Did “clashing ideologies,” as was being said until Ricky Ponting and Usman Khwaja spoke up and hit a discordant note, really “script an epic Ashes” series? Was it, as the Australian duo suggested, a bit of jiggery-pokery which may have sensationally fashioned the result of the Oval Test or was it the eternal “sour grapes” story playing out again?
Raju Mukherji, now 72, occasionally lets fall words and sentences which suggest he has finally put his feet up. That he hasn't come home when he lets you in on the drift of his thoughts on cricket.
Olympic football is for age-compliant players with a few big ones thrown into each team. Track and field has its own independent sources of sustenance.
The hosts thrashed the Dean Elgar-led Proteas by an innings and 276 runs in Christchurch with the tourists capitulating for 95 and 111 runs, respectively in the two innings.
New Zealand has repeatedly shown to be one of India's hardest opponents in ICC tournaments, the most recent being the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June. In the previous decade or so, India has crushed every competitive opposition team at ICC events, but they have yet to discover the secret of the Black Caps.
His rise and rise coincided with the Left’s prolonged occupation of Writers’ Buildings, where Asoke Bhattacharjee, the Siliguri strongman, was jocularly referred to as the state’s Sourav mantri.
Rohit has a brilliant run against Bangladesh as far as ICC tournaments are concerned.
Tendulkar has always opposed the use of 2-new balls in an ODI inning.
The ICC said that it will work with all participating members to identify when these events will be able to be staged in the future.
Earlier, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Manu Sawhney had stated that the elite body will be consulting the Australian government.
