Hail Sreesanth

It was one of the best fast bowling performance I had seen in a test match on typical Indian conditions, in a very long time.  Until this test match, I had always thought Sreesanth was a bowler who had some ability in getting the ball to swing at a decent pace but was way too wayward to be described anywhere near as good. No doubt he was overrated but there were glimpses of his capabilities from time to time where many kept their faith on. In the last two days, I watched for the first time hi...

The wall 2.0 back in the hunt

Nope I'm not talking about the original Wall, the 1.0 version, Rahul Dravid after his rather sweet 170 odd run but rather the brightest potential from Indian domestic cricket that might continue the original Wall's legacy. For the memories to be jogged back, you can see the original post on Wall 2.0 here or better move over to The Cricket Watcher's Journal, Straight Points christened Che chronicles and also on good old bored. He suffered a serious injury before IPL 2 in South Africa and we...

Kasprovich brings the best out of Sachin

Last night's 175 from Sachin was brutal. It would have sent the biggest of the modern day hitters scurrying for cover dripping wet in their diaper. What was so beautiful and fascinating about that innings was the ferocity of his game that turned up after 10 years of stuffing it in deep in his rather large trouser pockets, where his repertoire of strokes, bank passbooks are safely kept. It was the mid-90's Sachin all over again and it brought me exact memories of the Australian series at Sharj...