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Help Cricket Expand: An open letter to BCCI

Dear BCCI, I write to you this letter at the risk of being branded as “just another jealous non-Indian who envies the…

10 years ago

Satire: Beaten and bruised – A candid chat with a cricket ball in the modern era

Dressed in red or white, depending on the occasion, she can rattle stumps and break jaws. She is a lynchpin…

10 years ago

The reasons for the incompleteness of CLT20

If one moment that had an incredible and perennial impact on World Cricket, then that would be Misbah Ul Haq's…

10 years ago

Benefits cricket can gain from being a part of Asian Games

Cricket is the second-most popular sport in the world, thanks to the gargantuan population of South Asia. Although around 2.5…

10 years ago

An All Time Best World T20 XI that played no T20

It is not uncommon for fans to come up with their own All Time Best world XIs in both Tests…

10 years ago

Mahadevan Sathasivam: A Forgotten Prince of Sri Lanka Cricket

“Wrong place, wrong time” were two of the very first words Shehan Karunathilaka used when describing the fictional Lankan chinaman…

10 years ago

Chucking in Cricket should be allowed

Bowling in cricket has seen tremendous changes, from rolling the ball along the turf with an underarm action to adopting…

10 years ago

Rugby: Sri Lanka Cricket's New Adversary

Shout the word "Sri Lanka" at a World Stage. For many it is the 30 year war and the various…

10 years ago

Sri Lanka's Anathematized Young Batsmen

Sri Lanka is quirky among Cricket Playing Nations. Among the Top Cricket Playing Nations, Sri Lanka has the least GDP; is the second…

10 years ago

The Story of Self-effacing Chandimal

Team sports can be a tough proposition, since anyone can easily be lost between self and team. What do you…

10 years ago

How GODs are synthesised

On the 2nd of April when Kumar Sangakkara roared at the Mumbai sky calling "Heads", the tumultuous Wankhade crowd masked Sanga's…

10 years ago

Testing times in Tests in England- A look at all Tests Lanka played in England

Sri Lanka Tour of England 1984 Sri Lanka's first test in England was played at the Lord's Cricket Ground from the 23rd…

10 years ago

Three Places Up for Grabs in the Sri Lankan Test Side

As the first class match against Northamptonshire is auguring well for Sri Lanka ahead of the Tests against England, still…

10 years ago

Kill or get Killed

8 years ago, in the United Kingdom when the summer sun was just starting to peep on the British Isle,…

10 years ago

Shouldn't a bowler's ability to bowl dot balls be more rewarded?

50 years ago, a bowler's effectiveness and opulence were measured by the number of wickets he took. The strike rate…

11 years ago

The last Chapter of a Heartwarming Novel

It all began a decade ago, when two stalwarts of world cricket tangoed together to maul a bowling attack that…

11 years ago