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Book Review
Fri, September 04 2015
Playing the Game: A novel on KS Ranjitsinhji by Dutch author Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma’s ‘Playing the Game’ is a novel on the life of KS Ranjitsinhji.
Fri, January 08 2016
Penguins Stopped Play: The tale of The Captain Scott Invitation XI
A mind-boggling saga of of a man who had decided to play cricket in every continent.
Fri, September 04 2015
Ashes 1938 Postscript: The Amazing Test Match Crime
The Ashes 1938 series was shared between Wally Hammond’s England and Don Bradman’s Australians. And the next Ashes Test would be played only in 1946-47, after the last bullet of the Second World War had been fired. However, one further Ashes encounter was played during this interlude, on the fictitious pitch of a hilarious novel written by Adrian Alington published in 1939. Arunabha Sengupta describes the book which should be in the collection of every lover of literature and cricket.
Sat, August 23 2014
The Big Fix: An enthralling fiction on match-fixing in cricket
"The Big Fix" by Vikas Singh is an enthralling fictional book which discovers the murky world of match-fixing with the emergence of the T20 franchises. Nishad Pai Vaidya reviews the book and describes it as a must read for a cricket fan or any avid reader.
Fri, September 04 2015
Ashes 1902: Sherlock Holmes at The Oval
August 13, 1902. The day Gilbert Jessop blew the Australian attack away in an avalanche of audacious hitting, and the Yorkshire pair of George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes added the final fifteen runs to ensure an English victory by one wicket. Arunabha Sengupta looks at certain claims that Rhodes might not have been at the ground but for the presence of the great Sherlock Holmes.
Wed, September 10 2014
Aakash Chopra’s book should be part of cricket academies’ curriculum
Aakash Chopra has provided a huge boost for the younger