Like suspect actions, Board should crack down on overage players too

So umpires in India have started calling bowlers for chucking and it is nice to see a forgotten law being implemented!

Solid. Robust. Focussed.

Sachin Tendulkar may have inspired others to write poetry but he batted in robust prose. Not for him the tenderness and fragility of the poet...

One-day internationals seem to be in extraordinarily robust health

More than halfway through what some thought would be a long series, the one-day international seems to be doing quite well.

Pardoning Agassi will allow other players to cross the line

Andre Agassi has just added a convenient truth to an earlier, convenient lie. In an attempt to come out smelling of roses...

Dravid has fallen prey to a whimsical hire and fire policy

There is now life beyond internationals and for that we must rejoice

I must confess I am enjoying being a little part of a quiet new revolution in world cricket; of being in this wonderful and disarming global village....

Australia played the big moments better

The underdog tried hard and we applauded. New Zealand played with spirit and they punched above their weight, like they always do.

Indian team didn’t adapt well enough

It’s an indication of how well matched the teams at the Champions Trophy are, or the result of some capricious pitches, that three...

Future of one-day cricket will be decided by the spectators

After much debate, inevitable given that India and England represent a quarter of the teams participating, the Champions Trophy...

Dungarpur loved cricket differently from all of us

Don’t write off one-dayers just yet

I suspect the only entity that’s got bashed around as much in recent times as the one-day international is the villain in the Hindi film...

IPL needs to move away from personality cults

Two fine administrators stand arrayed against each other and in doing so they weaken an event whose success they have contributed much to.