The Pavilion View of Cricket

"I respect my wicket a hundred times more now" A profound, nine word Dave Warner mantra for all talented youngsters like Kohl...

Today Sachin was Sachin of old , and Dravid was nowhere like the Dravid of late. Yet Dravid is there at the end of day while Sachin isn'...

Gains from WI series: 1) Viru has started getting 2nd innings runs in the 2nd decade of his Test career. 2) Ashwin has stamped his Aussie ...

AUs-vs-RSA, 2nd Test, 2nd day at Jo'burg Tahir with Steyn. Top class leg spin with express pace.  Joyous to see both bowlers make ...

In year 2008 and at age 35 this man, Rahul Dravid, was beginning to miss catches which he would grab earlier at slip (and in sleep);  he wa...

Bloody Amol Muzumder is now a specialist commentator on Neo, and all they can offer for Yuvi's failure is criticising his technique (wi...

Rahul Dravid couldn't have it scripted any better from a personal point of view. For the 8th consecutive time this season India are p...

On a 2nd day home track designed to their strengths, they lost about 20 wkts for 209 all out. Between them, the 2 openers were virtually di...

Indian Cricket team do not have a Facebook account. They do have a Wall though. It keeps standing and doing its job come rain, ...

The customary glance from dinner table at IPL scores on SetMax told me Delhi had set an incredible 230 to Kings XI Punjab..Without looking a...

Have a look at this link Do you know what is Murali's jersey number this IPL? I did not notice until tonight that it is derived fro...

Actually that thought, posted as subject line, came to my mind as I was browsing through some old Facebook posts in my profile. I came ac...

A relieved Irfan Pathan turned up for a post-match interview after Delhi Daredevils' close win over Pune Warriors in IPLT20. They say Ir...

I was passing via drawing-n-dining room** when I glanced at the TV screen. An IPL match was on, as you would expect this time of the year ba...

What goes up must come down. Likewise whatever gets previewed should also get reviewed - including the preview. Not that it is important to ...

Following on my previous posts ( this and this ) urging all of us to be more open and allow day-night first class cricket to happen: I ju...

Today a 'friend of friend' on Facebook stated sarcastically that he was 'glad that cricket was played mainly by 8 countries'...

Heaven. A cold morning of early January 2011. God sips coffee early in the morning and checks his mailbox. He was out of office for the D...

We were jointly watching the cup at my friend's place. Sometime around the 30th over of Indian chase, the spinners were losing control ...

During the Sri Lankan innings, Gambhir chased a ball and made a half-decent attempt to save a boundary off the last ball of the over. He fai...