Spectacular match!

This is a modern era classic... Add this to those special matches like some of the ashes matches in 05' and the Kolkatta match in the series against Australia. Truly spectacular... a total classic. Congratulations to England and India, their supporters, who put up such a beautiful match. Add to that, the Chennai crowd has again added to some of the warmth which was showcased by a barmy army fan in this write up. The people who stood out: Andrew Strauss: Unlucky to not receive the man of...

England on a full nelson grip

This is turning out to be a fantastic test match. England has India by the throat backed by some superb bowling performances from their quickies and the openers. For India, As mentioned so many times in the recent past, much of India's fortunes lie in the two openers and the rest may or may not perform and create the kind of impact that the two on top consistently does. Laxman and Sachin can perhaps be spared but when the top 2 fails, the going is very tough for them. The number 3 slot ...

Let there be light ICC

What a downer! For the first time in this series, the game became very competitive in the match between England and India, going down 'almost' to the wire and bad light stopped play. Yeah I know... It was like getting close to an ejaculation and then being asked to make your next move in Chess. Out came the officials with their rather favorite and complicated Duckworth & Lewis African 'mumbo jumbo'. You ever wondered why these officials like the D&L mumbo jumbo so much. One, ...

Powerplay checkmate

The second one-day game between India and England lingered on boring dull passages of play, until all of a sudden everything gets shaken up with the new rules of powerplay... The batsman's powerplay of choice. The umpire hands out his signal. Butterflies flutter around crazily searching for their ex's. Buffaloes run free in the city streets grunting in orgasmic excitement. The coaches choke on their network cables. The 12th man swallows his bracelets. You get it. Everyone wakes...