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Two drawns make a win for New Zealand

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And a big fat loss for India.

Daniel Vettori can be proud of his Kiwis, who have bounced back unexpectedly strong after the ‘Bangladesh disaster’.

But it does makes me wonder why we still uphold the facade that Test matches are about the best playing the best when the general feeling is that New Zealand have got nothing to offer competing against India.

It also makes me wonder why everybody keeps saying Test cricket is as good as dead, when we have these totally unexpected results while in Sri Lanka Chris – “I don’t give a fuck about Test cricket” – Gayle is blasting his way to a triple ton for West Indies against Sri Lanka.

With the Ashes yet to come, are we witnessing a Test revival? Or is the flu that’s been bugging me for weeks still clouding my better judgement?

Tweeting Tendulkar on his way to yet another landmark

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Finally the original SRT is on twitter n the first thing I’d like to do is wish my colleagues the best in the windies,

via Twitter.com/sachin_rt

Sachin Tendulkar is on twitter, and this time it is the real one (it is verified), not a fake account.

As could be expected, Tendulkar’s account is gathering a large following quickly. You can track his rapid progress via twittercounter.com.

It won’t be long before he becomes by far the most popular cricketer on Twitter, if he isn’t already. But will he make it into the 100 most followed Twitter accounts?

Confessions of faith on Twitter

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Sachin Tendulkar reached another pinnacle yesterday, by becoming the first batsman to make 200 runs in an ODI. This great performance by ‘The little master’ led to an outburst of joy on Twitter, where Sachin Tendulkar is a trending topic even a day later.

And as always with Tendulkar, references to God are never far away. A short selection of the many confessions of faith I found on Twitter:

Reducing the number of atheists in India since 1989 – Sachin Tendulkar!

I finally know what godreally looks like!! He is about 5″5, maharashtrian and plays cricket!!

I do believe in God. Has anyone ever seen a mortal hit 200 runs in ODI?

GOD is an understatement for SACHIN TENDULKAR..

Tendulkar is GOD..

What’s the difference between God n Sachin Tendulkar??? Godcould neva bat like Sachin…. Hats off!!!

God disguised as Sachin Tendulkar.

I dont know how god bats but I have seen SACHIN RAMESHTENDULKAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cricket is my religion and Tendulkar is my GOD… have two hundred rupee note printed with Tendulkar on it

I hear God appeared at Gwalior today in the form of Sachin Tendulkar. Wish I was there!

India 76 all out in 20 overs tegen Zuid-Afrika

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Dale Steyn van Zuid-Afrika

Na het runs-spektakel van de eerste Test, waarin Virender Sehwag de snelste driehonderd ooit sloeg, lijkt de tweede Test er een voor de bowlers te worden. Zuid-Afrika’s seam-bowlers bowlden agressief en haalden het maximale uit het wicket en batsman na batsman viel in een bizarre sessie : India 76

Dale Steyn was de grote verwoester, met 5 voor 23. Voor India was Irfan Pathan topscorer, met 21 not out. Veel opwinding dus in deze tweede Test, die te volgen is via sopcast-livestreams; kijk hiervoor rechts van deze post.

In case you’re wondering, the above is written in Dutch. If you are looking for more of this Dutch non-fiction, I suggest you go to the archives and read any post between November 2007 and July 2008.

India wint derde Test en houdt Australië af van nieuw record

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India heeft de derde Test tegen Australië gewonnen. Dat betekent dus geen nieuw record van zeventien opeenvolgende Test-overwinningen voor het team van Ricky Ponting.

Het record was nooit dichtbij, met de opdracht een target van 413 te halen wat op zichzelf al een record (hoogste succesvolle runchase in Australië, op een na hoogste succesvolle runchase wereldwijd) zou zijn geweest.

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