More than halfway through what some thought would be a long series, the one-day international seems to be doing quite well.
So umpires in India have started calling bowlers for chucking and it is nice to see a forgotten law being implemented!
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...
Like on far too many days in this part of the world, a bullet left this morning hoping to find a target.
Pakistan’s exit will mean a greater opportunity for the genial Sri Lankans but also for New Zealanders and South Africans.
Exhibit One is shortish, tubbyish, balding and very very Delhi. Exhibit Two is tall, lean, muscular, a rebellious South African in English colours.
I am delighted that the process of eliminating the time-out has begun.
One of the joys of watching T20 unfold is the realisation that wickets count. Eighteen months ago you wouldn’t have dreamt of hearing a captain say that keeping wickets in hand is important.....
An anomalous statistic has been buried, an oddity has been consigned to the bin. India’s awful record in New Zealand was an aberration...
Often potentially valuable second skills tend to get ignored, or under-worked, with the kind of schedules players have...cricket is ripe for such specialised second skills coaching.
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