if these centuries would come in testing conditions… circumstances…?

it was nice till it lasted… was nice up there for a while… if there were already doubts that we are actually no.1 or not in the real sense… then be prepared to safely say good bye even to the no.1 ranking and not only coz of the skills or talent …

cut above the rest…

the bating or to be precise farming of strike from vvs laxman has been very strange in this test… though he has done it earlier but this galle test takes the cake… as if he is hell bent on giving every opportunity to murali to achieve that magic fi…

when returning from break… team india always takes time to warm up to the game… is known to be the slow starter ever since they have started playing game…years have come and gone and so the players of different mind sets… but one thing which ha…

only yesterday this blog asked chris broad to give reasons why he let ponting off the hook…? why he was not reprimanded… at least…?chris broad has allegedly confessed…reprimanding ponting would have meant discussing the elbowgate issue with him…

sorry for uploading the same image twice within few posts… but i thought it was necessary to make the point…since i have been following cricket… i have never seen icc recognising the instigator or provocateur… they have always punished the offe…

mohammad aamer (you read it right… it’s aamer not ricky ponting) has been gently reprimanded by chris broad… he noted…”Aamer is a young, exciting, talented player full of enthusiasm for this great sport and that is to be celebrated and nurtured,”…

when ponting successfully managed to elbow aamer the way that it was visible to everybody but to the on-field umpires and match referee… michael holding was on air… and this is what he said (though the words may not be the same) almost justifying h…

after zaheer khan’s injury the latest news being that sreesanth too is returning home leaving the already reeling bowling attack bit more thinner… although it is questionable that why zaheer was selected in the first place coz he was struggling even …

before india’s departure to unfinished business in srilanka… kadambari murali talked to gautam gambhir… and this section caught my attention…Like Sehwag does… Was it tough not having him around?It did play on my mind, his not being there. We kn…

i wrote this post on murali in my early days of blogging… since then nothing has changed… i admire him like i used to… and though with age the tweaker in him has slown down a bit but spirit to fight is still intact… so to salute murali… i re-…

ever talkative bishen singh bedi never known to shy away from saying what is in his mind… the formar indian captain who once said all murali’s wickets are actually run outs… has come up with another gem… “I think Sehwag is probably the best offs…

fellow bloggers kartikeya of ‘a cricketing view’… soulberry of ‘the cricket watcher’s journal’ and achettup of ‘short of a length’ have covered, dissected and exposed the hypocrisy of howardgate and how it is managed and reported in media that there …

inspired by this tweet of homer… i decided somebody has to talk about our beloved but almost conspiratorially ignored CHE… the player nobody in power circle talks about despite putting up solid numbers to boot… consistently at every available opp…

in the world where harsha yells dlf maximums when a six is hit… states open secrets of mrf-blimp whenever the camera zooms on it… coz every other commentator is doing it… for money… he asks bcci to act statesmanlike… And yet, I would love it …

from mid july onwards india will play test series with sri lanka which will be followed up by the tri series with new zealand as the third team that will end in last week of august…from 10th september onwards champions league t20 will start in south …

this is a classic bemused expression representing every batsman who is brought up on patta wickets where bowlers are there to be treated as human bowling machines…the moment ball starts to do the talking they don’t even bother to show up knowing very…

regulars of this blog know i have been a strong backer of dinesk karthik (BossDK) but that is changing of late…i have tried to explore the curious of BossDK at bored… here is an excerpt from the post over there…to his credit he never appears out …

“Bhajji has always been a super hero, a larger than life figure. Whether it is Test match or one-dayers, Bhajji has always contributed runs whenever needed,” Dhoni said. “But I think we should not call an allrounder and put pressure on him, and let him…