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Personally Speaking... (1287 words) |
 | My cricket career could be neatly divided into three parts-the years before I went to Hyderabad, the ten years there during which my first class career began, grew and ended and the final ten years back in Madras, when I played first division league cricket all over again. |
| The Madras cricket of that period, i.e., from the fifties to the seventies will probably never come back, as cricket has changed at least in its external trappings, in Madras as elsewhere in the world. |
| The teams they support, Chemplast in tournaments in Chennai and all over India, and Jolly Rovers in the TNCA league, have been a shining example of what corporate sponsorship--with cricket's best interests and not publicity at heart--can do if undertaken in a disinterested, sustained manner over decades. |
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BIGpedia - Chennai - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (4157 words) |
| So many tanneries were once located there in a tight cluster that the ground water changed colour due to chromium in the effluents. |
| The M.A. Chidambaram Stadium (formerly known as Madras Cricket Club ground or Chepauk Stadium) in Chepauk was built in 1916. |
| The Chemplast Cricket Ground in the IIT Madras campus is another important cricket venue. |
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