The recent trend among umpires has been in the areas of not being able to call foot no-ball calls consistently. The added pressure of the media and the commentators with endless replays has put quite a bit of pressure on the umpires who tend to concentrate more on the line and height at the other end for LBWs and faint edges. Read more… »

I wanted to write about this and then stumbled on this short but well written article from the Ducking Beamer’s blog on India and racism. You can read about it here.

However let’s not confuse this to the actual incident that happened and focus on some of the statements from the boards, ex-players who truly believe that India is not a racist country. Are we sweeping things under the carpet ourselves? Of course!

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. Read more… »

Rich in his blog cricket-blog.co.uk, had a track back to my post and has expressed his views on Indian bloggers over-reacting unnecessarily. I couldn’t possibly post these in the comments section. Read more… »

That’s it folks! After watching some more atrocious one-sided umpiring happen, I have lost any love to continue watching this series… no more further posts about the series. This match is F@$kin fixed. Read more… »

Mathew Hayden notched up yet another century and as much as I dislike him, the fact is I cannot ignore him for what he has done for world cricket through his batting. After he gets a start, it is almost written that he will be out only by his own doing almost every time again and again. Read more… »

A great day for the series as such and finally India sticks it to the opposition to throw open the match to a great contest. It was important that Tendulkar and Sourav play well to ensure that the total comes close to the Aussies and they both stuck it out as well as they could. Read more… »

The contest is back and VVS Laxman showed the way on how it has to be done yet again. What a marvelous innings it was and India is interestingly poised for tomorrow’s play. The situation is still tight for India and if early wickets fall once again in the morning session, then it is the same old plight for India. Read more… »

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. Read more… »

Second test match of the series… and so far things don’t seem to be looking any different. Australia has posted a fabulous score of 376 in a single day at a run-rate of 4.2… now that’s some mauling.

India bowled as well as they probably could in the initial session and picked up 6 wickets at regular intervals. What should have once again concluded within 200-220 is now heading for a possible 450 plus score, which on this pitch would be a clear match winning total. Read more… »