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...cause of the declaration was an investigation into Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the sport's all-time greats. Murali, as he is known, is celebrated for a particularly devilish delivery known as the doosra, which has a deceptive spin that most batsmen aren't aware of until it's too late. Critics have accused the 32-year-old of throwing rather than bowling, in which no more than a slight flexing of the elbow is permitted. In April, Murali was made to undergo tests in Perth, Australia, using the same biomechanical and video technology used...
...both Yale and Princeton early in the season but has registered double wins over both Cornell and Pennsylvania. In the contest with the Elis, Dartmouth tried three pitchers including Lane, the big hockey and baseball star, but none of them were able to hold the hard hitting Blue, batsmen. Yale had trouble with its pitching also and the game turned into a free hitting contest with the Bulldogs taking the heavy end of the 17 to 10 score. The Tigers captured a 5 to 3 victory on the previous day when the game was called in the fifth inning because...
Hillel’s batsmen were their Hawks, sporting team visors and spikes, riding Eric Trager’s arm and a two-year unbeaten streak. The Crimson squad needed a miracle—or a hotshot lawyer sentenced to probation and community service following an arrest for driving while intoxicated...
...Crimson also did a great job of manufacturing runs on a day when Winings’ stuff—if not his control—was impressive. Though he allowed only two hits, Winings issued seven free passes—two on walks and five on hit-batsmen...
...packed the country?s pulsating sports arenas. Or the TV viewers in its lounge rooms. As cricket began transforming television, the beer-heads at home with a tinny in their hands yearned for the big hits of Viv Richards and Hookes and the chin music delivered to ducking batsmen by Jeff Thomson or Andy Roberts. Hookes was a key?and sexy?part of cricket?s assault on the home...