Sometimes one just has to come to terms with the inadequacies of language. ...

We're at the halfway mark. Both teams would have taken stock of their respective positions in the break. ...

A cursory look at the Aussie second inning batting scorecard at Mohali summarizes the whole match perfectly. Every time the Australian batsmen looked to break away from the stranglehold of one of the ...

Ironically, a couple of days after my post regarding 'old men and old minds' comes the performance at Mohali. This match just highlighted to me the difference that a mindset can bring to the side, ...

Amidst all the gloom of people being laid off from work and the continued fall in the stock market, Sachin Tendulkar's latest conquest shall work wonders in cheering up the general mood of the nation ...

As Zaheer Khan and Lee trade barbs on whether the Australian team were defensive in the first test at Bangalore or whether the Indian team played for a draw, one thing is certain - most Indian fans ...

While the grey skies on the last day of the Bangalore test denied Ricky Ponting and his men a full day's play in forcing a result in their favour, the silver lining in it for the Indians was that they ...

If only Ricky Ponting could read into the future. If only he could know what fate has in store for him and his team over the course of the next forty days. If only he could bring his gallant knights ...

When Andrew Symonds accused Indian crowds of racism some months back, I wondered (here and here) at that time as to whether it was not more of a "they are out to get me" mindset than any intended ...

Gary Kirsten in no way suggested that Kumble should be removed as the captain in favor of Dhoni but just stated his view that Dhoni was coming along nicely in his education as a leader. However, in ...

England's decision to withdraw from the Champions Trophy in Pakistan at the last moment once again leaves the cricketing fraternity – the fans, the media, the players, the organisers etc. in a ...

When the BCCI chucked England out of the Twenty-20 Champions League, and even assumed total control of conducting the event without even a by-your-leave from the erstwhile hosts, I couldn't stop ...

All said and done, if a player in a cricket team is declared as an icon, I would assume in all sincerity that he must possibly be the team's most valuable player in cricketing terms. Whether he bats ...

It was a pretty mature judgment given in the Harbhajan case, better than what I ever expected from an ICC organized operation. Probably this is where the sense of having a professional conduct ...

The game at the WACA promises to have an extra needle about it for the simple reason of the happenings of the past few days. Talking about leaving the past behind and moving ahead with the game is all ...

Hopefully, the final say from my side on the "the spirit of cricket" in this Sydney test row, where not many remember the details of the game as much as they do about who was abused by who, who was ...

I have no idea if elementary schools in Australia teach kids to question each other's parentage and wonder about the sexual activities of other people's wives, mothers and sisters in the name of ...

A lot of people (an example) are looking at the fallout of the Sydney test fracas as a world domination issue. Screw it whether Andrew Symonds got abused or not; screw it whether Bhajji did the ...

Sriram has got it absolutely spot on when he writes that the sooner the team decides to stop opening with Dravid, the better. I admit I have immense respect and admiration for Dravid. So that would ...

When I initially heard the BCCI's squad of probables for the Australian tour, I could spot two gaping big holes in it, one which probably could not be helped and the second which I put down to ...