Showing posts with label Superstitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Superstitions. Show all posts

Friday, September 28, 2012

The man behind the biggest cricketing superstition


The man behind the biggest cricketing superstition
Batsmen and teams fear 111 and its multiples and such scores led David Shepherd to execute a quaint hop and leap. Arunabha Sengupta remembers Admiral Horatio Nelson, the man who gave his name to this strange superstition, on his 254th birth anniversary.
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Monday, September 17, 2012

Little-known secrets of Tendulkar, Dravid, Sehwag & Dhoni

BCCI recently rejected the new design of the Indian jersey, insisting that the team play the upcoming T20 World Cup clad in the lucky colours worn during the 2011 triumph. Arunabha Sengupta says that superstitions in cricket is not new and looks at some of the queerest in cricketing history.