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To the Souls That Support MUFC: Chins Up, My Brethren

Sometimes, supporting a big club is an easy thing to do. On other days, though, it can be a real bitch. It's easy when your team lifts the Premier League title for the tenth time...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 85 reads 14 comments
Writing for the Sake of Writing: Manchester United Going to Rome!

I can’t believe our luck! FC Porto? The weakest team still involved in the Champions League? Sir Alex must have been saying his prayers regularly...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 95 reads 2 comments
The Elephant Strikes Back: Sachin Tendulkar Pulls Further Away from the Crowd

3rd December, 2006 Ricky Ponting scores his 33rd Test match century against England at Adelaide during the second Test match in the Ashes series. With this, the Australian is now just two behind Sachin Tendulkar...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 1,055 reads 15 comments
Ramblings and Reminisces: Best of Test Cricket from the Southern Hemisphere

Breaking news, folks: The Bowlers Well-fare Authority, an underground arm of the United Nations, has officially sent a request to the International Cricket Council that all Test matches henceforth ...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 137 reads 10 comments
Writing for the Sake of Writing: What Has the World Come to?

Rambling is an art; I have come to discover. I am not very skilled at it, I will grant thee this. But mock me at thy own peril. Once I get good at it, thou shall suffer! What in the world does “gob” mean? I do not know! So I asked Answers..

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 115 reads 2 comments
Ramblings and Reminisces: 1st Test, Day One: The Adventures of Ryder and Danny

Sipping a lukewarm tomato soup with toasts to go with it isn’t how one would usually begin a sunny Wednesday morning. But then again, one wouldn’t usually begin the morning at 11:55 a...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 25 reads 3 comments
Writing for the Sake of Writing

That is exactly what I’m doing! I figured I was falling short on my articles’ count compared to my fellow creatures, hence this. Hate me for it. But peer pressure has got to me. And I’ll do anything to fit in...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 54 reads 5 comments
The Curious Case of Sachin Tendulkar: Which Side of the Master Will We See?

Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Which side of The Little Master are we going to see this Test series? He enthralled in the One Day arena, smashing the Kiwis to all parts of the ground, getting three decent innings under his belt...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 725 reads 38 comments
Sehwag in Auckland: Proof of Tendulkar's Uselessness

If ever we needed a reminder of the difference between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, this was it. Amid all the calls for Sehwag being better than the Little Master, how painful would ...

Written by Anon Payn about 8 months ago 1,036 reads 70 comments
Race to the Top: South Africa and India: Part II—For Those About to Bat

We salute you! Not the exact words of the “Acca Dacca” but not too far from the truth, either, considering we are talking of the likes of Messrs Tendulkar, Smith, Sehwag, Kallis, Laxman, et al...

Written by Anon Payn about 10 months ago 258 reads 7 comments
Race to the Top: South Africa and India: Part I- The Brains Trust

It may all soon boil down to this. With Australia on the downswing, England plagued by internal rifts, and Sri Lanka yet to show their mettle outside the sub-continent, India and South Africa ...

Written by Anon Payn about 10 months ago 62 reads 9 comments
A Manchester United Fan’s Daydream: How the Red Devils Can Capture the Title

Manchester United beating Chelsea at Old Trafford has sure got some tongues wagging, and obviously justifies their position as the favourites to win the league for the third season running...

Written by Anon Payn about 10 months ago 195 reads 1 comments
Grass Is Greener on the Other Side: World Cricket: Part II—The Year To Come

We are eleven days into the New Year, and apart from it being Rahul Dravid’s and Abhay Sundaram’s birthday (shame on you if you don’t know who the latter is!), nothing much ...

Written by Anon Payn about 10 months ago 60 reads 3 comments
(Belated) Season’s Greetings: World Cricket: Part I—The Year Gone By

Note to the Reader: Dear Reader, Firstly, thanks for your time! This is the first part of a two part Article in which I look at the past year in World Cricket and then give my humble opinion regarding what we may expect out of 2009...

Written by Anon Payn about 10 months ago 31 reads 5 comments
Mohali Test: Day Two Review: Australia Face First Inning’s Deficit

India ended the day as positively as they could have, taking the wicket of Michael Clarke in the most Indian-est of fashions...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 556 reads 0 comments
Mohali Test: Day One Review

Finally, it did arrive, and not a moment too soon! The timing was impeccable, the stage set, and the Master delivered. Yeah, I’m talking about my pizza here...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 486 reads 0 comments
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2008: 2nd Test Preview: A Cracker Awaiting at Mohali

On the eve of India’s tour of Australia last season, Perth was touted as the venue where India would get ripped apart, torn into pieces, and blown into the oblivion...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 2,168 reads 5 comments
Open Mic: One Day Internationals: India's All-Time Lineup

The selection for the ODI side should be easier than the one for the Test side. For one, ODIs are only three decades old! Though that still means a lot of player statistics to go through it poses a lot easier challenge...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 1,733 reads 16 comments
Open Mic: Tests: India All-Time Lineup

All-time lineup, eh? Before I begin, this took a lot of digging up of record books and scorecards, so all thanks to Cricinfo...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 1,437 reads 2 comments
How to Solve Rivalries Among Formula One Teammates

I have always reckoned Formula One as weird activity. Before my interest in the spectator sport began to sprout, I remember shunning it for being boring. Hardly any overtaking, and the usual blah-blah...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 401 reads 25 comments
Indian Cricket: Tests: The Curse of The Subcontinent

When the final wicket fell during the fourth day’s play, India not only crashed to one of their biggest defeats on Sri Lankan soil, it also served as a reminder of the ghastly fact that Indian cricket has some serious issues...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 1,766 reads 8 comments
"King Kev"- Still a Long Way To Go

They say the intelligence of the human species stems from its will to better itself. They later termed this process evolution. Apparently it’s yet to hit British journos...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 594 reads 3 comments
Every Sport Can Be Fun! An Experimenter's View

Ever since the Open Mic on “What do you consider being a sport?” there have been quite a few debates regarding the validity of certain games being referred to as “sport.” Most of these have revolved around motor racing and golf

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 280 reads 3 comments
Sri Lankan Players Get the Right to Choose IPL over National Squad

The Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) board has allowed its players to give the Indian Premier League (IPL) “priority” over their tour of England...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 721 reads 0 comments
Fine Players for Every Loss? What Is Ranatunga Playing At?

Well, this one makes for a sad case. The newly crowned Asia Cup champions, instead of celebrating their spectacular win in the finals, are ensued in a legal storm over player contracts...

Written by Anon Payn about about 1 year ago 86 reads 0 comments

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Anon Payn Article Archive

To the Souls That Support MUFC: Chins Up, My Brethren

Writing for the Sake of Writing: Manchester United Going to Rome!

The Elephant Strikes Back: Sachin Tendulkar Pulls Further Away from the Crowd

Ramblings and Reminisces: Best of Test Cricket from the Southern Hemisphere

Writing for the Sake of Writing: What Has the World Come to?

Ramblings and Reminisces: 1st Test, Day One: The Adventures of Ryder and Danny

Writing for the Sake of Writing

The Curious Case of Sachin Tendulkar: Which Side of the Master Will We See?

Sehwag in Auckland: Proof of Tendulkar's Uselessness

Race to the Top: South Africa and India: Part II—For Those About to Bat

Race to the Top: South Africa and India: Part I- The Brains Trust

A Manchester United Fan’s Daydream: How the Red Devils Can Capture the Title

Grass Is Greener on the Other Side: World Cricket: Part II—The Year To Come

(Belated) Season’s Greetings: World Cricket: Part I—The Year Gone By

Mohali Test: Day Two Review: Australia Face First Inning’s Deficit

Mohali Test: Day One Review

Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2008: 2nd Test Preview: A Cracker Awaiting at Mohali

Open Mic: One Day Internationals: India's All-Time Lineup

Open Mic: Tests: India All-Time Lineup

How to Solve Rivalries Among Formula One Teammates

Indian Cricket: Tests: The Curse of The Subcontinent

"King Kev"- Still a Long Way To Go

Every Sport Can Be Fun! An Experimenter's View

Sri Lankan Players Get the Right to Choose IPL over National Squad

Fine Players for Every Loss? What Is Ranatunga Playing At?

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