The game we all love, however
Shane starts this chapter with his love for poker. Back in 1994, he went to a casino in Sri Lanka where he lost 5000 AUD. He later joined Mark Waugh who was sitting with another man called John. That fellow persuaded Warne to take 5 grand from him because he told him that he liked …
Continuing the Warne autobiography, this is about Shane Warne and Terry Jenner. On a mid-afternoon, Warne knocked on the doors of Terry Jenner and told him that he has developed a liking for the sport and that he want to learn. However, Terry was quite categorical. He told Warne directly that he was fat and …
England is scheduled to tour India for a complete series. There will be 5 Tests played against India. 5 Test series have become so rare that hardly one is played in a couple of years. Gone are the days when 5 Tests will be played over 4 months. Now, the same number of games is …
Following on with the Shane Warne autobiography, this blog is about Shane Warne and his childhood. In 1989, Warne was dropped from the St. Kilda Football Club. The background is, he was among the reserves for the senior division. He was called by the senior division coach Gary Colling to play in the senior reserves …
This and a series of blogs will be about Shane Warne’s autobiography. This blog is about Shane Warne and his family. Shane Warne announced his retirement from the game on 21 December 2006 after a 5-0 drubbing of his favourite punching bag team, England. Warne felt that it was the right time to leave the …
Brian Lara, the great Windies batsman of the 1990s, the man who holds multiple records including the highest individual score by a batsman, the only batsman ever to have scored 400 in Test cricket, the only batsman to have scored 500 in first-class cricket has opined that of all the batsmen, Shubman Gill is likely …
As I type this one, India and Australia are engaged in a T20 series. Oh! by the way, did you know that India won the first and second T20? Yeah, so? Did you know India may win the series in the next game? Yeah, so? Did you know that with the kind of firepower that …
It is really sad to see South Africa falter in the penultimate round of every ICC tournament since their readmission. Over the years, they have had some fabulous cricketers who represented South Africa with distinction. The likes of Kallis, Smith, Amla, de Villiers, Steyn, Donald and a host of other distinguished cricketers paraded the talent …
I wrote about how India exceeded expectations and achieved the remarkable feat of reaching the final 4 without any hiccup in the middle as the team is known for. I have also analysed the positives for India throughout the World Cup. It has been a heartbreak for us the Indians but it was something that …
That the Indians are by now used to watching our team lose in a knockout game is a given. This has been going on for several decades with a small window between 2007 and 2013, when India won not one, not two but three ICC trophies. It was unprecedented but ever since, the heartbreaks have …