Jacques Kallis says Durban Test will be his last
On December 17, the eve of the first Test, one saw Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith walk up to the pitch at the Wanderers. Their mates were busy training at the nets outside the field of play....
View ArticleSouth Africa vs India: Dale Steyn takes six-wicket; nullifies India’s...
Friday was about two spells: one with the old ball, the other with the semi-new one. It was about the end of an unprecedented drought. It was about pace and purpose. It was about reverse-swing bowling...
View ArticleJacques Kallis admits he was nervous in the nineties, but experience mattered
Jacques Kallis, who’s century helped South Africa take a 166-run first innings lead in the second Test vs India at Kingsmead, said he will cherish scoring a ton in his last Test after a 18-year...
View ArticleJacques Kallis says knew it was time to end Test career as he lost ‘mental edge’
Retired South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis said that he knew that it was the time to draw the curtains on his Test career after the final Test of the year against India. Playing with the grace...
View ArticleBrutal Corey Anderson slams fastest ODI century off 36 balls against West Indies
New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson cracked the fastest century in one-day international history on Wednesday, reaching three figures in just 36 deliveries against the West Indies. The previous...
View ArticleIndia’s batsmen deserve better fast-bowling support
On paper, India didn’t win anything on this tour. They lost the ODI series 2-0, and would most likely have lost the third match had rain not interrupted. They lost the Test series 1-0. Between the...
View ArticleAustralia 201-5 on day 1 of 5th Ashes test
Australia were 201-5 at tea Friday, the first day of the fifth Ashes cricket test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Alastair Cook won his first toss of the series and sent Australia in to...
View ArticleAshes: England dismissed for 155 at Sydney
Australia dismissed England for 155 just before tea on day two to maintain its stranglehold on the fifth Ashes test at the Sydney Cricket Ground as it tries to close out a 5-0 series whitewash....
View ArticleAll is well between MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir
Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir is struggling to impress the selectors but he insists that not getting the comeback call is due to reasons like “form and fitness’, clarifying that rift with skipper MS...
View ArticleRanji Trophy: Too close for comfort
Imagine the mindset of a batsman surrounded by as many as nine close-in fielders waiting to latch on to any and every offering. On a pitch conducive for seam bowling, all a pacer has to do is bowl in...
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