Dinesh Karthik at peace with himself
Assume you are a keeper and you swing a decent bat. But you pass through the corridor and realize not a single door is ajar, let alone open. For starters, Gang Lord keeps wicket himself! You want an opening. In fact, you are open to opening. But you also know that you'd be lynched if heard of even d... REVEALED: Ponting was King Pyrrhus in previous birth!
Was he Al Capone, a gangster beneath his Canary Yellow who frequented speakeasies and patronized moonshining? Or was he Idi Amin, the self-anointed CBE (Conqueror of the British Empire) even though he lost Ashes? High possibilities though these maybe, allow me to let the cat out of the bag and tell ... Live from Mohali
Welcome to What Neo Won't Show And Cricinfo Won't Report. 1410: Dhoni wins toss. Ponting inquires if Amitabh Bachchan had used the same coin in 'Sholay'. Umpire Ashoka de Silva grumbled 'Sholay' was never screened in Sri Lanka and hence he could not shed any light on it. 1430: Harbhajan shakes hand ... Introducing Tendulkar, the grandpa!
First he was boy wonder who looked skywards in search of his deceased father whenever he hit a ton. Then he fathered Arjun and Sara and announced on telly "Mai bhi ek pitaa hun" (I'm also a father). Doosra knows he is a godfather as well, to some of his younger teammates. But what we did not know, t... Doosra live from Kotla
Welcome to WNWSACWR. What Neo Won't Show And Cricinfo Won't Report, for the uninitiated. 2210: Dhoni and Henriques try to run through each other and come crashing down. Both believe the other guy goofed up the mantra . 2150: Had they been in the press box, a handful of Australian cricketers would ei... The R word.
I am retiring from blogging on Island Express. I should have taken this decision several months ago. That would have saved it from the embarrassment of lying there wretched and un-updated, a Kapil Dev-like reminder of the benefits of early retirement. The timing is always a tough one, aye? You keep ... David Shepherd R.I.P
Every Friday the 13th, you tied a matchstick to finger so that you are constantly touching wood. You hopped when the scoreboard signalled a Nelson. All your life, you probably didn't walk under a ladder, feared black cats and possibly carried a rabbit's foot in your pocket. To sum it up, you could h... Why its not easy being an Oz cricketer
Because one fine morning, your boss may feel it's not enough to have just Darrel Hair and demand facial hair ! Reason? A fathead, disheveled boffin jumping up and down Jolimont Street claiming to be Archimedes 2.0 has concocted the outrageous hypothesis that .22 yard of undergrowth beneath your ... Is there too much cricket?
As England prepare to embark on another tour, this time to South Africa, questions have again been raised about the number of matches modern day international cricketers have to cope with. The 2009 English summer began in early May the earliest start to a home international season ever. There were... The Krab did not make a Crab dish
Although that would have been friggin insane if he did. We are of course talking about none other than the Krab Katich himself. Leader of the Blues, my current home state (LOL), one time finalist in the Champions League and Celebrity MasterChef. Yes thats right folks. When the Krab is not walking a... You know Champions League was a dud when...
1. Billy Doctrove has to dance on-camera, in tunnel; 2. Delhi Daredevils discern they require Owais Shah more than David Warner; 3. Ian Chappell needs to borrow a Chunri before entering the commentary box; 4. Dhoni appears only in between overs and there too is outsmarted by fishermen's kids; 5. Nob... Champions League Googly
1. Which two players are playing for wrong CL teams? Answer: Jon Holland and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. 2. What is common to Dwayne Bravo and Howrah Bridge? Answer: Both have Ganga under them. First in T&T lineup and the second in Kolkata. 3. Why Andrew Puttick's team won't win Champions League? Answer: Bec... Recording fielder's statistics
A new post on the need to record fielder's statistics, and how to go about it, is up at Different Strokes ... Giving up and hoping
Yes, its true. I checked out for a while. I've tried on a couple of occasions this year to get excited about T20 cricket. It didn't work in the IPL; it worked in the WC; and it hasn't worked in the Champions League. I think I'm going to give up on club cricket. I'm too much of an old fart clearly. I... Dravid missed a trick
Rahul Dravid is probably feeling like dirty latex -- thrown out after it has served the purpose. In his heart of hearts, he knows he volunteered. Life often doesn't give you a chance to redeem yourself. And nobody grudged when Dravid got one. But The Wall could not see the writing on the wall. His s... Bit of Ramayana in Champions League!
First he cut Shurpnakha's nose. And then he cut a sorry figure in the Mission Sister-in-Law Recovery in Lanka. I mean you can't really speak highly of someone who bit dust after receiving a KO punch within seconds of his only significant bout against Meghnad with the referee counting beyond the cust... Show me a Domenech in cricket!
Son of a Catalan escapee of the Spanish Civil War, Raymone Domenech was known as "Leg-Breaker" for his approach to soccer in general and the Femur, Patella, Tibia and Fibula of the rival strikers in particular. He is a former theatre actor, fortune-teller, tarot card-reader and happens to be the man... Champions League optimism
Right. Delhi vs. Victoria today, and I'm keen to see how things turn out. The club version of the game as played in the IPL failed to make a fan out of me. I suspect I will be more enthused by the version that features some international edge to it, insofar as I can make some sort of facile nation v... A shot across the bows
In a development that slipped unnoticed past the radar of the mainstream cricket media in India, the international players association has trashed the latest edition of the ICCs Future Tours Program [and given me another excuse to keep banging on about my latest hobby horse: the need for the ICC t...