Samir Chopra

FFS: a Scotsman's Ashes lament

Feb 5, 2016 The shared pain of watching the Edgbaston Test of 2005

The women in my cricket-watching life

Jan 12, 2016 Cricket fans may be predominantly male, but there are plenty of women about as well

Just win overseas, India

Dec 16, 2015 Why the team's fans have developed an appetite for the kind of results their team has historically been unable to deliver

Why I didn't watch the All-Stars

Nov 18, 2015 Overpriced tickets and mediocre cricket: fans in the US deserve better. How about proper international matches?

It's better from behind the stumps

Aug 28, 2015 It used to be routine in the old days but is confined to replays now. The absence negatively affects our experience as viewers of sport on TV

When being an India fan doesn't mean being filled with despair

Mar 19, 2015 Three painful partnerships, but only one - in a World Cup final - has a happy ending

India vs Pakistan, but it's muted this time

Feb 14, 2015 The build-up to the World Cup clash seems restrained with fans from both sides not feeling particularly bullish about their team's chances

Acknowledging the Indian who doesn't care for cricket

Nov 7, 2014 Yes, such a tribe exists, and it cannot be dismissed easily in this age when we constantly worry about the game's future

The renewability of cricket

Oct 23, 2014 We as players and spectators have a great deal to do with the perceived complexity of the game, simply because we change over time

Life outside the cricket stadium

Jun 19, 2014 Most fans are familiar with far-flung corners of the globe but often we don't know much about those places apart from the fact that they are cricketing venues