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Speaking after helping India post 289 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, with the 114 he made, Sachin Tendulkar expressed his relief:
“I was not thinking about the milestone, the media started all this, wherever I went, the restaurant, room service, everyone was talking about the 100th hundred. Nobody talked about my 99 hundreds. It became mentally tough for me because nobody talked about my 99 hundreds.”
The world has been waiting for this historic moment for a long time. Perhaps now that he has his 100 hundreds Sachin can go back to quietly accumulating even more hundreds without all of the pressure of getting the 100th.
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So it’s not just football (soccer) and Don King-era boxing that are badly tainted by rumours of betting and match-fixing by players and officials. Two Pakistani cricketers, unfortunately named Butt and Asif, have been found guilty in a UK court of conspiracy to cheat and accept money as part of a betting scam.
The verdict, which relates to play in a 2010 Pakistan v England test match, is serious: both players face the possibility of jail time. In Butt’s case, he could see as much as 7 years behind bars. If this happens, he’ll be 35 when he gets out, and too old to play. Not that this really matters, as the disgraced players will certainly be banned from any further competition at any decent level.
Full report here.
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According to Dhoni, England need to spend more time in India.
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