IPL 2013: Adam Gilchrist wades through marshes and swamps to knockout RCB in their own backyard
September, 21 1996. A 24-year-old, unheralded wicket-keeper batsman, walks briskly to the crease in the Hong Kong Sixes against England. He doesn't...
Bharath Ramaraj
(Bharath Ramaraj, an MBA in marketing, eats, drinks and sleeps cricket. He has played at school and college-level, and now channelises his passion for the game by writing about it)
IPL 2013: Azhar Mahmood is the fulcrum of Kings XI Punjab’s line-up
On a typical hot and humid Sunday at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Azhar Mahmood, the old warhorse and the emperor of T20 cricket, left the batsmen...
Nepal can become a major cricketing force among associate countries
The impressive performances chalked up by Nepal last year, and in the just concluded ACC T20 tournament shows that there is light at the end of...
Matt Prior — The unsung hero of English cricket
As New Zealand prepared to take on their formidable foes England in a three-Test series, everyone expected nothing less than the English bestriding...
Expats struggle to popularise cricket in Germany
As cricket-obsessed fans, we are hooked to following certain teams, and our cricketing heroes 24/7. The entire city gears up before every high voltage...
James Anderson: From 'daisy' to destroyer
During a typical rain-sodden English summer season in 2002, James Anderson lit up the Old Trafford Stadium with a sharp in-swinger to trap Surrey’s...
Nick Compton serves notices of his potential and pedigree
Nick Compton’s resolute century at Dunedin encapsulates the essence of his batting. His game is built on the old maxim of knowing your off-stump,...
Thilan Samaraweera: Sri Lankan cricket loses a pillar of strength
Sri Lanka’s Thilan Samaraweera isn’t the sort of batsman that cricket fans would travel thousands of miles to watch him bat. But the...
New Zealand cricket has been hurt by bad coaching and revolving door policies
Ever since the retirement of the legendary Martin Crowe, New Zealand have been hard-pressed to find world-class batsmen. On numerous occasions,...
Murali Vijay's gritty hundred at Hyderabad offers hope for the troublesome opening spot
The entire Indian team was in a jubilant mood, after a resounding win against the touring Australians at Chennai. The champagne would have flowed...
