In the late 1990s, when Lara was having the worst run of his career, the cricket world did not react as strongly as it did now when Tendulkar was not among runs. What accounts for this crisis and recovery of Tendulkar Inc.?
So declared my wife, a great fan of 'The Wall', even as she surfed the internet in vain to get a version from Dravid or his bride, Vijeta Pendharkar, about their marriage...
Our cricket historian watched Lagaan at London's Eastend amidst a group of young Pakistanis clad in their national colours and with their national flag draped around their shoulders.
Tracing the history of the Ashes -- the first this millennium and the first time when it begins in July instead of the traditional first week June start -- to its working class origins
Imran Khan might have had not just cricket but also race relations in mind when he said that this was not the right time for a Pakistan tour of England
The debate is not whether we ought to play Pakistan, or at venues which are tarred by underworld dealings, but what the role of government's intervention should be.
