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

Earlier that morning he had looked up at the mountain and not seen a wisp of cloud. If there is no tablecloth on Table Mountain, you bat first, he'd read. They were to face one of the most fearsome ...

I n January 1990, Bharat Arun enjoyed one of his best games as a first-class cricketer. Captaining Tamil Nadu, he rescued them from 112 for 5 with an innings of 141, and followed it up with four first ...

It would be the first time in Zimbabwe's history that they would not be at the tournament. It doesn't matter that they have never been expected to win; World Cups are a rare chance for them to test ...

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 ...

The heat in Chinnappampatti is more oppressive than Chennai's, and the electricity is wonky - there is a power outage when I visit Natarajan's new home, perhaps the only two-storey house in the ...

India fast bowler Harshal Patel is recognised by batters as one of the best exponents of the slower ball at work currently, producing wicked floating dippers that leave batters befuddled. In this ...

I t was in August of 2023 that Don Lockerbie started to get anxious. The ICC had tasked him, a former chief executive of the United States Cricket Association, now venue development officer for the ...

The headline is that Steven Smith, the Australia captain, will earn US$1.469 million this year, while his Zimbabwean counterpart Graeme Cremer stands to earn $86,000. The top Indian earners in ...

These are just a few examples of the art of boundary fielding in the T20 age. And it is an art, make no mistake: the skills, fitness and lightning-quick instincts involved make these feats not just ...

When India split in 1947, so did the sporting-goods industry. Sialkot was part of Pakistan, and many of its businesspeople and craftsmen were among the millions displaced during Partition. When the ...

While the commentary goes back to 1999, the textual detail can be patchy in the early years. I logged missed chances from late 2000 onwards, but consider that data to be substantially complete only ...