With the hosts piling on runs and recording big wins, the world cup has begun with a bang. Now comes the colossal clash between the sub continental cricketing giants which will bring two countries with a combined population of 1.4 billion to a standstill. Defending champions India take on Pakistan in their first game, at…
About one month to go. You can hear the teams lining up to fine-tune their games for the big prize that is the World Cup. Such is the world of modern sport and cricket, that even as the fine-tuning is in progress, teams are forced to deal with macroscopic changes – some forced, some that…
It was 1998 and Australia was playing India for the Border-Gavaskar trophy. India convincingly defeated the Aussies in the first two tests and won the series. In the final test, Australia surprised the hosts by winning the test by a margin of 8 wickets. Mark Taylor, then Aussie skipper was jubilant and I couldn’t understand…
As we await the traditional Boxing Day Test match at MCG, it would be interesting to see who can deliver the “knockout punch” this time around. India were never so close to winning Test Matches in Australia in the past few years. What is probably lacking is the instinct to finish the task, when they…
As we are all just trying to figure out what went right and what went wrong in the recently concluded test match, the next one is already around the corner. This is where the series should have originally begun, if not for the unfortunate incident. Every Australian player played their part in paying a fitting…
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