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The fitness question again
You might have noticed it. And wondered why. Indian batsmen staying rooted to the crease during the recent South African and Zimbabwe cricket tours.
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Mark Taylor hints at retirement
The Australian cricket captain has finally admitted that leadership pressure has undermined his batting.
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Independence Cup inaugural fixture cancelled
The inaugural match of the Independence Cricket Cup between Pakistan and New Zealand will not be staged, as slated, at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi.
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United Front plans a Rs 1 billion national sports development fund
The central government is planning a national sports development fund to promote sports in India.
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Kudos for Kuruvilla!
India's inexperienced fast bowlers blast the West Indies for 140 in their second innings.
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Umpiring gaffe short-circuits Tendulkar century
Tendulkar looked set for a hundred when umpire Lloyd Barker overlooked Bishop overstepping the crease and declared the Indian skipper out, eight runs short of his his twelfth century.
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In the end, the day belonged to the Guyanese fisherman's son
Shivnarine Chanderpaul's maiden hundred takes the West Indies to safety on the first day of the Bridgetown Test.
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Srinath could still play in Independence Cup
Javagal Srinath may be available for the four nation Independence Cup which will be played at different Indian venues between May 9 and 28.
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Ganguly takes India to a draw in Barbados tie
Saurav Ganguly hit a defiant, unbeaten 73 as India held on for a draw on the final day of their three-day match against Barbados at the Kensington Oval.
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Jayasuriya takes Lankans to easy win over Kiwis
Sanath Jayasuriya scored a quick-fire 79 from 63 deliveries to lead Sri Lanka to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in a day-night limited-overs cricket match at Lancaster Park.
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`They thought I lacked seriousness'
Venkatapathy Raju on his ouster from the Indian cricket team.
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Those fast bowlers.. they hunt in pairs
Fast bowlers, like opening batsmen, work in pairs. They seem to get inspired and perform better in the company of their partners, then going from strength to strength.
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Didn't Board know extent of Srinath’s injury?
A fax sent by the doctor who treated Javagal Srinath has put the Board of Control of Cricket in India in a spot.
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Unshakeable, unflappable Haynes
When Des Haynes walked back from his last innings with a duck, he was assured he was in august company. Don Bradman, who himself had done the same thing, told him it was a good idea to end one’s career with a duck.
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Dreary draw in Port of Spain Test
Stuart Williams and Shivnarine Chanderpaul's combined tenacity coupled with pretty ordinary Indian bowling ensured that the West Indies rescued the second Test.
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And not a wicket fell all day...
For cricket fans it is a treat to watch the scoreboard ticking at a run-a-minute with over 300 runs scored in a day's play and not one wicket falling all day.
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Age has not withered these great men...
On March 13, Australia's oldest living Test cricketer and the second oldest Test cricketer in the world, Leo O' Brien, died in Sydney at 89 years and 255 days.
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Srinath will need two months to recover
Javagal Srinath has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India that he has been advised him to undergo a rehabiliation programme for the next two months.
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Sidhu 13th to score double-ton in West Indies
He is only the third Indian and the 13th player in the world to score a Test double-century against the West Indies in the Caribbean.
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Sidhu makes 17th Indian double-century
He becomes the eleventh Indian batsman to score a double-century in Test cricket.
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The ins and outs of Navjot Sidhu
At 33, Navjot Sidhu has made an amazing comeback to Test cricket.
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Independence Cup fixture snarled in red tape
A bureaucratic dispute has jeopardised the inaugural match of the Independence Cricket Cup.
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Odds and trends from the cricket field
Woolmer defends sledging, Lloyd defends "designer wickets", novelist Shashi Tharoor proposes reform in domestic cricket, racism rears its head in ICC corridors, and the mystery of Noel David continues.
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Stump vision
Cricket writer K N Prabhu on an encounter with Test star turned star umpire S Venkatraghavan.
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Long march for the Chinamen
When Michael Bevan and Paul Adams took the field for the recently concluded first Test between Australia and South Africa, they signalled the revival of a lost art.
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Three of a kind
For the second time this season, as many as three Test matches will begin on the same day.
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`Sachin, Prasad will be the next casualties'
Former India captain and manager Ajit Wadekar has warned the Board of Control for Cricket in India that if 'overtaxing' of the players continues, then captain Sachin Tendulkar and Venkatesh Prasad may soon join Javagal Srinath on the injured list.
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'Azhar gives 150 per cent to the team. I shall do the same'
Noel David is bubbling with confidence to justify his inclusion in the Indian team. An exclusive interview.
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47.4 overs per Test!
Javagal Srinath has bowled more than any other fast bowler in recent international cricket.
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India has won just 2 of the 28 Tests played in the Caribbean
India, on their seventh tour of the West Indies, begin their campaign on Thursday.
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The ticklish issue of team selection
Jagmohan Dalmiya, on Rediff Chat, defended the present system of team selection as the best possible. Is it, really? We propose an alternative.
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Polly kaka lasted 10 years in a place where petty politicking
has been perfected into an art form
Why did Polly Umrigar resign as executive secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India?
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Chris Cairns may miss Independence Cup
The Kiwi allrounder will need an operation to treat an ankle injury.
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Noel David to fly to Windies
Less than a fortnight after chairman of selectors Ramakant Desai said, "Show me an off spinner and I will include him in the side", he discovered one. And Noel David, the Hyderabad and India A off spinner, gets a ticket to the Windies.
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The Achilles heel factor in international cricket
As the Javagal Srinath affair dominates the headlines, V Gangadhar recollects other instances of famed cricketers succumbing to physical injuries.
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Return ticket - a look back in time
Anant Gaundalkar leafs through the record books. To find other instances of Indian cricketers forced through injury to abandon tours.
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Double Trouble as the Waugh twins create a world record
Twin brothers Steve and Mark Waugh of Australia broke a world record - held, incidentally, by compatriots Ian and Greg Chappell - when they turned out for Australia in the just concluded first Test against RSA at Johannesburg.
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Srinath likely to miss West Indies tour
India's aspirations to perform well in the West Indies received a setback on the eve of the first Test, when pace spearhead Javagal Srinath's shoulder packed finally packed in after months of continuous cricket.
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Polly Umrigar refuses to reconsider, stands firm on quitting
Polly 'Kaka' Umrigar's 50-odd years of service to Indian cricket, first as player, then as executive secretary to the BCCI, came to a sorry end on March 1.
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ICC bid to formalise world championship of Test cricket
By year-end, we could have an official system in place to determine which of the nine Test-playing nations is the real champion of Test cricket.
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