IPL: It's time N Srinivasan woke up and smelt the filter kaapi
N Srinivasan seems to have channelled the James Callaghan spirit as he battles his very own summer of discontent. Or, perhaps, “disarray”...
Before IPL, we had Sharjah
Long before the Indian Premier League (IPL) or even Twenty20 were dreamt of, the Sharjah Cup was a tournament cricket fans from these countries...
Will the threat of twin Ashes debacles force Australia to change their ways?
Lately, England and Australia have both begun to derive pleasure from gloating over the other’s losses to other opponents. England could barely...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men must guard against complacency
As I write, New Zealand have given England a rude wake-up call at Dunedin, bowling them out cheaply and piling on runs and more runs. While it looks...
Captain Michael Clarke under pressure to save Australia's fast-sinking ship
March 3, 2013 could possibly go down as the day that Michael Clarke’s proverbial honeymoon as Australian cricket captain hurtled to a bitter...
Harbhajan Singh kicks off mind(less) games
Harbhajan Singh has only just been reinstated in the side in spite of a middling Ranji season, but this has not curbed his enthusiasm for verbal...
Dale Steyn — licensed to thrill
Pakistan predictably found South Africa too hot to handle first up at Johannesburg and collapsed in the face of yet another Dale Steyn special.
2012 saw Indian cricket in a freefall; Rahane, Pujara & Bhuvaneshwar beacons of hope
It would be wonderful to write something gloriously optimistic and positive at the start of a new year. But the best one can say about 2012 from...
Sachin Tendulkar stands conquered; Indian cricket's cherished dream is now a nightmare
Sachin Tendulkar’s unsuccessful battle against Anderson at Nagpur may go down as that kind of moment in his career. Will he retire? It really...
This Indian team perhaps doesn’t care enough about winning or losing
Slowly, patiently and meticulously, a 21-year-old debutant by the name of Joe Root seized the initiative for England with an impressive 73 in the...
