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Cinematic England Turnaround in White Ball Cricket

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                                      pic credit: ICC, ECB  Eoin Morgan and his men were in deep agony, heads down, caps off, distressed, and posing like effigies, pretending that this shouldn’t have been on their cards at this stage. Rubel Hossain had just shattered Stuart Broad’s stumps to knock England out of the ODI World Cup 2015 in Australia in the group stage only. This was the moment England Cricket revolutionized. English captain Morgan sat and decided to change this dated style of approach and adopt a more rigorous way of playing white-ball cricket. A style more worthy of sustaining in this world of more competitiveness and stakes. Albeit, they were going in from the transition phase with more veterans going down from the line of white ball cricket after the early-stage debacle, ultimately paving way for some young and energetic lads who had the sense of attacking and fearlessne...

Surya: The Next Mr.360 in the Making?

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                                                          image credit: AFP It was just a usual day for Suryakumar Yadav in the office on Sunday against Zimbabwe where he pounced on a hapless African-nation attack and displayed all sorts of poetry that he has written in his book over the years. Zimbabwe skipper Craig Ervine was a bit amused and confused at the same time seeing the batting trajectory of Suryakumar as it was the first live interaction for him against this striking professional who knew how to play with the field and that’s what made Ervine furious too with, he indulging in conference with bowlers every other ball Surya faced. In the 20 th over of the innings which was bowled by tall left-handed paceman Richard Ngarava, Ervine jammed the off-side field indicating...