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...honor; it must be acceptable to New Delhi; and unless Pakistan signs on, no agreement can be sustained. If they can achieve all that, the next war between India and Pakistan will be fought in March and April, a war guaranteed to drive millions of people delirious: the upcoming cricket Test matches. That's the only kind of war we want...
...player from working-class Sydney grew as he learned. He cultivated a deep passion and respect for the history and traditions of cricket, wrote a series of tour diaries that revealed a fascination with the way the world works, and built a children's home in Calcutta. By 1999, when he took over as Australian captain, he was one of the game's greats. His batting was never as flamboyant as West Indian Brian Lara's nor as sublime as Indian Sachin Tendulkar's, but his wicket had become the most prized in cricket. Other batsmen could take a bowling...
...World Cup trophy, a record 16 consecutive test victories and won almost three out of every four tests in which he was captain. When Waugh hung up his beloved baggy green cap last week after helping his team to a characteristically gutsy draw against India, cricket lovers around the world knew something special was finally over...
...RETIRED. STEVE WAUGH, 38, Australia's most successful cricket-test captain, who said he wanted to leave the sport while still at the top of his game; in Sydney. Waugh, who was once dropped from the squad early in his career to make room for his twin brother, Mark, became known for a gritty, attacking style that led the Australians to 40 wins in 53 tests, including an unparalleled 16 straight victories from October 1999 to March 2001. During his 18-year career, Waugh scored 10,660 runs, second only to countryman Allan Border. Waugh's exit from the pitch...
...stage. But overall, the production went smoothly. The soundtrack, which highlighted themes of love and questionable taste, was a well-chosen selection of ’60s bubblegum pop. The play’s setting was changed from London to America, and although the alterations were transparent—cricket was turned into baseball, and so on—the changes spared us from having to hear the bevy of uneven and indistinguishable English accents that so frequently plague American productions of British plays. The characters’ repartee sparkled—even thrived—despite its down...