Neville Cardus

How commentators over the ages would describe a Sachin Tendulkar cover drive!

By Venkataraman Ganesan

In an era where quality of cricket commentary ranges from the mesmerising to the macabre (mostly the latter). In the following lines, I employ the hypothetical setting of Tendulkar executing a cover drive and then don the pseudo mantle of various living and dead commentators to describe the shot.

Rahul Dravid’s Bradman Oration laced with sparkling humour, insightful wisdom, moving emotion & cold facts

Rahul Dravid on the podium was as classy as he is at the wicket

Peter Roebuck — keenly analytical, endearingly opinionated and very engaging

Roebuck keenly article is analytical, endearingly opinionated

Chasing Cardus: Saga of a treasure hunt across England — Part 4 of 4

Much of the epic romance of cricket was peerlessly documented for over half a century by the lyrical pen of the immortal Sir Neville Cardus. Seldom available on the shelves of modern day book shops, the half-recalled memory of the bewitching accounts enticed Arunabha Sengupta enough to embark upon a journey to find the elusive volumes of epic cricket reportage.

Chasing Cardus: Saga of a treasure hunt across England — Part 3 of 4

The epic romance of cricket was documented by Sir Neville Cardus.

Chasing Cardus: Saga of a treasure hunt across England — Part 2 of 4

Much of the epic romance of cricket was peerlessly documented for over half a century by the lyrical pen of the immortal Sir Neville Cardus. Seldom available on the shelves of modern day book shops, the half-recalled memory of the bewitching accounts enticed Arunabha Sengupta enough to embark upon a journey to find the elusive volumes of epic cricket reportage.

Chasing Cardus: Saga of a treasure hunt across England — Part 1 of 4

Much of the epic romance of cricket was Sir Neville Cardus.