The Ashes So Far…
It’s been a quiet month on our blog as the oldest sporting rivalry has been unfolding in England. Three test matches into the series is probably the right time to take stock of things and evaluate some of our predictions from the previous post. England has expectedly taken the lead but it could so easily [...]
To refer or to not refer!!
By Nikhil Jain and Aniruddha Palsule
When we first started watching cricket in the late 80s, we used to hear the adage, Umpire’s decision is the last decision. Batsmen would often disagree with the call of the on-field umpires and there were times when the bowler would walk back to his run-up in disgust after trapping [...]
Is Don Bradman the Greatest Sportsman Ever?
This is something that I have always wanted to ask: Is Don Bradman the greatest sportsman ever?
Most cricket pundits agree that he remains the greatest batsman the sport has ever seen. Can we take it a step further and call him the greatest sportsman the world has ever seen? It seems like an outrageous question [...]
I told you so!
Unlike most other observers in the cricketing community, shock was not what I first felt when I heard about the Lahore attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Perhaps it was inevitable and the predictability of the whole situation just made me pensive. There will be consequences, for the Pakistan cricket fans and for the [...]
