By Kartik Kannan If ever the SLC(Sri Lankar Cricket) Board get down to honouring one of their players with a cricketing terminology, they’d be happy to replace...

South Africa suffered a major blow with Graeme Smith finally deciding his elbow had all done all it could. But the team now had to do without the skipper’s resources...

When Ajantha Mendis was run out, the Sri Lankan commentator, Ranjeet Fernando, in yet another inane statement, stated that India were seeing hope again. But why did...

“Blue skies and sunshine” says our special writer, Trevor Chesterfield. Indeed that is what India will be hoping for as will the many fans who have their hopes...

Hopefully this will not be a watered down affair. South Africa are feeling the effects of soggy weather, homesickness, injury time outs and resurgence from England by...

Call it the match that never got underway. Fans waited, waited and then waited some more. The writing was on the wall. Well, it was everywhere. And yet the decision was...

This could well become a picture of a by gone era. The ICC decision to defer the Champions Trophy is the latest blow for Pakistan cricket. By not making a more...

by Kartik Kannan When Brian Lara scored his first double century against Australia in Sydney in the summer of 93, he was ecstatic. He finally finished with a polished...

Why is this decision not surprising? Once again the ICC has chosen the most facile ground to avoid getting into a war that it cannot win. It would be fair to say that...

It is easy to say this tour has been all about the bowlers and in particular, the spinners. Sri Lanka’s batting has faltered in the second ODI and for either team to...

To say that this man has been a thorn in South Africa’s flesh is an understatement. Kevin Pietersen has created headaches yet again in a one day match and with the...

To say that this man has been a thorn in South Africa’s flesh is an understatement. Kevin Pietersen has created headaches yet again in a one day match and with the...

The picture above involving Graeme Smith and Justin Kemp is dated back to two years ago on the eve of the one day international between South Africa and Pakistan in...

The game has barely begun and the injury time outs are causing a few shake ups. Steve Harmison hung up his boots at the last Champions Trophy in 2006 and he would not...

The last time these two met, South Africa won by a 4-1 margin. It was also the season that Kevin Pietersen was unleashed and it wrecked three centuries upon his country...

It is rather bizarre when a cricketer’s personal life draws attention akin to a footballer’s. Cricket fans believed to be rather conservative and blissfully...

The ICC has realized that that their job must now shift gears from trying to convince players to finding a feasibly alternative to keep their stakeholders happy. After...

The ICC has managed to dodge one bullet; even if it means it leaves someone else bleeding. Even as the Champions Trophy has become a migraine for the ICC, they have...

India have tried changed the batting order, changing the line up even. But when the batsmen just do not have enough in them to cope with the spin wizards, it is up to...

India have tried changed the batting order, changing the line up even. But when the batsmen just do not have enough in them to cope with the spin wizards, it is up to...