Ashok Malik

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On June 25, 1983, India won the Prudential Cup

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

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

The more things change, the more they remain the same

A quick response to the negative mail after my previous post

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

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

What tedium