An out-and-out fast bowler is one of the great sights in cricket. —James Anderson By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Apart from a few serious lapses of batting in India’s first innings, they fought back brilliantly to hold the fort and fly the flag aloft in the second Test in Cape Town. No one had thought that…
By V.N. Prasad ‘Men in Blue’ fail yet again on a big stage Heartiest congratulations to the OZs on lifting their 6th World Cup Trophy by 6 wickets with 42 balls to spare, leaving Indians ‘Yellow Faced.’ The cricketing world was shocked beyond belief that our boys could not carry forward the huge momentum, having…
Tenacious English Tigers maul Kangaroos in the absence of injured Lyon; to square series at 2-2 By V.N. Prasad OZs lost a ‘Golden Opportunity’ to clinch the series at 3-1 at the Kia Oval, by sheer lack of tenacity and application when needed most. The last series that the OZs have won in England was…
By Prof. B.K. Viswanath There was a galore of frustration writ large on the face of Ben Stokes, the English Captain at the end of the Old Trafford Test in which England had gained an upper hand but failed to clinch the game because of rains. The July 19-23 Ashes Test had all the elements…
“Show class, have pride and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.” —Bear Bryant By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Bravo! It looked as if the folks in the English church on a Sunday morning were bestowed with a boon for their knelt down prayers, when Chris Woakes savagely dispatched a pitched up delivery…
By V.N. Prasad Amidst a ‘Barrage’ of ‘Body Line Bowling,’ the pendulum swung from one extreme to the other at The Lords in the 2nd Test of the Ashes Series. It created all the moods that a ‘Test Match’ can provide to the Spectators, TV viewers etc; ugly & painful at times, absorbing at times,…
as Englishmen hammer ‘Men in Blue’ out of the tourney By V.N. Prasad Gloom of the Graveyard’ engulfed 1.35 billion Indians and fans across the world as our boys failed to hold the nerves in an important/ crucial encounter and threw away the match in abject surrender. In lighter vein, we can only surmise that…
By V.N. Prasad Ring of Fire’ at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium was lit up in ‘Sprawling Fire Crackers Show’ as proud Lankans exhibited spirited display of cricket to lift the Asia Cup-2022; their 6th Cup, after a gap of 7 long years. Undoubtedly, Pakistan’s ‘Bench Strength’ was far superior to that of the Lankans….
By V.N. Prasad Heartiest congratulations to Team India for lifting the T20 and ODI trophies in a most convincing manner. To beat England in their backyard is a difficult task; that world acknowledges. Concluding Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham, would have been ours had our boys displayed better intensity. Well, it is always “Yeh Dil Maange…
By V.N. Prasad Expectations rose to meteoric heights as players — seasoned and young guns — went under the hammer at Bengaluru. Combinations changed as franchises called fancy prices sending chills up the spines of fans and historians. Number of teams rose to 10 as Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants were formed. 74 games…
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