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Trescothick retires from international cricket
It’s eerie how things can develop. After writing about the plight of Marcus Trescothick on here a few days ago, it seems that his “stress-related illness” has finally beaten him, and he has announced his retirement from international cricket. “I … Continue reading
Apologies and Mascarenhas
It’s been a slow week here on The Sight is in End, for which we apologise. I have been knee deep with Uni work, and would rather write something that I’m proud of and spend some time on, rather than … Continue reading
Filed under Cricket, Dimitri Mascarenhas, England, New Zealand, Sport
Gilchrist, a sentimental Ponting, and a sobering realisation
If you didn’t already know, Adam Gilchrist has retired from international cricket. As an England fan, I should feel glad that someone who fired the second fastest century in Adelaide in the 2006 Ashes that led to the embarrassment of … Continue reading
Filed under Adam Gilchrist, Australia, Comment, Cricket, ICC, Indian Cricket League, Ricky Ponting, Sport
Legends Show Their Fallibility Down Under
On another momentous day of sport in Australia, a couple of sporting institutions, who we could have been forgiven for thinking were no longer operating on the level of ordinary mortals, were given a reminder of just how precarious their … Continue reading
Harbhajan Race Row: A New Zealander’s View
If there’s one misguided, horrifying comment post about the Harbhajan Row, it’s this one (taken from press.co.nz) by Matt Rickens of the Walkato Times: http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4350433a6429.html Let me quote the first paragraph for you, followed by the picture used: “Puffy bright … Continue reading
Filed under Andrew Symonds, Australia, Australia v India Cricket Row, Harbhajan, New Zealand Press, Racism, Sport
The buck now stops with Ponting and Bucknor
Being an England fan, I think it was difficult to at first acknowledge the role of Ricky Ponting in the Harbhajan affair. After all, England, in a time that seems so long ago, overcame sledging etc in the 2005 Ashes … Continue reading
Harbhajan race row: Could it split cricket apart?
The furore over India’s Harbhajan Singh supposedly calling Andrew Symonds a “monkey” during the second test in Sydney is escalating in confusion and intensity. On the one side is the ICC, the body that protects the wider game from its … Continue reading
Filed under Andrew Symonds, Australia, Australia v India Cricket Row, Comment, Cricket, ICC, India, Indian Cricket League
The plight of Trescothick casts light on the smokescreen of sport
Marcus Trescothick is still unwell. He has just pulled out of the UAE tour with Somerset “to be with his family” according to Somerset’s chief executive Richard Gould. This is the third time Trescothick’s euphemistic “stress-related illness” has come to light … Continue reading →
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