Sri Lanka’s Day Despite Elgar Classic
Sri Lanka
South Africa’s new Test captain, Hashim Amla has got the most important thing right on the first day of the…
Welcome To Galle
Sri LankaThe first between Sri Lanka and South Africa, which starts on Wednesday at the Galle International Stadium will be the…
In The Frame
Some CricketersWatching Virender Sehwag bat in the Pepsi IPL wearing spectacles made one think of Test cricketers over the years who…
Thirty Years On
Sri LankaAfter a five-nil drubbing at the hands of the best team in the world, England and its beleagured left handed…
Who’s in Charge
Some CricketersImage: Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga tosses a cricket ball during a practice session on October 2010 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. By paddynapper…
Down and Out
Hail and Farewell“Form is temporary, class is permanent” is an addled old cliche, but like many an addled old cliche, it has…
Sixes and Sevens
BattingThere were all sorts of good things about the drawn second Test between New Zealand and India at Wellington's Basin…
The Sri Lankan Masters
Sri LankaEnglish county cricket owes a huge debt to its overseas players. Particularly since the qualification rules were liberalised in 1968,…
No Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Some Cricket MatchesDavid Gower, Ian Botham, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. What…
Boxing Day Blues
The AshesImage: Mitchell Johnson bowling a bouncer to Graeme Swann at the WACA during the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia. By Dan…
Camera…lights…play
Books and MoviesImage: By ABC TV (ebay) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Peter O’Toole died on 14 December. At his best he…
Perils of Reading Wisden
Books and MoviesThe other day I was leafing, as one does, through the pages of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 2012 when I…
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