Abhishek Mukherjee

The baffling case of the England wicketkeepers

England's wicketkeepers Matt Prior and Craig Kieswetter bring different individual qualities, skills-set and variety to the England squad

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Pietersen's role in Strauss' retirement overestimated

Kevin Pietersen may not be worth the weight that popular opinion suggests, writes Lawrence Booth in the Daily Mail

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

De Villiers shouldn't be burdened by Test captaincy

AB de Villiers is valuable to the South African Test side as a batsman, and the responsibilities of captaincy in Tests may hamper his batting, writes Stuart Hess for the Independent , concluding he mustn't lead the side in Tests.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Strauss: the dignified role model

Andrew Strauss may have had problems related to his batting or with his approach sometimes as an overall pragmatic captain, but he conducted himself with utmost dignity as an England captain off the field

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Hafeez should rejudge his value as a batsman

Analysing Mohammad Hafeez's statistics as a batsman and an off-spinner, Mazher Arshad, writing in Dawn , argues that it was time that Hafeez was moved to the lower-order in the Pakistan ODI line-up

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

India U-19s should be kept grounded

After India's Under-19 World Cup victory, the media has heaped praise on the players

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Sehwag, a worthy replacement for Dravid in slips

Virender Sehwag, in taking four catches in the Hyderabad Test against New Zealand, displayed all the qualities required to replace Rahul Dravid in the slips cordon, writes Bharat Sundaresan in the Indian Express .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Swiss adventure made the difference

South Africa's winning mentality allowed them to remain calm under pressure during the final session at Lord's to clinch the No.1 Test ranking

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

West Indies symbolise change in trend

Slower pitches and quicker scoring today have allowed spinners a better chance to assume an important role in troubling batsmen than in previous decades

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Bradman "disliked" by 1970s Australian players

Don Bradman was Australia's iconic cricket figure, but former batsman Gary Cosier reveals the dislike for Bradman by "many players" of the 1970s as he "ran Australian cricket", in an interview with the Courier Mail .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

A change in guard wouldn't be easy

The Andrew Strauss - Andy Flower partnership has provided England with highly successful and even emotional moments

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Independent arbitration solution to Pietersen saga

The Kevin Pietersen saga can only be solved by an "independent arbitrator" as Flower and the England team are too affected by it to find a permanent solution, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Strauss faces heat after defeat

Andrew Strauss, with his faulty batting technique, contributed to England's loss of the No.1 Test status through a comprehensive 2-0 defeat against South Africa and an overall unproductive twelve months, writes Geoffrey Boycott in the Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Tracing South Africa's journey to the top

As South Africa clinched the No.1 Test ranking on Monday, cricket's journey in the colourful history of South Africa was put into perspective by Paul Martin in the Independent .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Pietersen's career may never be the same as before

Though situations may improve for Kevin Pietersen and England if he successfully resurrects his career after the recent saga, it wouldn't be easy for him to treat everything as the same as before, as a lot of damage had been done, opines Stephen

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

West Indies' steps towards erasing difficult phase

West Indies' victories in the past two decades have been few and far between

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

NZC needs to be more responsible

Ahead of New Zealand's tour of India, the team finds itself surrounded by problems after a disastrous tour of the West Indies, something that New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has to address to be in a position to call itself a "world leading sports

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Pietersen's insecurity has led to his downfall

The Pietersen saga has put the batsman in a negative light and eventually led to his omission from the England squad

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Pietersen may not be the only one at fault

Although Kevin Pietersen did himself no favours by letting the world know about his discomfort in the England dressing room, Paul Newman, in his column in the Daily Mail , wonders whether it was forced on him because he wasn't accepted the way he

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Bolt, Blake may undermine BBL

The induction of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake in the Big Bash League would "trivialise" the tournament, according to Chloe Saltau in the Sydney Morning Herald

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

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