February 25, 2003 00:00 IST
The eyebrows that were raised about Anil Kumble not getting into the eleven for the last two consecutive games might just stay arched for so...
Tue, Feb 25, 2003February 24, 2003 00:00 IST
We now know why the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly get crores to hold a soft drink bottle while their rivals at Pietermartizbu...
Mon, Feb 24, 2003February 24, 2003 00:00 IST
In the end, it was all too easy for India but it needn’t have been. Yes, it was only Namibia, but they had shone just a few days ago. P...
Mon, Feb 24, 2003February 23, 2003 00:00 IST
For the 60,000 Indians in this area, the cricketers from back home have been perfect guests — almost. They’ve autographed bats, do...
Sun, Feb 23, 2003February 23, 2003 00:00 IST
Two sets of Men in Blue will take the field at Pietermaritzburg on Sunday. But that’s where the similarity ends. In sharp contrast to t...
Sun, Feb 23, 2003February 22, 2003 00:00 IST
After being in South Africa for more than 20 days, the Indian team won’t have missed home today. The event was the tracking of Mahatma...
Sat, Feb 22, 2003February 22, 2003 00:00 IST
‘‘When the chips are down’’, Javagal Srinath said today, ‘‘everybody has to chip in.’’ The Indian te...
Sat, Feb 22, 2003February 21, 2003 00:00 IST
Bolstered by their win yesterday, the Indian team landed in Durban this evening looking forward to the matches ahead. They may be forgiven f...
Fri, Feb 21, 2003January 28, 2003 00:00 IST
Greatest moment His greatest World Cup moment also happens to be his country’s. Dateline: ...
Tue, Jan 28, 2003January 21, 2003 00:00 IST
Shane Warne was in perfect shape for his last World Cup. The tall glasses of beer, bags of potato chips, slices of pizza were on his banned ...
Tue, Jan 21, 2003January 16, 2003 00:00 IST
The longest-running soap in cricketing history has taken another turn. The ICC today said it had received ‘altered’ signed contrac...
Thu, Jan 16, 2003December 24, 2002 00:00 IST
Before July 13th this year, the most memorable image connected with the Lord’s balcony for an Indian cricket fan was an euphoric Kapil ...
Tue, Dec 24, 2002December 23, 2002 00:00 IST
With the Railways versus Mumbai Ranji Trophy match tantalising poised, the prospect of spending a lazy Sunday afternoon at Karnail Singh Sta...
Mon, Dec 23, 2002December 22, 2002 00:00 IST
Railways came into their Elite group Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai wait listed for a berth in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals. With a day t...
Sun, Dec 22, 2002December 19, 2002 00:00 IST
Without doubt this has been a season of change on the domestic cricket circuit. Three rounds of the freshly-formated Ranji Trophy league has...
Thu, Dec 19, 2002December 17, 2002 00:00 IST
Between Wellington and Hamilton, the Indian tour party must have spent countless hours contemplating over a few haunting sights. A perplexed...
Tue, Dec 17, 2002November 07, 2002 00:00 IST
For one used to seeing cricketers at home being hounded by fans at every corner, the sight at the Wanderers — which happens to be the v...
Thu, Nov 07, 2002November 06, 2002 00:00 IST
The World Cup might be about a hundred days away but for the many Indians wanting to make a trip to South Africa the deadline is just hours ...
Wed, Nov 06, 2002October 04, 2002 00:00 IST
As Dinesh Singh Aswal packs his bags to leave Busan without flexing his muscles in the Asian Games, the bodybuilding fraternity here is feel...
Fri, Oct 04, 2002August 30, 2002 00:00 IST
There were no security guards, no hustling agents and officials, no blizzard of flashlights. Not even a clutch of fans swarming around. It d...
Fri, Aug 30, 2002August 27, 2002 00:00 IST
The same venue, a similar script but an entirely different cast. Though there are no records to show if Saurav Ganguly’s smile today wa...
Tue, Aug 27, 2002August 09, 2002 00:00 IST
For the not-so-keen cricket fans, Parthiv Patel in a national blazer seems like a school kid posing as a Indian cricketer at a fancy dress s...
Fri, Aug 09, 2002May 12, 2002 00:00 IST
Mid-noon at the National Stadium, New Delhi in February. The Indian team is undergoing a training session on eve of the final Test against t...
Sun, May 12, 2002April 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Till lunch on a tense, action-packed day, the sword was hanging inches over Saurav Ganguly’s head. At 237 for 4, with Chris Gayle and S...
Thu, Apr 25, 2002April 08, 2002 00:00 IST
THE pitches in the Caribbean might be a few yards off the pace and their bowlers might be lacking the sting of old but there are some things...
Mon, Apr 08, 2002