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Listening to Niranjan Shah in the press conference that made the entry of foreign players in to Ranji Trophy official was rather painful. They say that more money makes an individual selfish and self-centered and leaves him wanting for more. This may...

By Kartik Kannan If ever the SLC(Sri Lankar Cricket) Board get down to honouring one of their players with a cricketing terminology, they'd be happy to replace the familiar "Howzzat" with "How-Vaas-Zaat", given the yeoman contribution the...

South Africa suffered a major blow with Graeme Smith finally deciding his elbow had all done all it could. But the team now had to do without the skipper’s resources at a time when the hosts are in the ascendancy and the visitors, well, not...

When Ajantha Mendis was run out, the Sri Lankan commentator, Ranjeet Fernando, in yet another inane statement, stated that India were seeing hope again. But why did India have to see hope when the ninth Sri Lankan wicket fell with the hosts...

“Blue skies and sunshine” says our special writer, Trevor Chesterfield. Indeed that is what India will be hoping for as will the many fans who have their hopes pinned on them on making a few rainbows on this otherwise dour tour for the...

When a hero is celebrated a hundred years after the day he was born in a little unknown town called Cootmundra in New South Wales, it usually means that the man has achieved a greatness beyond imagination. But it is also with some trepidation...

Hopefully this will not be a watered down affair. South Africa are feeling the effects of soggy weather, homesickness, injury time outs and resurgence from England by way of their skipper Kevin Pietersen. It is still early days in the one...

Call it the match that never got underway. Fans waited, waited and then waited some more. The writing was on the wall. Well, it was everywhere. And yet the decision was delayed and the spectators, players, journalists and the officials all bored out...

This could well become a picture of a by gone era. The ICC decision to defer the Champions Trophy is the latest blow for Pakistan cricket. By not making a more favourable judgement regarding Pakistan as the venue, the ICC is in danger of...

by Kartik Kannan When Brian Lara scored his first double century against Australia in Sydney in the summer of 93, he was ecstatic. He finally finished with a polished 277, and the first piece of advice he receives in the dressing room from Sobers,...