Come on, Champion…

Sometime tomorrow, India will chose a team for Bangladesh. Chances are Sachin Tendulkar will keep his place. However, for a diehard fan like myself, its distressing that a debate for his place should even be considered.
- Rohit Brijnath’s piece on his fading…
Update
- Sir Richard Hadlee in his column in Midday talks about the same issue.

The Dark Side …

I got this article on email (thanks JB). Was, apparently written in the HT Guardian a few weeks ago but I cant find the link, so reproducing in full.
That’s cricket too: Dark side of the game
 - Mike Brearley 
 I DON’T know exactly what Marcus Trescothick has been going through during the past months, but clearly life, [...]

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Meanwhile , with England’s journey over and all that press, here’s a fan’s view.