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The Adverse Sixth Jupiter is creating problems for Cancerians - for India ! India's GDP growth has slowed down, oil price has gone up, industrial production is down, manufacturing is down, inflation is up, stock market is down, deficit and debt has gone up and there is a deceleration in the economy. Jupiter will move over to Capricorn on Dec 9th and till that time the outlook is gloomy. At the moment Realty is not affected, but may be at a later date. Only in cricket is India doing well. As for myself ( I am a Cancerian ), my enemies are playing havoc, physical problems like digestive tract disorders and a general lack of peace ! I am waiting for Dec 9 th !

Brett Lee celebrates another English wicket A combination of Shane Warne and Australia's fast bowlers brought England crashing to defeat in the second Test in Adelaide. One bowling weapon that aided their cause was the same one used so effectively by England 18 months ago. This time, Brett Lee found reverse swing in the heat of south Australia. But what is swing? And more to the point - what is reverse swing and how can certain bowlers harness it so potently? We explain the theories. WHAT IS SWING? The cricket ball often moves in the air towards or away from a batsman when a pace bowler is bowling. It is this deviation most fast bowlers strive for because of the problems it causes batsmen. Swing is all about aerodynamics, more of which is explained in the next section. Batsmen are used to facing orthodox swing - which happens when the ball is still relatively hard and new in the first 10 to 15 overs. However, over the past 20 years fast bowlers have developed a new method of making

Rahul Dravid became the third Indian and the sixth player to score 10000 Test runs ! He continues to be the No 1 Test batsman, says Sreenath. The innings he played today was a character innings, in a day dominated by the Springboks. He holds the world record for being involved in 72 century partnerships ! Veeru perished in the slips, but only after he had scored 319! These are the records set up yesterday 1 The fastest 300, off only 278 balls 2 In 503 minutes, 41 fours, 5 sixes. 3 The third batsman to score triple twice, after Bradman & Lara 4 The first triple against two different countries. 5 The first opening batsman to score two triples 6 The highest score in India and in Chepauk 7 Of the 8 200 odd partnerships, Sehwag figure in four 8 His 14th hundred, and third against RSA 9 The fastest double hundred against RSA, off 194 balls! 10 The first Indian batsman to score a double agains RSA 11 The highest score by an Indian batsman ( 257 ) 12 The highest opening partnership at Chep

The entire Chennai stadium erupted with joy as Sehwag scored the fastest triple century ever. Sehwag blasted 42 fours and 5 sixes in an incredible batting display, scoring 257 runs in a day, out of 384 runs scored by his team ! His 309 not out today is considered better than his 309 at Multan. On the first day, he was then 228 not out. Today he scored 257 runs ! His captain had told him to bat responsibly til the end and he did oblige Kumble ! At lunch he was 110 and at tea he was 218, scoring a century during the post lunch session, off only 67 balls. . He said it hurt when he was out of the team. He had worked hard and Kumble's advice was very apt. Some of his shots were described by the commentator Rameez Raja as " lazy elegance " 300 off 278 balls ! The fastest 300 ball-wise! He plays a Test match like a T20! He became the third batsman to score a triple hundred twice, after Lara and Bradman ! What a glorious day for Indian cricket! India 468/1 ! India has becom

India at the moment are 176/0, with Sehwag on 110 and Jaffer on 60 ! This is a good reply to RSA's 540. ICL will be staging international matches with an Indian XI, Pakistan XI, England XI etc , said their spokesman Modi. Another Modi, of IPL, said that IPL had already raked in 2 billion dollars, without a ball being bowled. Sponsors are coming to them with higher rates, as well as adverisers. Anything will click in India, a cricket mania country. Well, the business of sports, or rather the business of cricket is really taking off !

Sehwag scored 52 not out out of 82/0. The six he blasted was worth going miles to see. Indian fielding was shoddy and conceded 81 boundaries to the South Africans. Amla scored a brilliant 159 and Boucher 70, along with McKenzie 94 and Smith 73. So on the placid Chennai track, a batting paradise, we are yet to see records ? Will there be Indian records tomorrow? Let us wait and see. It is time for India's formidable batting line up to click tomorrow. SL beat the WIs comprehensively. In ICL matches, to match Sharukh Khan, Mithun Chakrvarthy has taken over the Kolkotta Tigers. Rechristened Bengal Royal Tigers, Mithun is posing a big challenge. So far ICL is put under pressure by BCCI. But no more !

November 24, 2006 19:47 IST South African great Gary Kirsten has identified technical flaws in Indian batsmen and advised them to work on their defensive tactics if they were to succeed in the remaining part of their tour. The former opening batsman said the Indians tend to play away from their body on faster pitches rather than showing the courage to get behind the rising delivery. "They were not quite there on the off-stump and it's a failing which usually causes the downfall of most opposition batsmen on South African pitches," said Kirsten. "But for Australia, nobody seems to get it right here." Kirsten is the highest run-scorer ever for South Africa in Tests and this is well-reflected in figures -- in 101 Tests he scored 7289 runs at an average of 45.27 with 21 centuries. Kirsten said the problem with the Indian batsmen is that they did not try to get behind the line of the ball. "Most of them don't get behind the line of the ball. One of the thing