The game we all love, however
Mental health is a real problem. Far too many sportspersons are succumbing to that. It is not just cricketers but it seems to affect people from other sports too. The pandemic is not helping either. Infact, it has exacerbated the problem. It is time the authorities wake upto the realities of mental health and prepares …
This is not really a piece about the England vs Pakistan series. Rather this is a piece about England having depth in their cricket with the Pakistan series only being a side note. The performance of the English’s so called C team was so good that it beggars belief. How did this happen? Who was …
Please read the part 1 of the 2005 Ashes before you continue with 2005 Ashes the series began. The series got off to a fiery start at Lord’s. Harmison bowled fast and straight to bowl Australia out cheaply and in return, McGrath was meticulous in bowled England out for even less. However, by the 2nd …
2005. The Ashes. England against Australia. One a great team and the other was confidence personified. One with perhaps two of the greatest bowlers ever to have played the game and the other with a fast bowling attack that will be the envy of any nation. One with a wicket keeper who changed the way …
The few hundred spectators who turned up on the 4th day at Edgbaston on what turned out to be the last day of the match and the series against New Zealand cannot help but smirk as soon as the last England wicket fell of the very first ball. It summed up the performance or the …
If you are given an option of watching 2 batsmen bat. One who is exceptionally sedate and he is scoring at 22 and the other who is extremely aggressive and is scoring at over 75, which batsman would you pay to watch? Let us assume that this is the first or the second day of …
Normally, I wouldn’t comment about the first test of a series. Certainly not when the series does not involve India. However, this time I would like to write because of the happenings in the first test between England and New Zealand. There were lot of criticism heaped upon England because they did not go for …
The ICC have announced that the 2027 and 2031 ODI World Cup will consist of 14 teams and the 2024, 2026, 2028 & 2030 T20 World Cup will be expanded to 20 teams. Also, New Zealand and England have begun their series with Conway scoring a double hundred. I will write my thoughts about expanded …
Three cricket boards across the world are in the news over the last few days. They are the Australian board, the English board and the South African board. All of them are for different reasons. Some makes sense and some does not really. The Australian cricket board The ACB have ringed in changes in the …
Some serious ICC playing rule changes. The game of cricket has witnessed a lot of changes over the last 120 years. It probably is the most complex of all the sports. I do not think that any other sport can even come close to cricket when it comes to the myriad rules. Golf which is …