More a class test than a board exam
A dead series, a lifeless track and a suspended home captain. Please don't blame the sales guys for the empty stands at the final match of the Pepsi One-Day international at the Rajkot Municipal Corpn ground on Thursday.



Wright wants to get fielding right
Fresh from an exhaustive session of catch practice and stump sighting drills with his wards, the Indian coach John Wright's end of the tour report card had one remark in bold red: Fielding needs improvement.



Cheating complaint against Azhar, Jadeja
Sunil Vyas, a spectator, has lodged a complaint with city police against Azharuddin and Jadeja for cheating and criminal conspiracy against spectators of Rajkot for fixing the 1996 One-Day cricket match played in Rajkot between India and South Africa.



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