Anderson to retire after first Test against West Indies at Lord’s

James Anderson has announced that he will retire from international cricket after the first Test against…

Derek Underwood would bowl nine balls out of 10 on a coin: Dilip Vengsarkar

Derek Underwood had earned the sobriquet ‘Deadly’ because he was deadly on sticky dogs (damp pitches).…

The trials and tribulations behind James Anderson’s 700 Test wickets

  Where to start and how to end? The question that flashes in the mind while…

Crap cricket, not Bazball, from England

‘Agony aunt’ is a typical British term. In the good old days, it was used for…

Few notable Away series wins in Test cricket post Covid pandemic

Along with drawn Tests, something else is becoming rare. Series wins away from home that matter.…

Hard-fought series win could change Rohit’s captaincy narrative

It was a conversation with Rohit Sharma that left a lasting impression on me. India had…

Tough day in Ranchi for an Indian team in transition

Ravi Ashwin will be 38 this year, while Ravindra Jadeja, his partner-in-crime, is about 10 months…

Bashir hurts India on tricky Ranchi pitch

At 130-4, it came down to two Azad Maidan boys to get India out of trouble.…

Echoes of 2001 and 2017 – How Bazball Has Put Test Cricket Centre Stage Again

You ask any Indian above the age of 35 which was the greatest Test series of…

Joe Root’s Asian Slump a Reminder of Why Bazball Doesn’t Always Work

Bazball. The hype around it has been surreal in recent times. It is as if by…