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...INTERCEPTIONS 18 30 19 PASSER RATING 71.9 72 61.2 Although a bit inconsistent throughout his young career, Eli has been at his best late in the game After fighting through a 3-13 rookie season, Peyton has played like a Hall of Famer A two-time Pro Bowler who was surrounded by talent-challenged players
...arrival in July was taken as a signal that their days of lackluster performances?the Zimbabwe tour, the first of Chappell's tenure, was also the first away test series India won in two decades?were over. But Chappell's ambition hasn't sat well with some players: bowler Harbhajan Singh complained to reporters that the new coach was subjecting the team to "fear," "tension" and "immense pressure." The row peaked last week when Chappell and Ganguly were summoned by the Indian cricket board, which enjoined the two sides to rebuild their "professional working relationship"?despite widespread expectations that...
...range. He is less worried about his payday or the films' potential grosses, although he can wince over those that failed. Of The Avengers, a high-profile flop, he rues "some spark not there" with co-star Uma Thurman and curses an inapt chapeau: "I looked crap in that bowler...
...Since his international debut 12 years ago, McGrath has seldom fit the stereotype of the obsessive sportsman, let alone the boneheaded fast bowler. Raised on a sheep and wheat farm, a straight-A student through school in Narromine, in northwestern New South Wales, McGrath was set to become a carpenter until his talent for propelling a 5.5-ounce lump of cork, string and leather carried him to Sydney and beyond. As a cricketing tourist, he's shown an uncommon appreciation for the peculiar attractions of foreign lands; to his wife, Jane, he's the rock that's stood...
...when the two countries contest an early installment of a limited-overs tournament. The main event starts next month at Lord's, venue for the first of five Tests. McGrath needs one wicket to take his tally in Tests to 500, a mark reached by only three other bowlers. If he can manage 21 wickets for the series, he'll pass the West Indian Courtney Walsh as the game's most prolific fast bowler. Though vanity is frowned upon in Australian cricket, there's no point McGrath claiming that these milestones are unimportant to him. During a televised awards ceremony...