Anil Kumble's debut in Bollywood was delayed by news that he was retiring from international cricket. But perhaps like some of the perfectionists in the business such as Aamir Khan, Kumble is apparently not enjoying certain aspects of his...
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Even as India pick their team for the Test series, England’s full strength appear grounded in Abu Dhabi for the moment as airports in Mumbai are put under high alert. The Mumbai attacks saw the England pack up straightaway. Can the...
by Veena Gabriel
Geoffrey Boycott,former English batsman, is against the coming back of England team to play the two test matches against India. More than the security of the team, he has put forward moral issues being in picture after the Mumbai...
The greatest rush of confidence for the South African team in preparation to face the Australians in a fortnight’s comes from one of their own greats, Graeme Pollock.
The former left handed batsman for South Africa, considered...
This one has got to take the cake. How much more adored, idolized and imitated and emulated could cricketers be? The Australian cricketers, both, present and former, have engaged the Indians with their autobiographies even as Australia was...
by Kartik Kannan
One often wonders, whenever Yanni performs an orchestra, how well he manages to coordinate the group to play to his tunes, as he prances along the stage swaying the stick in his hand. There are a few other men who also wield the...
by Veena Gabriel
After all that mud slinging, controversial books by Australian Cricketers,Spinner Shane Warne comes out with "Shane Warne's century". None of your run of the mill book, it is like a fresh breath of air carrying with it all the...
Earlier it was the prerogative of the players to lay slants on one another in a pre series jibe. But now if one goes by the hype of one of the highly anticipated series, that role has perhaps now shifted to the coach.
Australia have a habit of...
While Reg Dickason is said to have approved Chennai and is on his way to inspect the situation in Mohali, Kevin Pietersen is still in scurry mode to secure a playing eleven as Indian team awaits selectors' verdict.
The manner in...
Shane Watson once said he would be happy to have Andrew Symonds claim his spot back post rehabilitation. Now that Symonds has completed his recovery process, Watson is crying hoarse about inconsistency. But the skipper himself is trying to rid...
When Imran Khan recently made an irascible comment that India must tour Pakistan because the terrorists would never attack cricketers, the question that was bubbling forth was – did the terrorists sign a Memorandum of Understanding that the...
by Veena Gabriel
With every finger pointing at the involvement of terrorists from Pakistan,the aftereffects have not left the cricket world untouched. What with the reluctance of the Indian team to play in Pakistan, a feeling of being unfairly...
The quiet of the morning in the peaceful residence of India's cricketing jewel was shattered as gun shot burst through. His neighbours fled: was this another attack in less than a week?
As it turned out, one of the guards deputised to...
This is of course a rare cricketers, but perhaps not such a rare individual. He could well be pointing out the direction in which cricket (read: international cricket) must take in India.
Sachin Tendulkar has expressed shock and...
The general perception is that India now is facing a plight not unlike Pakistan in that it stands uncertain of how it being viewed (not through just lip service) but in terms of security concerns and the ECB’s decision as also the strength...
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