfortunately these indicators are mostly related to each other in a manner that oftentimes causes difficulty in constructing an overall performance measure. Our idea is to use a tool acquired from multivariate statistical analysis and apply it directly to T20-World Cup Cricket 2012 data. In this method, the first principal component is used to rank batsmen and bowlers. The technique is simple and can be directly applied to the type of correlated data routinely found in team sports such as cricket. Cricket administrators and sports analysts can use this amenable method to quantify players’ contribution, which could lead to a ranking structure based on their performances. -
Current Affairs for the Month of August 2020
CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2020 Awards The Dutch author who has been awarded the 2020 International Booker Prize for her book The Discomfort of Evening – Marieke Lucas Rijneveld Persons The Japanese Prime Minister who has announced his decision to resign from the post owing to poor health – Mr. Shinzo Abe The new Election Commissioner appointed to replace Shri Ashok Lavasa who has resigned to join Asian Development Bank – Shri Rajiv Kumar The Governor of Goa who has been appointed the Governor of Meghalaya succeeding Shri Tathagata Roy – Shri Satya Pal Malik The expert committee constituted by Central Govt to consider the logistics and ethical aspects of procuring and administering the COVID-19 vaccine is headed by – Dr. VK Paul The former Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir who has been appointed new Comptroller and Auditor General of India succeeding Shri Rajiv Mehrishi – Shri Girish Chandra Murmu The new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir appointed to replace Shri GC Murmu – Shri Manoj Sinha Obituary The well-known Indian classical vocalist of Mewati gharana (and recipient of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award) who passed away on 17 August 2020 in New Jersey, USA – Pandit Jasraj The former Indian cricketer and Minister of Youth and Sports of Uttar Pradesh who passed away on 16 August 2020 – Chetan Chauhan The renowned Urdu poet and lyricist who passed away on 11 August 2020 while being treated for COVID-19 – Rahat Indori The Indian theatre director and former director of National -
Times-NIE-Web-Ed-Oct16-2020
CLICK HERE: FOR PAGE 3 AND 4 “Life is short, but there is always time FAMILY TIME enough for courtesy.” RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 03 PARENTING DONE RIGHT 5 reasons why you must not shame kids publicly Photo: GETTY IMAGES ave you ever been out in a public place and PARENT’S CORNER scolded your child badly for some mis- chief he/she did or the way they be- Hhaved? If yes, then you must pause it then and there. Publicly shaming your kids can do more damage to your child’s personality than you can imagine. Here are five reasons why you must never do so. MIGHT DEVELOP BULLY BEHAVIOUR Public shaming might invoke bully behav- IMMENSE EMBARRASSMENT Dear Parents, iour in your child. A child’s mind is like a Being reprimanded in public, with ■ 1 clay and he imbibes what he sees. If you spectators around might be a big Please tell us your recipe for parenting: the often scold or reprimand him in public, he too 2 embarrassment for your child. No one issues you deal with and how best to tackle them. might do the same among his peers. This will wants to look bad in public and the same goes ■ We would also get an expert to answer some of basically act as a way to vent out his frustra- for your child. Even if your child has made a your parenting-related queries. tion which must be avoided at any cost. huge mistake, don’t lash out at him in public. -
It Was Seriously Mid That the Wanderen Controversy Cost Thc United Party
12. AVE ATQUE VALE 1943-1968 It was seriously mooted that the Wanderers controversy cost the United Party the 1948 election. Public opinion, earlier antagonistic to the Clubs resisting Railway intrusion in 1927, rallied almost unanimously on the side of the City Council and its protégé. It was not only the people who protested but the lessors who purveyed public amusement—the African Greyhound Racing Association, the cricket and soccer unions and athletics (tennis and rugby had gone to Ellis Park) and the incidental impresarios of all kinds. Public petitions were signed and in July 1943, the Johannesburg Publicity Association on the instruction of its Executive Committee issued a bilingual brochure SAVE THE WANDERERS. “It is the cradle of traditions which cannot be transplanted”, purple prose pronounced, “The front ground is hallowed by a thousand memories of great incidents and occasions. It has witnessed scenes from the days of President Kruger onwards which are the warp and woof of Rand history. Let us save this enviable civic possession.” Sturrock halted in his stride and appointed an overseas railway expert, Major-General Szlumper to survey the situation. Optimistically the Club anticipated a favourable report and proposed substantial alterations including the demolition of the old Club House and the erection of modern premises. The development of Kent Park continued, hampered by wartime restrictions, but a growing number of members made use of its tennis courts, golf course and playing fields. In the press of the moment, no one noticed that the Club’s founding chairman and original debenture holder, W. P. Taylor, had died. -
Important Stadiums in India & World
Is Now In CHENNAI | MADURAI | TRICHY | SALEM | COIMBATORE | CHANDIGARH | BANGALORE|NAMAKKAL|ERODE|PUDUCHERRY www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in IMPORTANT STADIUMS IN INDIA & WORLD Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. | Madurai: #24/21, Near Mapillai Vinayagar Theatre, Kalavasal. | Trichy: opp BSNL office, Juman Center, 43 Promenade Road, Cantonment. | Salem: #209, Sonia Plaza / Muthu Complex, Junction Main Rd, State Bank Colony, Salem. | Coimbatore #545, 1st floor, Adjacent to SBI (DB Road Branch), Diwan Bahadur Road, RS Puram, Coimbatore (Kovai) – 641002 | Chandigarh: SCO 131-132 Sector 17C. | Bangalore. H.O: 7601808080 / 9043303030 | www.raceinstitute.in Important Stadiums in India: 1. Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Cricket 2. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Cricket 3. M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai , Tamil Nadu Cricket 4. Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal Cricket 5. Gymkhana Ground Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket 6. Jsca Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Cricket 7. Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune , Maharashtra Cricket 8. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad, Telangana Cricket 9. Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricket 10. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala Multipurpose ( football (soccer) and cricket) 11. K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Multipurpose 12. Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa Football & Cricket 13. Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket 14. Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam, Andhra Cricket Pradesh 15. University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram, Multi-purpose Kerala 16. Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior , Madhya Pradesh Cricket 17. Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra Multipurpose 18. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Delhi Multipurpose 19. Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur , Jharkhand Multipurpose 20. Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad , Gujarat Cricket 21. Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara , Gujarat Cricket 22. Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar, Jammu & Cricket Kashmir 23. -
Melbourne Stars Big Bash League V Jan 6, 2016 Hobart Hurricanes Fact Sheet Library
MELBOURNE STARS BIG BASH LEAGUE V JAN 6, 2016 HOBART HURRICANES FACT SHEET LIBRARY Twenty20 Big Bash League In the 2011/2012 season the Twenty20 Big Bash League comprising eight city-based franchises, replaced the six-state Twenty20 competition. A summary of the inaugural meeting between the Melbourne Stars and the Hobart Hurricanes at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, on January 9, 2012, follows: MELBOURNE STARS 3/203 (20 overs) (LJ Wright 117, RJ Quiney62; Naved-ul-Hasan 2/38) defeated HOBART HURRICANES 9/184 (20 overs) (OA Shah 55, TR Birt 51, RJG Lockyear 23, TIF Triffitt 21; JP Faulkner 4/46, SK Warne 2/23, DJ Hussey 2/28) by 19 runs. Player of the match: Luke Wright. Today’s Match Melbourne Stars (from Victoria unless indicated otherwise): David Hussey (captain), Michael Beer (Western Australia), Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Evan Gulbis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Tom Triffitt (all Tasmania), Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen (Dolphins, St Lucia Zouks and England), Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa (both South Australia) and Luke Wright (Pune Warriors, Dhaka Gladiators and England). Hobart Hurricanes (from Tasmania unless indicated otherwise): Tim Payne (captain), Cameron Boyce (Queensland), George Bailey, Ben Dunk, Clive Rose, Sam Rainbird, Simon Milenko, Shaun Tait, Timm Van Der Gugten, Beau Webster, Jonathon Wells, Dominic Michael, Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Udarata Rulers, Dhaka Dynamites and Surrey), Dan Christian, Michael Hill and Jake Reed (all three Victoria), Darren Sammy (West Indies, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rangpore Riders, Titans and Nottinghamshire), Joe Mennie (South Australia). Results of BBL Matches played to date between today’s Teams In the four seasons of the BBL to date the two teams have played each other four times at the qualifying stage and once in a semi-final. -
This Thesis Has Been Submitted in Fulfilment of the Requirements for a Postgraduate Degree (E.G
This thesis has been submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree (e.g. PhD, MPhil, DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. Please note the following terms and conditions of use: • This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, which are retained by the thesis author, unless otherwise stated. • A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. • This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the author. • The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the author. • When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given. ‘These whites never come to our game. What do they know about our soccer?’ Soccer Fandom, Race, and the Rainbow Nation in South Africa Marc Fletcher PhD African Studies The University of Edinburgh 2012 ii The thesis has been composed by myself from the results of my own work, except where otherwise acknowledged. It has not been submitted in any previous application for a degree. Signed: (MARC WILLIAM FLETCHER) Date: iii iv ABSTRACT South African political elites framed the country’s successful bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup in terms of nation-building, evoking imagery of South African unity. Yet, a pre-season tournament in 2008 featuring the two glamour soccer clubs of South Africa, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, and the global brand of Manchester United, revealed a racially fractured soccer fandom that contradicted these notions of national unity through soccer.