Tag Archives: Jacques Kallis

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IPL—Part One

Posted on June 1, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

It’s been less than a decade since Twenty20 (T20), the shortest form of the game of cricket, was created, and it’s spread like wildfire. At about three-and-a-half hours, T20 is the perfect length for those who can’t afford to take … Continue reading →

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Sachin Finally Does It

Posted on March 20, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

It wasn’t exactly a crunch game; nor was the opposition (Bangladesh) the fiercest; nor was the location (Mirpur) a locus classicus for cricket lovers. But no one will remember the place or opposition—or even the fact that India still managed … Continue reading →

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The Mighty South Africans

Posted on January 22, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

For the last couple of years, a joke has been muttered by those begrudging the England team’s success that the only reason it wins is because of all the South Africans in the side. Captain Andrew Strauss, batsmen Kevin Pietersen … Continue reading →

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The Fight to Be Number One

Posted on January 20, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

It is a truth universally acknowledged (or at least it is in the world of international cricket) that teams visiting the Indian subcontinent are as unable to cope with the mysteries of spin generated by pitch and weather conditions in … Continue reading →

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The Old Ones

Posted on January 5, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

At the end of 2011, much of the talk in cricket was over what Australia, South Africa, and India should do about their aging titans. Should Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey (Australia) gracefully leave the stage? Were Jacques Kallis’s days … Continue reading →

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All Hail Jacques Kallis

Posted on March 13, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

For years, the South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has been compiling stats that would be the envy of some of the greatest batsmen who ever strode to the crease. As of today, he has scored nearly 12,000 runs in 145 … Continue reading →

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In Praise of South Africa

Posted on March 13, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

I fear that I give short shrift to South Africa in Right Off the Bat. Partly this is because during the 1970s and 1980s, when I was growing to love the game of cricket, the South Africans were excluded from … Continue reading →

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