BCCI - flexing its muscle to its advantage
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has a history of raising the stakes when they perceive injustice against them. When Sachin Tendulkar...
When a Test match was abandoned by umpires after 10.1 overs because of a dangerous track!
One of the shortest Tests was played at Kingston on January 29, 1998. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at a Test match that had to be abandoned because...
David Shepherd — The man who hopped his way to the top as an umpire
David Shepherd, born December 27, 1940, was one of the finest umpires the cricketing world had ever seen. He officiated in six World Cups, from...
Simon Taufel retires as one of the greatest umpires who ever officiated
Simon Taufel bid adieu at an age when most of the erstwhile umpires used to break into the international arena. Yet, he has carved a niche for himself...
Mystery of the missing bails that held up a cricket match!
Sixteen years ago, a Singer World Series Cup match was delayed by eight minutes because the bails could not be found. Arunabha Sengupta recounts...
Steve Bucknor is my mentor and coach, says Asad Rauf
By CricketCountry Staff
ICC elite panel umpire Asad Rauf expressed that; former umpire Steve Bucknor...
Cricketing Rifts 16: India's problems with Steve Bucknor & Mike Denness
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have...
"Dharmaraj" Tendulkar 'walks'; makes the nation proud!
By H Natarajan
Tendulkar’s act on Sunday was in sharp contrast to Ponting’s, less than 24...
Twist in the tale of Pakistan controversies made Ekta Kapoor serials look credible!
2010 silently drew to a close with Sachin getting his 50th Test century and England retaining the Ashes. And what a year it has been –...
