Do we need a Needle in Cricket ?

We all enjoy watching a little pettiness, bad blood and low-grade squabbling between players, let’s…

Richie Benaud and the Sound of Silence

It turns out that the last occasion on which the cricket public heard Richie Benaud was the…

When Shape doesn’t matter

“This is Chad Bradford,” reported Jonah Hill’s character Peter Brand in the movie, Moneyball, to Brad Pitt’s…

Appreciating the game of Cricket as a Neutral fan

The story of a cricket bat

There has been significant discussion in world cricket circles recently regarding a perceived imbalance between…

The latest product of IPL’s dream factory

The village of Chinnappampatti, 20 miles from Salem, 200 miles from Chennai, is so…

Being Mithali…

In a country obsessed with cricket, one that has slowly yet steadily come to recognise the women in the sport, Mithali Raj has loose…

The Other Wasim

In 1996, a teenage boy from Rawalpindi played what they called an unforgettable innings on debut. Soon that boy was forgotten…

Can cricket be saved from itself?

With skill and appetite growing outside Test-playing nations, the need to shift power from…

The New Catalysts in Indian Cricket

Because we knew it was coming for the last few months doesn’t make the revolution in the Board of…