Somebody, who happens to have a really strong Tamil gene, told me that he's happy Chennai is having a Test Match at MAC after all the rained out games in the last year.

Now that 2 days of this supremely boring run-fest are done, I can safely pray for the rain to end the tortue ( Read more... )

It's over finally. And in fitting style. A terrific match which at times seemed like Australia's game for the taking ensured that the trophy for the last edition of the CB series shall decorate Indian shelves ( Read more... )

I'm slightly late on this (possibly irrationally) exuberant post. But I think the search for India's next Test batsman may just end with this boyI watched him at the rained out game against Australia at the Gabba. Chappel and Co. gushed about his timing, but what's remarkable is the balance. The timing is just a result of the immaculate shift of ( Read more... )

Scrapping through a tough as nuts sudoku grid comes close to a Test Match experience on Aussie soil ( Read more... )

Someone does something foolish. Or comes close to that. Egos are rustled, the game is brought into disrepute. A tour is threatened. Someone decides - let's wait for a while and talk on this later. Sensible, you would think. Except they have only succeeded pushing the dirt under the carpet.

So a hearing was scheduled. This time, under someone who ( Read more... )

A great week if you were a tennis and cricket fan ( Read more... )

Recipe for a disastrous Test ( Read more... )

Steve Bucknor, please retire. You can't see, can't hear and can't think. It's time.
Blind Benson, there's another umpire with a TV replay available. Why did you need an Aussie opinion?
Ponting, spirit on 1 day; grounded catches and dishonest appeals on another. Where's the spirit you talk about?
Lee, sensational you were.
Anil/Sachin/Laxman - no shame.
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Two things before a roundup of today's play ( Read more... )

Why Harsha Bhogle and not Dilip Vengsarkar should be writing columns.

And we play another farce of a match in Bangalore. Boxing Day looms. I have a feeling Sourav Ganguly will open the bowling in Melbourne.