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    Steve Waugh in reality show shocker

    By Will 2 years ago, at the end of May Leave a comment on this post

    Good grief. Steve Waugh gets himself involved in the most bizarre events.

    Steve Waugh, one of the most successful captains of Australia will now support Indian cricket by launching a talent hunt to find the next Indian Cricket Superstar.

    This concept is slated to be delivered as a Reality Show on Indian Television, a first of its kind in Indian cricket. The show will kick off in November this year, post the ICC Champions Trophy leading up to the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2007 in the West Indies.

    This show will offer the opportunity of a lifetime to young cricket players across the nation, from the smallest village to the largest cities in India, a release issued here today stated.

    It could only happen in India.

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    6 Responses to “Steve Waugh in reality show shocker”

  • Alan R wrote:
    May 30th, 2006 at 6.51 pm

    As reality shows go, this one sounds pretty good.

    And it’s not such a shocker that they’d choose Waugh or he’d choose to do it. He’s done a lot of charity work in India and is very popular there on that basis, as well as for being a cricketing legend.

    It sounds like a great job opportunity for him. If he’s really mean and partisan he’ll try to promote bad cricketers, but I don’t think he will be. And it should be pretty obvious to all the judges who the top candidates are. The hard part will be judging between the best one or two of all-rounders, fast bowlers, spin bowlers and specialist batsmen.

    It will be interesting to see what effect this really has on India cricket. They say India’s selection process is highly politicized. Putting candidates for future selection of national TV sounds like something which could even add to the politicization.

  • Robert wrote:
    May 31st, 2006 at 1.38 am

    I only wish I could see Simon Cowell look at some young player and say “simply dreadful”

  • Rick Eyre wrote:
    May 31st, 2006 at 4.39 pm

    From the Deccan Herald article:

    “A battery of ex-international and national cricket celebrities will work in conjunction with Steve Waugh. The panel of judges is likely to comprise of, Gavin Robertson also a former member of the Australian cricket team, and renowned Indian Ex-Cricketers.”

    Gavin Robertson! Golly gee! I wonder who the renowned Indian Ex-Cricketers will be? More importantly, will there be *anyone* with high performance coaching experience involved with this program?

    Sounds to me like a gimmick dreamt up by the marketing boys over a long lunch. (And, cynic that I am, I wonder if Steve Waugh knows anything about this yet…)

  • shreya wrote:
    June 6th, 2006 at 3.00 pm

    yes one can say tht steve waugh is immensely popular in india……..and i hope tht this reality show is a huge success!….not only for steve as a first time television show host but also for the future of the indian cricket team!
    steve waugh rules!

  • tausif wrote:
    September 8th, 2006 at 4.29 pm

    hiiiiiiiiii
    i want to participate in this show will you please sent me information about how to participate

  • vishal pj wrote:
    March 5th, 2008 at 8.13 am

    can you please send me the procedure to participate

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