AFTER more than 20 years, I finally went to the stadium to watch a one-day international, between India and Australia. I will never do so again. In 1989, I watched[...]
PREDICTABLY, India has been whitewashed by Australia in the four-Test series. This is the second such loss abroad in the space of six months; in between, India managed to beat[...]
THE Indian cricket team is licking its wounds after having suffered a third straight loss in the Test series against Australia, the latest inside three days. On the surface, there[...]
EARLIER this year, after England sealed a resounding 3-1 win in the Ashes Test series, Australian cricket authorities, apparently all shaken up, launched an inquiry to find out why the[...]
[Before you read this, go here. Read the post, and the comments. Then come back and you will understand why this item has this particular heading.] IN TIMES of economic[...]
WHEN Britain engineered the split of the Indian subcontinent back in 1947, there was little indication that the colonial masters would face a big blowback. The old policy of divide[...]
NEXT week, the Australian international cricket season kicks off with the first Test against New Zealand. The Kiwis will play two Tests and then India will play four more, beginning[...]
BASIL D’Oliveira died on November 19. I remember him because of the fact that he was a principal actor in what was the first international series of cricket which I[...]
AUSTRALIA is putting itself in a dangerous position by agreeing to be the meat in the sandwich between the US and China. The US, realising that it cannot stand up[...]