The game we all love, however
Quinton de Kock refused to bend the knee and it has created a storm around the cricketing world. Universally, Quinton has been condemned. He has been termed a racist. Someone who does not care for the fellow blacks. All sorts of accusations have been hurled against Quinton. Is Quinton really a racist? Does he treat …
One more year, one more world cup. This time it is T20 world cup with one more scheduled next year in Australia. These so-called world cups seem to come thick and fast. The tournament was scheduled to be held in India but the Covid situation in the country at the time the decision was taken …
This week I have quite a few things to report. India perhaps have unearthed a fast bowler in Umraan Malik. David Warner was not treated well by his franchise. James Anderson training his sights on the biggest scalp in the Australian team. How was the cricketing world last week? Let me start with Anderson training …
I just want to continue with this series in providing news from around the cricketing world 2. I want to concentrate on the important news and pass a little bit of judgement. England players are close to agreeing to tour Australia for the Ashes. However, travel within Australia is confusing. Dhoni may finally retire from …
Ashwin was involved in one other controversy. Virat Kohli has resigned T20 captaincy. Indian selectors will shortly be involved in choosing a captain for that format alone. Ravi Shastri’s tenure is likely to come to an end. IPL is throwing up some serious talent. This post is about news from around the Indian cricket world. …
A couple of cricket boards are in turmoil. Cricket South Africa and Cricket Australia. Both of them are plagued with severe internal problems that threatens various officials in both the boards. Allegations are thrown left, right and centre. Some of them are quite serious. It will certainly affect the respect of their fans. Let me …
Cricket at the Olympics Cricket is a sport that is played amongst a handful of nations. It is rather a lengthy game in that even the shortest format, lasts for more than 3 hours. A lot of other games takes less than 50% of that time. As such, cricket can never be a global sport. …
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 …
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 …
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 …