17 Sep The beauty of Test cricket and the beast of poor batting
Test cricket is beautiful in the sense, at times, it indulges people for 40 hours and still leave them wanting for more at the end....
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03 Sep Ben Stokes: The Extraordinaire
The year was 2014. England toured down under with the hope of retaining the Ashes. But Mitchell Johnson had other plans. He was unplayable throughout that series. In one of the test match England needed over 500 runs to win. Johnson and Ryan Harris dismantled...
13 Jul Kane Williamson: The Portrait of an Icon
‘God Defend New Zealand’ played on the stadium of Old Trafford at Manchester. The event was the world cup semifinal and the place on the cricket’s biggest match was on the line. The Kiwis sang the national anthem passionately in Maori and English languages. The...
24 May ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Preview Series: South Africa
Current ODI ranking: 3rd Last two editions: Semifinalist (2015), Quarterfinals (2011) The Proteas don’t have happy memories when it comes to the ICC tournaments, even disappointing in the World Cups. They bowed out against New Zealand last time in one of the greatest ODI game ever in the semi...
19 May ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Preview Series: England
Current Ranking: 1st Last two editions: Group stage (2015), Quarterfinals (2011) Cricket will return home this summer. The three editions which were held in England didn’t sing happy tune for England, with West Indies (1979), Australia (1987) and Pakistan (1992) beating them in the finals. The Three...
19 May Pakistan triumphs over India to win Wheelchair Asia Cup trophy
Muhammad Latif smashed a swashbuckling unbeaten century in the final of the ongoing Wheelcahir T20 Asia Cup cricket tournament to help Pakistan beat India by five wickets and lift the trophy in a match played at Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground on Saturday. Latif registered a monumental...
18 May ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Preview Series: Pakistan
Current Ranking: 6th Last two editions: Quarterfinals (2015), Semifinals (2011) The Shaheens’ first and only triumph till date came in 1992 when they beat England in the final. They reached the final 7 years later only to get thumped by Australia. They will be hoping to repeat the performances which led...
15 May ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Preview Series: West Indies
Current ODI ranking: 8th Last two editions: Quarterfinalist (2015), Quarterfinalist (2011) The West Indies are the two times champions of the world, both success coming in the first two editions. The intra-board struggle and the players’ dissatisfaction has been plaguing the West Indies cricket. The West Indies will try to put...
13 May ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019 Preview Series: India
Current ODI ranking: 2nd Last two editions: Semifinalist (2015), Champions (2011) The men in blue are the two times champions, their recent being the sensational win in 2011. They were the first team to win the cup at home venue as hosts. Virat Kohli will be leading his troops as...
29 Sep Suresh Raina- A cricketer in a supporting role
Suresh Raina- A cricketer in a supporting role Saturday, March 14th, 2015 In science & technology, a standard of measurement possessing sufficient identifiable characteristics common to the individual units of a population to facilitate economical and efficient comparison of attributes for units selected from a sample is known...