2 minute readSuppose we should write about at least one of the Boxing Day Tests. Australia v India is the more interesting one from an impartial perspective and so far India have the upper hand thanks to Zaheer Khan and some old bastard fifties. One of those was from Sachin Tendulkar, who
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Virender Sehwag has something to shout about in one-day cricket
< 1 minute readAnd it’s about time. We were talking about Sehwag’s unspectacular one-day record on this site only the other day. He’s properly addressed that now by hitting the highest one-day international score of all time. Sehwag deserves a one-day record – not because he’s an exceptional one-day batsman, but because he’s
Continue readingIndia lose home one-day international – West Indies win away
< 1 minute readWhich is the more noteworthy? Not sure. Not sure it matters. Both facts are pretty striking. West Indies West Indies’ tour of the subcontinent, while on the face of it relatively unsuccessful, has been fairly decent in our eyes. It’s a bit sad that expectations have dropped that much, but
Continue readingGreat draw – in no other sport does that make much sense
2 minute readIt was a glorious and gleefully shambolic finish to the third Test between India and West Indies. West Indies were one wicket away from a tie, India one run away from a win. R Ashwin was run out going for what would have been the winning run and the match
Continue readingR Ashwin learns from Harbhajan Singh
< 1 minute readWe like R Ashwin. He seems… keen. He’s talented too, but talented players are ten-a-penny. Who cares about them? No, what we like is a stony face when someone runs in to bowl; a face that says: ‘Shut up, I’m working. No, seriously, stop it. I’m trying to concentrate. I’ve
Continue readingIs Tendulkar’s milestone a higher priority than winning a Test match?
< 1 minute readHome ground. Series won. You could be forgiven for wondering whether the Wankhede pitch has been tailored for one man’s benefit – one man and his legion of fans, that is. We could say that placing so much emphasis on one man’s achievement is disrespectful towards the 21 marionettes who
Continue readingDuncan Fletcher’s India team
< 1 minute readHaving extracted our face from the dent in our desk, we did manage to catch much of today’s play, our view unobscured by tears of frustration. What we saw was India’s bowling attack and it looks a damn sight better than it had in England. Bizarrely, the man who emerged
Continue readingIndian batsmen hit hundreds
< 1 minute readWe’re not really sure what to write about today. We suppose we should make reference to India v West Indies, but we were either asleep or at work for today’s play, so we don’t really have much to say. Looking at the scorecard, we’re kind of irritated that MS Dhoni
Continue readingTest cricket attendances in India
2 minute readRitesh’s match report has attracted attention from far and wide. We’ve a nagging concern that people are going to arrive here thinking this is an intelligent website that makes serious points only to be confronted with something like this. But what are you going to do? Even so, we thought
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3 minute readRitesh writes: I solved a mystery yesterday. In a Test that could well see Sachin Tendulkar hit his 100th international century, only 8,000 people turned up on a Sunday to a ground that holds 50,000. Of course such turnouts are not uncommon at marginal grounds where the BCCI insists on
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