Tour Diary
I was just imagining Rahul Dravid's life when one-dayers are on
Today was a ‘Poya Day’ in Sri Lanka - a Buddhist ritual which happens four times a month and equates to the four phases of the moon
Nondescripts is an unassuming cricket ground, the only one of the five used for this tournament that hasn’t hosted a Test or ODI
You’ll have read the occasional passing reference to tuk-tuks in this diary already, but the three-wheeled vehicles have become such a part of my everyday life around Colombo that I felt they deserved an entry of their own
Taxilla
Driving from Peshawar to Rawalpindi to Islamabad is like going from a rustic barber's shop to a run-of-the-mill hair-dresser to a posh hair-styling saloon
After two matches at the SSC, Colombo’s second biggest ground following the Premadasa Stadium, it was time to take a look at another of the town’s multitude if venues
In many ways, the World Cup is bigger news in the lesser-known cricketing nations
It’s been exactly a month since I landed in Pakistan and only now do I get the feeling of being in a foreign country
In their current form there are not many sides that could outdo the full Australian side when it comes to a crushing one-day win