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One-day internationals seem to be in extraordinarily robust health

Friday 6 November '09

More than halfway through what some thought would be a long series, the one-day international seems to be doing quite well.
Pardoning Agassi will allow other players to cross the line

Friday 30 October '09

Andre Agassi has just added a convenient truth to an earlier, convenient lie. In an attempt to come out smelling of roses...
There is now life beyond internationals and for that we must rejoice

Friday 16 October '09

I must confess I am enjoying being a little part of a quiet new revolution in world cricket; of being in this wonderful and disarming global village....
Australia played the big moments better

Friday 9 October '09

The underdog tried hard and we applauded. New Zealand played with spirit and they punched above their weight, like they always do.
Indian team didn’t adapt well enough

Friday 2 October '09

It’s an indication of how well matched the teams at the Champions Trophy are, or the result of some capricious pitches, that three...
Future of one-day cricket will be decided by the spectators

Friday 25 September '09

After much debate, inevitable given that India and England represent a quarter of the teams participating, the Champions Trophy...
Don’t write off one-dayers just yet

Friday 11 September '09

I suspect the only entity that’s got bashed around as much in recent times as the one-day international is the villain in the Hindi film...
IPL needs to move away from personality cults

Friday 4 September '09

Two fine administrators stand arrayed against each other and in doing so they weaken an event whose success they have contributed much to.
England now need to prove that they can keep winning

Friday 28 August '09

When England won the Ashes in 2005, a lot of us thought it was one of those quirks, like Deve Gowda becoming Prime Minister...
Dravid’s return to ODI frame is not a surprise

Friday 21 August '09

If I was Rahul Dravid I would be overjoyed, and yet not surprised, at my recall to the one-day side....
ICL players will make Indian cricket stronger

Friday 14 August '09

So the rehabilitation of the ICL players is complete and now only acceptance remains; that and the removal of the tag which time should easily accomplish.
As we move to shorter formats, the need to be vigilant is greater

Friday 7 August '09

There is little doubt that drug testing has to be mandatory in cricket. Every good system must create an atmosphere for the clean to thrive...
Players can’t be spoon-fed all the time

Friday 31 July '09

Wasim Akram, always deliciously outspoken, thinks “bowlers nowadays are pure lazy and are happy with whatever they are being given on a platter”.....
Spirit of cricket? It’s now merely a stick to beat people with

Friday 24 July '09

Two captains, two very fine cricketers, Andrew Strauss and Ricky Ponting, are accusing each other of not playing according to the “spirit of the game”.
A legend built on dramatic moments, not numbers

Friday 17 July '09

Without recourse to valour or drama, with no shades of character, no tales of stirring deeds, no room for circumstance, numbers end up telling the story of a cricketer pretty well.
Dravid’s inclusion is an admission of a shortcoming

Friday 10 July '09

Rahul Dravid must be either perplexed or amused at seeing his name in the list of probables for the Champions Trophy. Ordinarily you shouldn’t read too much into a list of thirty...
Sharma needs to embrace consistency, erase question marks

Friday 3 July '09

Rohit Sharma has been reminded, these last couple of weeks, that there is life beyond that astonishing pick...
Is cricket becoming something we see between advertisements?

Friday 26 June '09

I have just been reading the transcript of the Colin Cowdrey lecture that Adam Gilchrist delivered this week in London.
India may have lost, but good teams don’t become bad overnight

Friday 19 June '09

It wasn’t that long ago, twenty seven months isn’t that long, that we indulged in a familiar orgy of breast beating after crashing out of a World Cup.
India, South Africa look the most complete teams

Friday 12 June '09

The first week of the ICC World T20 was a humbling experience for some, a scary one for others and a frustrating one for a couple of teams...
In India vs Pakistan, you can’t win unless you’re willing to tempt defeat

Friday 5 June '09

In my formative years in cricket, the influencer years, a game against Pakistan was never a day of joy, of excitement...
India have the firepower to go all out in England

Friday 29 May '09

So it seems everyone wants to anoint India as favorites for the T20 World Championship.
Shane Warne and his romantics will be missed

Friday 22 May '09

The Rajasthan Royals are out of the IPL but they over-achieved.
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