Nineteen years ago, Andrew Flintoff walked off an Australian ground with the look of a man who had just seen cricket’s gods laugh in his face. England had been thrashed 5–0 in the 2006–07 Ashes, and Freddie, standing in as captain for the injured Michael Vaughan, carried the burden of that defeat like an anvil. […]
Nineteen years ago, Andrew Flintoff walked off an Australian ground with the look of a man who had just seen cricket’s gods laugh in his face. England had been thrashed 5–0 in the 2006–07 Ashes, and Freddie, standing in as captain for the injured Michael Vaughan, carried the burden of that defeat like an anvil. […]
Quinton de Kock’s return to International Cricket was truly an unexpected plot twist in what had been a story still unfolding with him. Players do retire, they do go through with their retirement plans, and then un-retire from time to time, but I believe the reason we are having difficulty with the idea of De […]
When rain washed out the first T20I between India and Australia at Canberra, the scoreboard showed India cruising at 97/1 in just 9.4 overs, a glimpse into the team’s new batting blueprint. But what really caught everyone’s attention wasn’t the weather or the runs; it was a name missing from the team sheet: Arshdeep Singh. […]
In November 2023, India’s dream of lifting the World Cup on home soil ended not with a roar, but with Travis Head’s elegant counterattack under the Ahmedabad lights. A team unbeaten for ten games, clinical, ruthless, dominant, suddenly looked human when it mattered most. India’s 240 felt short; Head’s 137 felt inevitable. The what-ifs were […]
For many years, it seemed as though Bangladesh’s Twenty20 batting was a team stuck in a Test warm-up – cautious, careful, and averse to risk. The fans would be praying for sixes, but they were getting singles. Between 2006-23, the Tigers had the lowest average of all full member countries (at that time) with an […]
When Laura Wolvaardt raised her bat for her first World Cup century, her smile was almost reluctant, as if joy needed permission. That’s Wolvaardt for you: an overthinker who treats every milestone like a math equation. But beneath that icy exterior, South Africa’s captain was orchestrating something that might just thaw decades of heartbreak. […]
There was a time when England were the gold standard of ODI cricket, the innovators, the disruptors, the blueprint everyone copied. But lately, their “revolution” has started to look more like a museum exhibit: glorious, admired, but very much from another era. After their sixth series defeat in seven and a ninth consecutive away […]
When India and Australia meet in a Women’s World Cup knockout, it’s rarely just a game; it’s a collision of legacies. From Mithali Raj’s quiet revolution in 2005 to Harmanpreet Kaur’s storm in 2017 and the heartbreak of Cape Town in 2023, every clash has left a mark deeper than the scoreboard. India’s lone knockout […]
Fans are usually shocked to find out that the skill of being a wicketkeeper is an Art, and there was no artist who was able to show this skill as well as M.S. Dhoni. Although it has now been many years since Dhoni last played for India, Dhoni’s legacy can still be felt by wicketkeepers […]
Cricket can be quite unbalanced at times. In Tuesday’s match in Chattogram, the West Indies’ batting lineup was flirting with disaster, as it collapsed from 106 for 1 to 149 all out, yet the final score still indicated “series win.” Opening batsmen Alick Athanaze and Shai Hope put up a strong showing with a 105-run […]
A franchise owner for one of Pakistan’s premier cricket franchises making public light of that same franchise is an earth-shattering event in Pakistan’s world of cricket. Ali Tareen’s satirical/sarcastic video apology, which was made about a month ago, had fans crying tears of laughter while officials were outraged. However, the seriousness of the situation lies […]