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Monday, 20 September 2004

A blistering cricket report

Posted on 21:49 by Unknown
What would we do without our daily dose of hyperbolic cricket reporting? Consider this report from the MSN website:



Birmingham, Sep 20: Furious India captain Sourav Ganguly launched a blistering attack on his misfiring batsmen after his side were knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy by bitter rivals Pakistan.



What, you may reasonably wonder, did Ganguly actually say at the post-match press conference? Here's the answer, found further down the news piece:



"It was a good wicket and we just didn't bat well enough," said Ganguly who also failed with the bat after being dismissed for nought.







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