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  • Cricket bats of Kashmir | Wind within the willow

    The Kashmir willow, lengthy thought to be an inferior bat to its English counterpart, has after all hit the candy spot. However a scarcity of willow timber within the valley threatens to undo that hard earned reputation

    BATTING HIGHS: Clefts stacked up for drying at a bat production unit in Awantipora. (Pictures via Abid Bhat)

    Halmulla,ISSUE DATE: Sep 18, 2023 | UPDATED: Sep 7, 2023 20:16 IST

    Fawzul Kabeer seems to be a tad crushed, guiding staff at his cricket bat production unit at Halmulla in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, as they fine-tune those in a position for despatch. “We need to in a position 300 cricket bats for 20 world avid gamers on this Global Cup. Part the order is entire however we’re operating past due into the evenings to get the remaining in a position,” says Kabeer, whose unit is the one one within the Valley to fulfill ICC (World Cricket Council) specs for cricket bats. Cricketers from 3 groups—Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan—can be enjoying the ICC one-day world cricket Global Cup in October with bats produced via his corporate, which works via the modish title GR8 Sports activities. “This is a proud second for our trade,” says Kabeer. “For the primary time, bats from our unit can be utilized in an ODI Global Cup. It’ll finish the monopoly of the English willow.”

  • Anil Kumble’s mantra to take on India-Pakistan fits: Deal with it as simply some other recreation of cricket

    Bengaluru: India are set to play Pakistan within the Asia Cup and the International Cup within the coming two months, and mythical leg-spinner Anil Kumble stated on Tuesday that the important thing will probably be to take it as simply some other recreation of cricket.

    The previous India captain has an impressive report towards Pakistan in each Exams and ODIs, having taken 81 wickets from 15 Exams, together with snaring all 10 wickets in an innings (10/74) in 1999 at New Delhi.

    In 34 ODIs towards Pakistan, Kumble has grabbed 54 wickets.

    “In our instances, the phrase was once ‘lose even to Kenya however to not Pakistan’. There was once drive and expectation at the gamers.

    “That’s how the fits between India and Pakistan are being performed and the secret is to regard it as simply some other fit,” Kumble stated right here whilst talking right through the release of Pitchside, the memoir written by way of veteran cricket administrator Amrit Mathur.

    The serve as was once additionally attended by way of former India batter and the present NCA leader VVS Laxman and previous India wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani.

    The ten-wicket haul towards Pakistan continues to be a much-cherished second for Kumble.

    “I didn’t move onto the sphere pondering of a 10-wicket haul, regardless that that’s the dream of any bowler.

    “Then again, within the subsequent Check fit towards Pakistan, the Asian Check Championship at Kolkata, I used to be suffering to take even one wicket. That’s the recreation of cricket for you,” he stated.

    Kumble had ended that fit with figures 1 for 139 as Pakistan defeated India by way of 46 runs on the Eden Gardens in February, 1999.

    Mathur was once India’s group supervisor right through the 2004 excursion to Pakistan.

    He remembered the tight safety which was once given to the Indian group right through that commute.

    “Pakistan was once able to offer any quantity of safety to us. There have been police automobiles in entrance and in the back of our group bus, a helicopter above the group bus, Speedy Motion Drive in all main street issues and snipers on most sensible of structures en path to the stadium, particularly in Karachi.

    “At one level, even gamers have been feeling why we want such a lot safety, however total the excursion went off neatly,” stated Mathur.