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Ashok Malik

Dyed in sepia

Dyed in sepia

Controversy, romanticism, derring-do and idiosyncrasy - a recent anthology takes us on an evocative ride through cricket's past

19-Oct-2013•Ashok Malik
Psst ... Chappell's got a secret

Psst ... Chappell's got a secret

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Ganguly's gangplank

Ganguly's gangplank

Having said that, we’re about to enter a long and interesting Test match season – and it would be appropriate and fitting for Ganguly to walk out after a gripping innings in an international match, at the peak of his authority, having taken his own

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
An opportunity to bury a dead horse

An opportunity to bury a dead horse

The Champions' Trophy is an unwanted extra on the international cricket stage, irrespective of whether it is played in Pakistan or India, Australia or England

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Kevin on top

Kevin on top

The refusal to surrender, the arresting arrogance, the almost imperious self-belief – it reminded me of Douglas Jardine

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
The Serendip sensibility

The Serendip sensibility

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Batting from memory

Batting from memory

The welter of emotions that June 25, 1983, triggers within me – or, indeed, a few million others of my generation, give or take some years – is too personal and too complex to adequately convey to someone much younger or from another country or

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Play, or else ...

Play, or else ...

While the whole world is threatened by terrorism, Jaipur and London were one-off incidents

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
The write stuff

The write stuff

People who had never read Neville Cardus were weeping in his memory

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
This month, that miracle

This month, that miracle

On June 25, 1983, India won the Prudential Cup

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
The summer game

The summer game

I’ve spent most of the past week in Hubli, a small city in northern Karnataka that has been, in a strange way, an IPL eye-opener for me

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
EyePL: The story so far

EyePL: The story so far

For what it’s worth, here’re my thoughts on the Indian Premier League.

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Slap without tickle

Slap without tickle

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
I, Caesar; Me, Modi

I, Caesar; Me, Modi

The more things change, the more they remain the same

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Five days, five points

Five days, five points

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Cricket's cyber-nationalists

Cricket's cyber-nationalists

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Blow me!

Blow me!

A quick response to the negative mail after my previous post

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
400 blows?

400 blows?

I still believe it’s a bad, unequal wicket that doesn’t make for a great contest

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
The umpire famine

The umpire famine

Just read a piece by Harsha Bhogle in today’s Indian Express on how the ICC’s more sinned against than sinning

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
Zzzz ...

Zzzz ...

What tedium

25-Feb-2013•Ashok Malik
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