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Kumar—Cricket’s Great Hope
Cricket may be losing a player of a generation, but it could be gaining one of its great administrators. Numbers do not lie. He was right up there with all the plaudits, marching proudly with the greats of any era. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, Sri Lanka
Tagged Bishan Bedi, Cricket, Harbhajan Singh, ICC, Kapil Dev, Kumar Sangakkara, MCC, Rahul Dravid
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The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 1
Every four years, the world’s top cricket teams gather to play a series of one-day internationals (ODIs)—the 50-over form of the game—to determine who is the best. It’s the nearest thing that cricket gets to a competition that the entire … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, New Zealand, One-Day Cricket, Sri Lanka
Tagged Angelo Mathews, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Williamson, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Rahul Dravid, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ross Taylor, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, World Cup
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What the Hell Happened to India?
Reader: Consider two cricket teams—India and England—both alike in dignity. Both sides are in transition: even though their star players may have departed to the skyboxes and commentary positions, both teams are blessed with plenty of youthful talent—to wit, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya … Continue reading
Farewell King Kallis
First there was Rahul Dravid (in 2012); then there was Ricky Ponting (2012); and then Sachin Tendulkar (2013). Now Jacques Kallis—the greatest all-rounder of his generation—has retired from Test cricket. Tendulkar (15921), Ponting (13378), Kallis (13289), and Dravid (13288)—giants of … Continue reading
Exit V. V. S. Laxman
Cricket has long been a sport associated with the aristocracy: some were born noble, some achieved nobility after they retired, and some just walk out onto the pitch as to the manor born. V. V. S. Laxman, tall and elegant, … Continue reading
When a Million Eyes Are Smiling
It was announced the other day that the games that constitute the 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL), a competition lasting six weeks and using the shortest form of the game of cricket, Twenty20, have been watched by more than a … Continue reading
A Country for Old Men
Among its benefits to the world of cricket (bringing in the dough, providing a three-hour runfest for millions), the Indian Premier League is turning into a great venue for the superannuated cricketers of yore looking to earn the big bucks … Continue reading
Farewell to The Wall
Rahul Dravid, for sixteen years the seemingly impregnable foundation of an extraordinarily talented Indian batting line up, has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 39. He hadn’t had a particularly successful recent tour of Australia. But … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, India
Tagged Literature, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, V. V. S. Laxman, Virender Sehwag
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The Fight to Be Number One
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
The Old Ones
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
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Jacques Kallis, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Rahul Dravid, Ricky, Sachin Tendulkar, V. V. S. Laxman
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Right Off the Bat 