The Pavilion View of Cricket

I could not believe my ears when I heard Maninder Singh defending Yuvraj Singh in the face of questions raised on his form and fitness in a ...

What were the major factors behind India's Test win at Perth ? We have discussed all of them barring three in various posts on this blo...

7 years ago, another 17th consecutive win beckoned Australia at Eden Gardens. They had to beat India to get it. They lost the match . It was...

Captain Courageous collects a stump after RP castles Tait and Look who's captain too - Sehwag!

Most of us believe that the bowler is more important in Test matches than the batsman. They are there to win you Test matches. Perhaps the g...

Sehwag's 29 now. He scored 29 the day before. And he's on 29*..

This man was the fastest and best in his trade during the early 90’s. At the time he must have been the most suited to play in Perth. Why, e...

Now this is interesting. We are not going into the right and wrong of exchanging one Punjab Pipegun for Delhi Dynamite and the other for Bar...

..is under the scanner once again. I am unable to speak on the legality of his action in delivering that 'Perth special' but I was ...

That's the Symmo-Hogg standpoint. It's not necessarily so in these parts of the world where, as Steven Waugh knows better, calling s...

That’s my answer to the 'sms poll' question for today on a local news channel: “Did Australia deserve to win the Sydney Test ?” That...

From the looks of it Anil Kumble is not going to be called 'the greatest' or 'the best' during his playing days. If he was n...

A lot of talk in the media has been about how India have done well ahead of the crucial Australia tour. Why, the Indian young brigade is see...

For someone whose batting form and consistency has been as unshakeable as a walrus (but I was different..) RD’s story in recent months has s...

Sourav Ganguly played a crucial role in cutting the raw diamond in Yuvraj Singh. Yet when Dada started the Test series against Pakistan last...

Well - trying to be back, really. I am still cybernetically challenged at home. But what the hell - Indians are in Australia and I just can...

Consistency of the Indian bowlers at the pressure moments was the common feature of two hugely different Indian teams doing well in the test...

Between Mohammad Kaif at the Lords’ 2002 and Robin Uthappa at the Oval 2007 there can be only one winner – the forgotten fielding man from...

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...