The Pavilion View of Cricket

Finally we have a decent enough reason to contemplate falling in love with Twenty20. What more do we need than a chance for cricket to be w...

"Of all his feats, perhaps the most remarkable was accomplished in a match at Lord's in 1875, between Notts and the M. C. C. In the...

....and recorded it himself for posterity? Now you know, don't you? "The year 1864 heralded two major developments in the world of ...

If I remember correctly I had tagged this Siddhartha Vaidyanathan piece, revealing the true magnitude of effort coming from Railways player...

Rahul Dravid’s decision not to enforce a follow-on allowed England to escape with a draw in the last Test. But it is amazing, the Indian med...

"If bowled deliberately there cannot be a more cowardly action on a cricket field; if bowled accidentally it is still potentially letha...

So many Days abound now-a-Days, why not one for magic? I propose 31st July to be christened " Magic Day ". I believe I have enoug...

This is cricinfo’s statistical reflection on a much-discussed failing of Tendulkar. Essentially it highlights Tendla's diminishing run ...

Meet Kevin Mitchell , an endangered species - an English sports writer / ex player with some nice words to say about the sub continent's...

[This post was compiled nearly four weeks back but somehow I managed to defer pressing the 'publish' button.] Now we know the guy th...

Hi friends! It is quite a while since we had a chat - on matters non-cricketing! Although I am a thorough Roger Federer admirer for precise...

"The second season is usually considered to be the toughest for an international batsman: opposing teams build up a database on his str...

Greg Blewett was a batsman of calibre and grace. One look at him trading his stuff and you would nod in appreciation of sighting a quality p...

"I had confidence in Mashrafe [Mortaza]. To me, he is the best batsman in the team.." - Shahadat Hossain. Exactly what I wondered...

Hi! I hope you still remember me. I can list a few reasons that have been keeping me away from regular blogging over the past month. Some of...

BCCI woke up like Kumbhkarn in the Ramayana (too late, that is) and declared they would be taking drastic steps. Soon they realised that the...

Chanced upon a different kind of one day XI on Will Luke's 'The Corridor' . It is not the best XI or the most successful XI. It ...

..when I am down to writing a blog post away from live television even as the final stages of a game no less than a Cricket World Cup final ...

We are into the lunch break of the 2007 Cricket World Cup final . Even if the break were to be of 10 hours instead of ten minutes I would be...

What do you do when the Biggest Cricket Match in four years starts off 2½ hours late? Regale yourself with gems from cricinfo text commenta...