South African legend Barry Richards spoke to DNA's Derek Abraham about India's tour to South Africa. Richards believes that Zaheer Khan, India's left-arm pacer is over the top and that he isn't quite sure about his fitness.
As Sachin Tendulkar gears up to play his farewell Test on November 14, 2013, Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at how some of the other greats of the sport have performed in their last Tests.
I first saw Sachin Tendulkar in Calcutta in 1991 when South Africa returned to the international cricket fold to play a historic One-Day International series in India. We felt he was so young [18] and thought we could sort him out early and quickly, and get him out at not too high a cost.
Barry Richards was perhaps the best batsman of the world during his playing days who could showcase his brilliance in just four Tests. His career, unfortunately, bloomed mostly in the remote grounds of First-Class cricket because of the isolation faced by South Africa.
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West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron says "character and focus" are the main factors that have driven West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul to reach the milestone of 300 first class matches.
West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has joined many batting greats by appearing in his 300th First-Class match.
Former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar is happy to be a part of Dickie Bird's all-time Test XI even as some former cricketers called the ex-English umpire's composition as "biased" and "ill-balanced".
Sad at not seeing Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting perform well in the Indian Premier League (IPL), South African cricketing legend Graeme Pollock said it is always a hard decision to know when to call it a day.
April 3, 1971. In a trend-setting protest against the Apartheid policies of the Government, players of the two South African teams walked out after just one ball during a high-profile First- Class match in Capetown. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day when the Pollock brothers, Mike Procter, Barry Richards and a host of other great Protean cricketers stood up against the politics of their time.