Posted on 23 March 2009 by Shamik Das
Two weeks on from the Lahore terror attacks that killed eight people and injured several others the future for Pakistan looks as bleak as ever. The government in Islamabad, as so often in the recent past, teeters on the brink, President Asif Ali Zardari coming under enormous pressure from all sides for the increasingly undemocratic and [...] [...more]
Posted on 09 February 2009 by Shamik Das
Muttiah Muralitharan paid tribute to his family after breaking the world record for the most one-day international wickets during Sri Lanka’s 67-run defeat to India in Colombo last week.Murali dismissed Gautham Gambhir - caught behind by keeper Kumar Sangakkara for 150 - to record his 503rd one-day wicket for Sri Lanka, passing the [...] [...more]
Posted on 05 December 2008 by Shamik Das
I had hoped to be writing about India’s triumph over England in the one-day series this week, due to have been completed Tuesday just passed; India 5-0 up and on course for an unprecedented 7-0 whitewash, then disaster strikes. On the very day of the fifth one-day international in Cuttack, 950 miles away in Mumbai terrorists [...] [...more]
Posted on 04 November 2008 by Naushad Reza
VVS Laxman to Australia is what kryptonite is to Superman. Needless to say, it did not come off as a surprise to anyone when the classy batsman made his mark in history by becoming the first ever Indian batsman to score two Test double centuries against the Aussies. India is a country of countless talented batsmen: [...] [...more]
Posted on 22 October 2008 by Shamik Das
India’s annihilation of Australia in the second Test this week has been one of the highlights of the sporting year, a welcome respite from the financial gloom, ever-darker mornings and bracing autumnal chill. From centurion Gautam Gambhir to seven-wicket Amit Mishra, the entire XI delivered, inflicting on the Australians their heaviest defeat for ten years, a [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 July 2008 by Shamik Das
With his grizzly beard, navy blue patka, impish smile and iron kara - which glistens every time he whirrs his ten-inch hands, Monty Panesar is one of the most recognisable, and most popular, sportsmen in Britain. At over six foot tall he is a lot bigger than people imagine, and with more than a hundred wickets [...] [...more]
Posted on 16 May 2008 by Amna Ahmed
It’s the last match of the Twenty 20 world cup, the Pakistani crowd inked in green and white are jubilant, Mahendra Singh Dhoni looks up to the heavens and Yuvraj Singh kick the dust as Umar Gul takes the final wicket. India wraps it up with a depressing 157/5 in 20 overs. The Indian crowd [...] [...more]
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