

Thursday 15 January '09
The mere mention of the name Ambrose would still send a few shivers down the spines of most batsmen in international cricket, even though almost a decade has passed since the legendary Curtly’s retirement way back in 2000.Saturday 10 January '09
Till the last season, a match against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy used to be a test of a batsman’s ability to play spin..Thursday
8 January '09As Kamlesh Makhwana, who stood his ground despite suffering multiple blows to his hands...Thursday
8 January '09Amol Muzumdar seems to be relying on his past record to make it to the side, while wicket-keeper Vinayak Samant also have had a lean patch this season.Wednesday
7 January '09Blame it on the not-so-exciting nature of cricket on display, or the possibility of Mumbai not qualifying for the final despite scoring a mammoth 637-6...Wednesday
7 January '09While Shitanshu Kotak is one of the more affable players on the circuit...Tuesday
6 January '09He might have just ended the day on a high, having scored a breathtaking 122 before retiring hurt...Tuesday
6 January '09Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane were grinding away to their third 200-plus partnership in the Ranji Trophy...Monday
5 January '09They came in numbers and created an atmosphere worthy of a Ranji Trophy semi-final, with only one intention...Sunday
4 January '09It was almost a decade-and-a-half back that Mumbai last played Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy match with Sachin Tendulkar in the side.Sunday
4 January '09Saurashtra captain Jaydev Shah can be spared the blame if he doesn’t end up winning the toss against Mumbai...Tuesday
30 December '08He was part of the Indian team that won the under-19 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, and stood on the podium with his Rajasthan Royals’...Tuesday
30 December '08Saurashtra rally around youngster’s century to knock Karnataka out with monster chaseMonday
29 December '08Rahul Dravid’s dismissal off the third ball in the 55th over of Karnataka’s second innings may have a significant consequence in the context of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Saurashtra...Sunday
28 December '08There are certain days in cricket where nobody in particular stands out, and the cliché of it being a team game gets proven right.Saturday
27 December '08It was expected to be a Rahul Dravid show as the Ranji Trophy quarter-final between Karnataka and Saurashtra...Friday
26 December '08It was the summer of 1996 in England, and three immensely talented players — Rahul Dravid...Wednesday
24 December '08Rizvi Springfield High School captain Puneet Tripathi could be spared the blame if he had turned green with envy...Monday
15 December '08Mumbai coach Praveen Amre would have had his heart in his mouth, as Rahil Shaikh was trapped in front by Niranjan Behera...Monday
15 December '08The writing was on the wall for Orissa by the time Mumbai set them an improbable target of 434 to chase...Sunday
14 December '08Catches win matches is one of the most overused cliches in cricket.Friday
12 December '08In what has been an almost perfect season for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy, two of their seasoned campaigners are struggling to hit form.Thursday
11 December '08Since the rise of the enigmatic Anna Kournikova more than decade ago, women’s tennis has been struck by the phenomenon of name-endings rhyming with Sharapova and Kuznetsova, who have led a Russian charge on tennis courts around the world.Wednesday
10 December '08A conversation about Ukrainian sport would generally tend to either a discussion about Andriy Shevchenko’s latest club move, or a nostalgic look at the legendary Sergey Bubka’s career.Wednesday
10 December '08Had it not been for the terror strikes in Mumbai, the Cricket Club of India would have been buzzing in anticipation of a mouthwatering contest between India and England instead of witnessing its potbellied members in their ill-fitting whites play at the hallowed turf.