Cheteshwar Pujara and his wife talk about their relationship, her new book, and India's series wins in Australia ...

F or 18 seasons of the IPL, former New Zealand fast bowler Danny Morrison has been one of the most recognisable and beloved voices of the tournament. Cheeky, irreverent, with a sense of humour all of ...

since 2000"We were basically insolvent" "This has seen me through being an enthusiastic middle-aged flyer to a knackered old man," Bransgrove jokes as his coffee order arrives at the Hambledown Suite ...

The directions are spot on. The Langland Bay Golf Club lies at the top of a narrow lane; you can't go any further. With the luxuriant course hidden behind a hedge on the left, half a dozen detached ...

On a hot Sunday afternoon at the end of July, a few days before Eid-ul-Fitr, I stood in front of his house, which, like many in Dhaka, takes up an entire plot, leaving no space for a compound. The ...

I thought about the young German genius just before tea on the first day of the recent Test in Chittagong. Faf du Plessis had just been torpedoed by Shakib Al Hasan and had collapsed forward with that ...

The two boys, schooled by a state whose preferred national narrative disregards the momentous history of this place, can be excused for doubting the myth of the fast bowling larki. They are not aware ...

Sunil Gavaskar has spoken of Kanhai's immense popularity wherever he goes, and also of his charming effect on women. I think I understand why. It is not unrelated to his joy at being alive and his ...

There is no immediate remedy available: league cricket is still nascent, many leagues last only about a month each, and only so many players can be part of international cricket. But while the current ...

The arrival of tape-ball fed nicely into another key development in street cricket's growth. In 1979, Pakistan Television (PTV) broadcast highlights of World Series Cricket and the streets of Karachi ...

Shahrukh made for a gangly sight - he was still clearly growing - but when his bat met ball, he looked a dream. Playing in the First Division of Chennai's cricket league for Grand Slam, one of three ...

Only much later did I discover the detail that made our meeting seem even more improbable. The date - July 25, 2009 - coincided with the anniversary of that epic Test at Headingley in 1948, during ...