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Thu, March 26 2015
2015 World Cup semis: India do a Eugenie Bouchard at the SCG
India crashed to a 95-run defeat against Australia in the World Cup semi-finals played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Thursday.
Mon, September 08 2014
India tour of South Africa 2013: Team India lose rubber, but win hearts
India's young brigade can return from South Africa with their heads held high.
Wed, December 18 2013
Ashes 2013-14: England’s arrogance pulled them down
It was only Karma that England lost the Ashes, after urinating in the Oval last time round.
Mon, September 08 2014
Marauding Mitchell Johnson exposes England’s ineptitude against hostile pace bowling
Johnson’s barrage of high-140s thunderbolts had England hopping, ducking out of trouble’s path.
Mon, September 08 2014
Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell speech will be long remembered
It may sound like stating the obvious, but even a career spanning 24 years draws to a close, just like that, one fine day. No matter the amount of preparation and build up for the moment, sporting full stops arrive abruptly and suddenly. Saturday morning I had to head off to complete some formalities and when I returned in the afternoon, Sachin Tendulkar had already given his long and emotional farewell speech. There it was, the moment we had been waiting for — rather, dreaded. And it’s already a part of history.
Sun, October 20 2013
Can numbers capture the drama and intensity of Test cricket?
Numbers don’t lie, but do they always tell the whole truth? I read recently a bold article in a cricket website arguing that Test cricket is possibly in better health than ever before. The writer has compiled statistical tables that show that the percentage of matches that finish in draws has gone down dramatically from 36% in the nineties to 25% in the noughties. He pointed out that the strike rate of some contemporary bowlers like Harbhajan Singh is better than that of more illustrious predecessors like Bishan Singh Bedi or Erapalli Prasanna. The inference he draws from all this is that batsmen take more risks nowadays in cricket, keeping bowlers in the game (contrary to the myth of the balance tilting in favour of batsmen) and making Test cricket more competitive.
Fri, October 11 2013
Sachin Tendulkar retirement: End of the “Big Three” of Indian cricket
He was around for years and years when Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman debuted for Team India. But to expect him to bat on for a similar period after they retired was perhaps asking too much. Sachin Tendulkar announced his intention to retire from Test cricket after his 200th Test, which should happen in the upcoming home series against West Indies. Having already signed off from One-Day Internationals and opted out of Twenty 20 Internationals, this also marks the end of Tendulkar’s international career. It’s also the end of an era of great Indian batsmanship.
Fri, August 16 2013
Ashes 2013: Australia belatedly appreciate the virtues of experience
Even as Australia surrendered the fourth Test of the 2013 Ashes in a bizarre climax, at least one of their batsmen had something to celebrate at the end of it.
Wed, July 24 2013
RIP The Ashes, long live Big Bash League!
On Sunday, as Australia crashed to a heavy defeat at Lord’s, a venue where they hadn’t lost for 75 years previously, its cricket board apparently couldn’t wait to tell the world what a success the Big Bash League (BBL) Twenty20 competition had been. It waxed eloquent about the success of CA’s strategy for BBL, its appeal for people who had not followed cricket previously and its entertainment quotient.
Mon, July 15 2013
Ashes 2013: Australia show remarkable resolve in narrow defeat
Australia relived the heartbreak of the Ashes 2005 Test played at Edgbaston, losing by 14 runs to bring down the curtains on a thriller. In five days, the 2013 edition of the premier Test series of the game pooh-poohed naysayers of long form cricket, providing plenty by way of thrills and, er, controversies in a relentlessly see saw opening salvo at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Australia would only wish, though, they had finished on the right side of it.