Cricket

Satire: A cricket journalist grills rain, a long time match fixer

An interview with a perennial culprit There are things in life that you believe in; there are things you don’t.…

9 years ago

The Angelo Mathews-Marvan Atapattu combo and the retrograde of Sri Lanka cricket

Angelo Mathews and Marvan Atapattu pictured prior to the Pallekele Test against PakistanI thought about ranting on it after the…

9 years ago

Kumar Sangakkara – A look beyond the oomph of his magical numbers

Fourteen years ago, a young man walked out to the middle of the hostile Centurion track to open the innings…

9 years ago

Why the 5-bowler strategy is the way to go for India in Test cricket

India should play 5 bowlers in Test cricket on a consistent basis going forwardA kingdom that has ambitions of turning…

9 years ago

Forget Mubarak and focus on youth

As Adam Voges, the 35 year old Australian, raised his bat in jubilance after scoring a century on debut, I…

9 years ago

Who is the greatest match-winner in Tests among current batsmen?

It is a well-established fact that Test matches cannot be won alone. You need contribution from batsmen, bowlers and fielders…

9 years ago

Why the 5-bowler strategy is the way to go for India in Test cricket

A kingdom that has ambitions of turning itself into an empire has the obligation of pumping oxygen into its offense…

9 years ago

Who is the greatest match winner in ODIs among current batsmen?

There is always this jostle with stats, science and mathematics to extricate the right numerals to arithmetically manipulate and find…

9 years ago

Riot in Sri Lankan aisles – Deteriorating culture, heightened nationalism or ugly politics?

For a nation that has been hit by war, riots and violence, armed men invariably elicit only one feeling. 6 years…

9 years ago

Code of conduct for cricketers and democracy in Cricket

“We were soft on our batting. It’s always difficult to chase 180+. We lost momentum in the middle, and not to…

9 years ago