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	<title>Sportolysis - The World Sports Blog &#187; English Cricket</title>
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	<description>A few wins, a few lessons. Never any losses.</description>
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		<title>T20 Cricket Causing Poor Cricket Habits</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2011/09/07/t20-cricket-causing-poor-cricket-habits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2011/09/07/t20-cricket-causing-poor-cricket-habits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I looked forward to the Friends Provident Life T20 Final with bated breath. The annual finals day is always a big event in the English cricket calendar and sees a packed house in attendance. Mailnga charging away on Finals Day a few years back capturing the imagination of the crowd is some thing I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Terrible English Sports Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2010/10/19/the-terrible-english-sports-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2010/10/19/the-terrible-english-sports-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=873</guid>
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It is a pity what has happened with Wayne Rooney over the past few months. 
Rooney had a great 2009-10 English Premier League season for which he was the PFA Player of the year. He had a great start to the year as well for which he got the January FA Premier League player of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On England Not Letting the Opportunity Slip, A Few Champions and A Few Losers</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/22/on-england-not-letting-the-opportunity-slip-a-few-champions-and-a-few-losers-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/22/on-england-not-letting-the-opportunity-slip-a-few-champions-and-a-few-losers-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I asked the question, â€œHas England let the opportunity slip in the battle for No. 2 and chasing Australia?â€
A win in Mumbai is now needed for England to remain in the race. Very difficult but it is the only way England can stop the opportunity from slipping. No one said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has England Let the Opportunity Slip in the Battle for No. 2 and Chasing Australia?</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/16/has-england-let-the-opportunity-slip-in-the-battle-for-no-2-and-chasing-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/16/has-england-let-the-opportunity-slip-in-the-battle-for-no-2-and-chasing-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=37</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The English Team was at cross roads in Pakistan. I had written on the same nearly 3 months ago which can be read here.  I titled it facing adveristy. In the period which has followed since then, England has enountered a lot of adversity. A menacing Shoaib Akhtar in Pakistan and a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Flipper:  The English Fan Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/14/the-flipper-the-english-fan-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/14/the-flipper-the-english-fan-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=39</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have started a column at Desicritics called The Flipper.
	The following is the inaugral issue of the same. Small parts of it are repeats of short posts earlier.
	Corey Flintoff, son of Andrew Flintoff, was born just a few days ago. English cricket fans are already predicting the 2025 Ashes to be Coreyâ€™s Ashes (similar to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movement Against KP Cult</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/11/movement-against-kp-cult/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/11/movement-against-kp-cult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Pieterson has shaved his head for the hot Indian tour. But he continues to influence a generation of sports fans. Human rights are being violated to supress Kevin Pieterson fans. Read all about it here.  [Hat tip: Rick Eyre]
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		<title>Phil Tufnell : What a legend!</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/10/phil-tufnell-what-a-legend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/10/phil-tufnell-what-a-legend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=46</guid>
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English pie bowler, legend, bad boy of English cricket in the 90s, Aussie Basher, star of the the DVD Tuffersâ€™ Duffers, winner of television show Iâ€™m a celebrity, key spinner and no. 11 of the Awkward XI, widely know as The Cat for his dressing room naps (I will not use the word â€™sleepingâ€™ here [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cricket ramble</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/02/cricket-ramble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/03/02/cricket-ramble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One word which charecterises this English team and separates it from teams of the past is fight. Whatever the match situation, whatever the crisis situation, the team will give it their best shot. A sharp contrast to the frequent collapses we saw from English teams of the past. You will say that they did collapse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The nothing series</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/28/the-nothing-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/28/the-nothing-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Englandâ€™s tour to India was always going to be a big series. England, coming off a series loss in Pakistan, had it all to prove in India. A Test team has to show that it can compete in all conditions and circumstances â€“ then, and only then can it be recognized as one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hmm..</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/22/hmm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/22/hmm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Caption?
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		<title>Thrashing</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/15/thrashing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/15/thrashing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The England under-19 team got thrashed by India under-19 in the semi-finals of the under-19 world cup. Abu Nechim Ahmed was the wrecker-in-chief. At one stage England were 17/5. England ended up with 58 in all and a massive 234 run defeat.
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		<title>England&#8217;s attack versus India</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/13/englands-attack-versus-india/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/13/englands-attack-versus-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I said how England should consider going in with an all pace attack in Pakistan earlier:

Can England do it despite having a pace centric attack rather than a spin centric attack? Australia did it in India only when they relied on their strength and opted not to change too many things. South Africa, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls going crazy</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/01/18/girls-going-crazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/01/18/girls-going-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=133</guid>
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Well his hair looks like that of a skunk. Bewildering 2262 comments and still going strong on Will&#8217;s CoU then.
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		<title>Facing adversity</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/11/20/facing-adversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/11/20/facing-adversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The English cricket team is at crossroads right now. There is no question that the team is number two in the world. Series win versus the Kiwis, South Africans, the Windies and Australia recently have shown England to be the unquestionable number two.
The thing is a few teams have claimed that spot over the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The poor pitches issue</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/11/07/the-poor-pitches-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/11/07/the-poor-pitches-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The laws are quite clear on this. The umpires have the final say on the pitch. Also if the conditions or the pitch, ground etc are not dangerous it is playable.
In a test match in India vs England play was stopped and the match abandoned because the ball was bouncing so awkwardly that it could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the pellets thrown at Flintoff</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/09/22/on-the-pellets-thrown-at-flintoff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/09/22/on-the-pellets-thrown-at-flintoff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is concerning an issue of this was not made earlier. Whoever&#8217;s fault it is for not making it an issue &#8211; the ICC, the ECB or BCCI&#8217;s or all of them. Players are humans and they should feel secured while playing.
That said, Indian crowds are not hooligans which such incidents potray them to be. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gough for a final hurrah?</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/31/gough-for-a-final-hurrah/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/31/gough-for-a-final-hurrah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The big question is who should England play if Simon Jones does not recover for the 5th test. Does England include Chris Tremlett, inexperienced yet promising? He is the logical next in succession in the squad. But a debut in the moest crucial test for England is years will be a huge gamble. 
Collingwood? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When can England hope to be called the best side in the world?</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/28/when-can-england-hope-to-be-called-the-best-side-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/28/when-can-england-hope-to-be-called-the-best-side-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First things first. Congrats to England on the victory. Well played and they have showed without a shadow of a doubt what a quality side they are.
Second thing.
The series is not over. Whether England claim back the Ashes or not, no one will deny what a quality side they are. However, to gain appreciation as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology should be used as much as possible</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/27/technology-should-be-used-as-much-as-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/27/technology-should-be-used-as-much-as-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When he have the facility to conclusively state out or not out, we should use it.
Hawk eye and other inconclusive technologies should not be used but if the fans and people sitting in the media boxes and dressing rooms can see a decision being made is clearly wrong on tv (like inside edge given out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A nightmare for Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/26/a-nightmare-for-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/26/a-nightmare-for-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First McGrath is injured. He feels there are some voodoo charms behind the most imperfect of timings for his injuries. Then England bat like champions on a flat pitch after being 5 down courtesy of superb batting by Flintoff and Jones and captaincy lacking in innovation by Ponting &#8211; giving the English easy runs.
The pitch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tense Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/25/tense-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With McGrath out of the 4th test, Australia decided to go with 4 regular bowlers which meant Ponting had to share the burden of the attack. That England have not amassed a huge total and lost 4 wickets is the good luck of Australia, helped by the rain no doubt.
I do not see England losing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The most awaited match in years</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/23/the-most-awaited-match-in-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The hype surrounding the Ashes has been proven to be real. With 3 tests gone and the score tied at 1-1, the 4th test is one of the most awaited test matches. I certainly cannot remember a match for which I have had more anticipation in my 14 years of cricket watching. 
Champion teams have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miandad persists on Karachi</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/23/miandad-persists-on-karachi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/08/23/miandad-persists-on-karachi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The only way left is to boycott the Karachi one dayer. Miandad has requested fans to not go to the stadium to watch the match. 
I certainly will not be watching the match on tv.
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		<title>Dont want to play in Multan either</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/27/dont-want-to-play-in-multan-either/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the PCB agreed to the ECB&#8217;s demand of not playing a test in Karachi, the ECB, it appears, are not pleased at having England play at Multan either. The PCB has not succumbed on changing the venue from Multan to Rawalpindi though. Roebuck would be pleased like me to an extent on the stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dont change the playing XIs</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/26/dont-change-the-playing-xis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/26/dont-change-the-playing-xis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is panic in the English camp. Some people are suggesting bringing in Collingwood for Giles. Others want Bell out and Collingwood in. My advice: This is the best side England has got, most of which has aided England become the second best team in the world. Keep the faith and dont chop and change. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roebuck on Karachi</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/25/roebuck-on-karachi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Roebuck rights about there being no shame in losing to Australia but ads a statement quite out of place in an article on the Ashes:
They must play cricket in Karachi and anywhere else. The world has shrunk.

I have stated my views on England&#8217;s decision not to play in Karachi earlier but it is good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truly great</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/24/truly-great/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Watching Lance Armstrong and the Australian cricket team one win his record 7th Tour de France, the other demolish England yet another time, you have to wonder what makes champions what they are.
The England cricket team is good. They will give a fight in the Ashes but it will be a surprise if they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Thorpe retirement</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/24/on-the-thorpe-retirement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 06:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Lesson: You do not announce you are going to call it quits before a series. It could shut the doors closer than you think.
England&#8217;s best batsman since Graham Thorpe has had probably the worst exit. It does not damage any of Thorpe&#8217;s reputation but it is not the way he would have liked to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 1: Advantage Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/21/day-1-advantage-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/21/day-1-advantage-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ian Botham: â€œI have not seen a more exciting day 1 of the Ashes series than this.â€
Sums up the day. 
When Ponting chose to bat on what looked like a good batting pitch as far as every one was concerned, every one was certain a score of 350-400 would be par. The English pace bowling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ashes predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/21/ashes-predictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 05:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay the Ashes are well and truly underway. There have been bruises, runs, a couple of wickets and blood has also been drawn. Here are some wild predictions. The list was made up in a cricket forum I visit.
Team I&#8217;ll be supporting:Australia
Team who I think will take the Ashes home:Australia
Series score:3-0
Top batsmn from either side [...]]]></description>
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