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Like most Indian kids, Prabhu wanted to play pro cricket. He may have fallen short on the field, but he's hitting a six in the suites. Tellabs, the Naperville, Ill., telecom-gear maker (2003 sales: $980 million) that sells data systems and voice enhancers, recently named him CEO. The board is betting on a repeat. When Prabhu, 49, was boss of Alcatel USA, a division of the French telco, revenues increased fivefold, to about $5 billion, over his three-year tenure...
...seasonal treat, visit a Cambodian street vendor during the rainy season, June to September, to nibble on a cricket. The size of a grown man's finger and priced at about 3? each, they're served deep-fried with a pinch of salt and pepper. The most popular are the females laden with eggs?like spiders, they have a crispy outer shell and a thick, milky center...
...months later, Hookes signed up with the rebels during Kerry Packer?s cricket revolution. In the ?Come on, Aussie, come on? era of Super Tests and colorful clothing, he became a drawcard for Australian fans. Hookes walked onto the ground with a simple plan: to entertain and give value to the punters who had paid $5 to come to the ground. That may sound quaint nowadays, but back then sincerity could not be faked in front of the zinc-creamed kids who packed the country?s pulsating sports arenas. Or the TV viewers in its lounge rooms. As cricket began...
...energy-sapping heat, Hookes seemed to be a constant in Australia?s summer game during three decades; as player, commentator and coach he dazzled and bemused the public. Like Allan Border, who was born in the same year, Hookes was a bridge between two glorious periods of Australian cricket: old enough to have played with the Chappells, Lillee, Marsh and Walters, young enough to have been on the scene with the Waughs, Taylor and Warne. Hookes had the charisma of the former era and the aggressive hunger to win of the latter. In some ways, he was too flashy...
Hookes occupied a unique place in the game?s recent history because of his desire to make his own way through the conformity of cricket and public life. As a coach and tactician he was celebrated as an original thinker. As a media professional, he spurned objectivity; he took risks and was intemperate. A South African woman who made allegations of sexual harassment against Shane Warne was described by Hookes as ?a dopey, hairy-backed sheila.? Last June he called on Steve Waugh to step down as Test captain?a bold statement not likely to endear him to cricket...