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The Match Referee

The Match Referee Alan Border on the Guwahati wicket: "if you want to kill 50 over cricket, this is the way to do it" - TMR couldn't agree more

Yesterday at 9:22pm
Tarang Jagtiani
Tarang Jagtiani
Better get back dravid. He can bat at any wicket. No wicket can bother him.
17 hours ago
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It's not often you find former Aussie cricketers criticizing a winning Aussie team. So imagine my surprise when I find a bevy of former stars all having a go at Ricky Ponting's team, in the same article...
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The Match Referee Will the Aussies take the series today?

Yesterday at 3:33pm
Bhavya Aggarwal
Yesterday at 10:09pm
Dipak Narayan

Dipak Narayan Indian Team must seriosly improve dere fieldin

Fri at 6:53am · Report
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The Match Referee
You and I know that, what will it take to get the message across to the team?
Fri at 5:41pm
Dipak Narayan
Dipak Narayan
dat's a point
Yesterday at 3:48am
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The Match Referee Was that the best Sachin innings you've ever seen?

Chetanya Gakhar
Fri at 1:03am
Sahil Gandhi
Sahil Gandhi
one of the best...
Fri at 1:10am
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The Match Referee
care to explain Chetanya?
Fri at 5:43pm
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Last night I was lucky enough to bear witness to one of the most amazing innings in international cricket ever seen, Sachin Tendulkar, chasing down an intimidating 351 on a docile Hyderabad wicket likened the art of batting to that of a Karl Lagerfeld creation on a Milanese catwalk.One week ago a...
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The Match Referee Fielding, fielding, fielding - when will they learn?

Thu at 5:56pm
Hament Aggarwal
Hament Aggarwal
India has to learn much & more abt feilding
Thu at 7:26pm
Hament Aggarwal
Hament Aggarwal
we have batsmen, bowler but not nay fielder...
Thu at 7:27pm
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The Match Referee
Funny how the rest of the planet knows eat the team has to do, but the team seems none the wiser
Fri at 12:25am
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The Match Referee Australia are down to half a team. Does Team India have what it will take to win the series?

November 4 at 3:08am
Saurabh Nehe
Saurabh Nehe
amm...GAMBHIR is bak in d team.>!>
November 4 at 4:14am
Sahil Gandhi
Sahil Gandhi
thanks fr a update dude..
November 4 at 7:11am
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Rs 800 crore (US$170 million) is the BCCI's base valuation for the space on the front and leading arm of Team India's shirts for the next four years. This base price is no less than double the amount Sahara has paid for its logo to adorn Team India's chests for the current four year period...
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I was tempted to add another "he bangs" to the two above, but I decided to spare you the overkill. What is the difference between the pace men representing India and Australia in the this 7 match ODI series...
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The Match Referee 2 all, this series is shaping up to be worth every one of its 7 matches

November 2 at 5:16pm
Saurabh Nehe
Saurabh Nehe
yeah ryt..!
November 2 at 11:57pm
The Match Referee
The Match Referee
Azhar is too busy being "rehabilitated" as a politician and minting money with his new found power to ever worry about cricket again. A very sad state of affairs indeed
November 3 at 5:14pm
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The Match Referee Big game tonight. Who's going to take it?

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The Match Referee
All of us TMR wish you luck mate. Let us know how your journey goes
November 2 at 11:18pm
Vishal Mehta
Vishal Mehta
i m just kiding i m IT student but i would like to be cricketer if i get chance
November 3 at 8:22am
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The Match Referee Now if only Sachin showed us some of his sublime skills too!

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The Match Referee What will it take for Team India to realise their fielding is losing them more matches than their batting or bowling is winning them at the moment?

October 26 at 4:26am
Tarang Jagtiani
Tarang Jagtiani
after dey lose d series
October 26 at 7:46am
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A seven match ODI series would ordinarily elicit such a label from me. Yes, ordinarily seven matches would have been pronounced two too many, but not this time. Team India's mediocre (if not downright disappointing) performances have left me champing at the bit for a lot more...