It's been a heady last week. First, the Indians got the better of England in a nerve-wracking fourth-innings chase, and just Sunday the South Africans came up from behind to inflict a crushing defeat ...

For quite some time now, I have increasingly found myself having to defend the hallowed space that cricket enjoys amongst a variety of sports on offer. ...

The start of the one day series between India and England in Rajkot on Friday provides the perfect setting for two maverick captains to attain vastly different objectives. Kevin Pieteresen would be ...

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 ...

It was while I was writing an article on why it was good that cricket wasn't part of the 2008 Olympics, that a thought struck me; a delicious thought that just had to be shared. ...

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 ...

The recent hullabaloo about the Kevin Pietersen "switch hitting" had me thinking a lot because while being innovative I couldn't see anything criminal about it as has been suggested in various media ...

While there is a lot of euphoria over India's Twenty20 win, there are also those who look to throw cold water on the achievement by quoting the luck factor. There aren't so many right now, but I am ...

Sooner or later, I keep going back to the topic of Sachin Tendulkar and what surprises me is not that I want to express myself so often about the man but that every time I form an opinion of him, he ...

It was a disappointing end to the ODI series where India did brilliantly to claw their way back after being 1-3 down. I am just looking at a Cricket Controversies program on NDTV where umpiring among ...

India put up an imposing total of 600 plus and the match is at a stage where a follow on for England looks highly likely (at the time of writing, England were 9 down in the first innings at the end of ...

Today when India has "almost" assured themselves of a series victory in England by putting up a giant score and thus virtually eliminating the chance of a loss here, there would be a lot of newsprint ...

I've always admired Mike Atherton for his batting (except against Australia) and his writing. He has been involved in a few interesting incidents on the field too! Run out on 99 in a Lord's Ashes ...

If at the beginning of the Test series, anyone had offered Rahul Dravid a 1-0 score at the end of the second Test would have grabbed the offer with both hands. Today, when it is a reality, he would be ...

It was a miss by the proverbial cat's whisker as India and England played out a draw at Lords. In recent years, the rain gods have on many occasions, prevented India from getting a rare win abroad and ...

Just as Sachin Tendulkar can do no wrong (except perhaps in the last year or so) to several fans of Indian cricket, several followers of English cricket would reckon that Andrew Flintoff can never be ...

The last few days have been wonderful for a cricket fan like me. After having no option but to follow scores of one-day internationals over the last couple of months, it is extremely refreshing to ...

World Cup 2007 was forgettable for many reasons. It was the longest world cup ever, not only in terms of the number of games played, but for a majority of the viewers (read Indians and Pakistanis), ...