To a brilliant write-up

After a real long time, someone who hit it right on the head on where the sheer hypocrisy starts. Gideon Haigh on how Gayle spake as he saw

It’s England’s day and a potential borefest

Finally, test cricket and I was all excited to see some sanity and so called real quality prevail. However after watching 5 overs of the match, it was evident that this match was turning out to be a borefest. Was the crowd from a chess match where all the 'oohs and aahs' come every time a chess move is made? Probably specifically, it was a golf crowd. By the time the first few overs were bowled, New Zealand already lost their top half and they should be kicking themselves for getting out t...

A refreshing twenty-20 bash

Away from the madness of the controversies of the India-Australia test series, it was a refreshing change to see the twenty-20 championship bash where Victoria beat Western Australia by 32 runs. The match was entertaining and it was heartening to see a substantial crowd land up to watch the proceedings, which is a far cry from the domestic matches played around in most other countries. There is without a shadow of doubt that this format will indeed be the staple of the near future of the game. ...

How not to take a catch

Here is a perfect example of how not to take a catch. And this is cricket at the highest level, where basic mistakes are costly beyond any repair. The mistake here is that his hands are so wide apart, thus giving the chance for the cricket ball to sneak through like a sieve. This technique shown in the picture is fine for catching a football but nah, this is cricket that we are playing here. The hands should be cupped together with the sides of the palms meeting together. The advantage in...

Day 3 – Australia consolidates to strike India

I couldn’t catch much of the match today and therefore keeping it short. Australia played as well as they possibly could on this pitch to post a steep total of 499 for the Indians to chase. Phil Jacques once again did well at the top and Clarke also chipped in with a fine fifty. Jacques is turning to be very interesting player to watch as he has been consistently delivering. Ricky Ponting continues to be Harbhajan’s bunny. Though Harbhajan picked most of the wickets, I still feel that he ...