S Chuzzlewit (S Cuzzlewit is a chronicler who sees the world of cricket through a lighthearted lens)
There are some who have pointed out that the type of delivery and the word associated with it predates Achong, and specifically that the word was used in the English grounds in the 1920s, a good part of a decade before Achong plied his stuff.
While the cricket fan generally responds to analytical arguments with ‘numbers do not mean anything/everything’, we also come across some curious logic of the zealot trying rigorous logic.
Apart from the change of fortunes and direction of Indian cricket starting from the late 1980s, one can also discover some curiosities in these Tests.
The fans of Indian cricket of the 1970s are perhaps unique.
Gundappa Viswanath was a player who always came good in a crisis. If he scored a hundred India would not lose.
ECB has come up with the proposition of renaming The Ashes as The Grimmett-Salisbury Trophy.
Cricket journalists of India solemnly pledge to observe these rules in future.
Mr Tughlaq himself played very few First-Class matches and averaged in the 20s with the bat.
Chuzzlewit finds Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography riddled with shortcomings.
The South African was convinced for the job by Sachin Tendulkar.
Truth behind the sudden about turn of the man who never criticises the moves of BCCI.
It was Ganguly who showed how a team is led abroad. All you had to do was to follow his footsteps.
Bedi has delved into his vast stores of recollections to criticise Dhoni and Fletcher.