
February 06,2006 01:29:27 AM
Late last night, Venkatesh Prasad was asked about his team’s schedule for Sunday, the day before their opening match of this tournament...
Mon, Feb 06, 2006
February 05,2006 00:04:50 AM
The hotel lobby resembled the scene before a college prom. Teenagers more used to soiled flannels were fussing with their blazers and ties, ...
Sun, Feb 05, 2006
January 31,2006 00:00:00 AM
When England walk out for their first match of this junior World Cup against Nepal a week from today, they will be led by Birminghan-born Mo...
Tue, Jan 31, 2006
January 30,2006 00:00:00 AM
Conventional wisdom won’t be of much help if one tries to assess the favourites for the ICC’s junior World Cup. Where the senior g...
Mon, Jan 30, 2006
January 29,2006 00:00:00 AM
Next Sunday, when the world’s two best ODI teams—Australia and South Africa —meet in Sydney for the last league match of the ...
Sun, Jan 29, 2006
January 16,2006 01:38:15 AM
It's four hours and 42 minutes since the main marathon was flagged off. The winners have collected their cheques, given their bytes and reac...
Mon, Jan 16, 2006
December 25,2005 01:19:50 AM
Ganguly in, Parthiv in, Kaif out, no VRV Singh, only four fast bowlers. Something suggests Greg Chappell has compromised on the squad select...
Sun, Dec 25, 2005
December 25,2005 01:13:34 AM
The more things change, the more they remain the same. The BCCI leadership has changed, the selectors have changed (or most of them) and yet...
Sun, Dec 25, 2005
December 25,2005 01:04:49 AM
In the cast of what is now India’s most popular soap opera, Mohammed Kaif has the most tragic role. A man widely reckoned as a future I...
Sun, Dec 25, 2005
December 24,2005 00:28:08 AM
Trust an Aussie to put things in perspective — especially if he’s an opponent who has just been beaten hands down. After the 2-0 ...
Sat, Dec 24, 2005
December 23,2005 00:42:16 AM
At Kotla, it happened just after lunch. At Motera today, victory came soon after breakfast. While Sri Lanka may take some time to digest the...
Fri, Dec 23, 2005
December 22,2005 01:00:35 AM
With just an hour to go for stumps it seemed Sri Lanka’s survival plan was on track. On the foothills of Mt 509 at the start of the day...
Thu, Dec 22, 2005
December 22,2005 00:25:09 AM
Whatever Sharad Pawar discussed with Sourav Ganguly, one thing is clear: If the selectors have their way, and if there’s no last-minute...
Thu, Dec 22, 2005
December 21,2005 01:11:33 AM
The post-match warmdown was attended by fewer people than normal today. Among those present was Mohammad Kaif, who walked in at the same tim...
Wed, Dec 21, 2005
December 21,2005 00:53:07 AM
The health of Yuvraj Singh’s Test career has so long depended on the medical status of the star batsmen in the team. Seven of his nine ...
Wed, Dec 21, 2005
December 20,2005 00:17:51 AM
Soon after the Kotla Test, in which he scored 93, Irfan Pathan received his nth interview request. He agreed but with this rider: ‘...
Tue, Dec 20, 2005
December 20,2005 00:16:16 AM
At the end of the day’s play, as a subdued Sri Lankan team went through their usual warmdown session coach Tom Moody looked pensive, ap...
Tue, Dec 20, 2005
December 19,2005 01:23:22 AM
Like on the opening day during the second Test at Kotla, VVS Laxman proved to be the MCP — Most Confident Player — on Day One at M...
Mon, Dec 19, 2005
December 18,2005 01:36:41 AM
With their captain out, their stand-in skipper just returned from the sick bay and a problem of form with the openers, India have their work...
Sun, Dec 18, 2005
December 16,2005 00:38:53 AM
Memories of Kotla’s green mirage are still fresh when one spots the brown pitch at Motera. But curator Dhiraj Parsana dispels notions o...
Fri, Dec 16, 2005
December 15,2005 01:14:46 AM
India were made to wait but when victory came, halfway between lunch and tea and by a margin of 188 runs, it was as sweet and well-deserved....
Thu, Dec 15, 2005
December 14,2005 03:46:01 AM
When Greg Chappell came down to the field at stumps today, where his side were doing their “warming-down”' stretching, he didn't h...
Wed, Dec 14, 2005
December 14,2005 03:42:33 AM
Yuvraj Singh followed up his first-innings duck with a blazing unbeaten 77 today. Sourav Ganguly finished the game with scores of 40 and 39....
Wed, Dec 14, 2005
December 13,2005 03:10:19 AM
Playing Kajrare on the PA system during the tea break may have raised the eyebrows of purists but it fitted perfectly the mood at the Kotla ...
Tue, Dec 13, 2005
December 13,2005 01:12:55 AM
With five wickets still in hand India have already set a target for the Sri Lankans which, if achieved, would be the highest total in the fo...
Tue, Dec 13, 2005





