The king vacates the international stage

No words. Just awe!

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A champion bids adieu

Anil Kumble’s retirement from one day international cricket was expected and will serve Indian cricket well, since it will help extend his Test match career. He has not been the first choice spinner in the shorter version of the game for quite some time now. Ganguly and Dravid have shown an inclination towards Harbhajan Singh [...]

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Vintage Cricket

4 runs required from 32 balls, 5 wickets in hand. Should have been a cruise for South Africa. Lasith Malinga had other ideas.

44.5
Malinga to Pollock, OUT, BINGO! Finally Malinga strikes, that is a superb bit of bowling. It’s a slower ball on the stumps, Pollock just does not pick it, plays inside the line of [...]

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Adios Inzi

He scored 37 runs off 32 balls. The calm at the crease, the unhurried manner in which he walked around, 3 huge sixes, a pull shot of the second ball he faced, nudges to the offside for singles – all were so typical of him. Then he tried to smash one more over the rope, [...]

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Mass exodus in Pakistan cricket

After Inzamam, now it is the turn of the selectors and the PCB chairman to put forward their resignations. Things did not shape up the same way four years ago post Pakistan’s 2003 WC debacle. A lesson learnt perhaps! Knowing the stability, or the lack of it in the cricket administration on the other side [...]

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And finally…

… India managed to register their first win in the World cup, thought they would have liked to run through Bermuda a bit quicker. But overall, a performance to take confidence from and now the Ind-SL match should make for interesting viewing.

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Half done

Irony! A pitch termed as a batting paradise produced 191 runs against Bangladesh. Today a pitch termed as tricky with cracks and overcast conditions produced 413 runs, a World Cup record.
A more than satisfactory batting display by the Indians. The job is only half done though. If they manage to bundle Bermuda out for less [...]

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Bangladesh outplay India…

…in all three departments and earn a much deserved victory. The real disappointment being an Indian fan stems from the fact that the team played agonisingly poor cricket. Batting, bowling and fielding lacked spine and Dravid, for all his strategies, looked like a lost kid on the field.
Play has just been stopped in the Pakistan [...]

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Minnow bashing…

…is the flavour of the season. South Africa are carrying out a massacre of Netherlands. Kallis and Boucher are still cashing in on low hanging fruits as I type.
The Dutch skipper Luuk van Troost was confidence personified before the start of the match. Wonder if he is still feeling the same…

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Common sense prevails

…And Finally, ICC has changed the rules for the toss in case of rain.
ICC General Manager – Cricket and Chairman of the Tournament Technical Committee David Richardson said: “Under the original playing conditions the result of the toss was carried over to the reserve day even if a ball was not bowled on day one [...]

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