Abhishek Mukherjee

Indian selectors need enthusiasm

After the selection of the Indian Test and T20 squads last week, Makarand Waingankar, writing in the Hindu , concludes today's selectors need to be passionate and less analytical about statistics, as in the past.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Filching the floodlights

Night cricket is an institution in Pakistan but comes into its own during the month of Ramadan, when daytime activities are severely curtailed

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Zimbabwe's Test journey, 20 years on

It has been 20 years since Zimbabwe were extended Test status

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

'Grown up loving cricket more than track and field'

Yohan Blake, the Olympic-medal winning Jamaican sprinter, analyses India's bowling attack, and talks about miming cricket strokes during sprinting training

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

The Pietersen v Steyn spectacle

Mike Selvey, writing in the Guardian , recalls the Dale Steyn-Kevin Pietersen brief-but-exhilerating clash from the 2010 World Twenty20, and draws comparisons with it after the two faced off once more at Headingley on Saturday.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Swann not indispensable

Graeme Swann, left out of the England squad at Headingley for the first time since England's tour of the West Indies in 2009, was important to England, writes Vic Marks, in the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Steven Finn's dead ball 'farcical'

Steven Finn had Graeme Smith edging to slip off a delivery that was called dead due to Finn's accidental dislodging of the bails on the non-striker's end while bowling on Thursday

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Much at stake for England in Leeds

England, like India before them, will prove worthy of being only "temporary custodians of the No

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Team selections should be respected

Team selections may raise doubts, but if done fairly and with a certain objective in mind, must be respected and endured with to enable its fruition, writes Suresh Menon in cricketnext.in.com .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

England's dominance due to ball

England may have been ranked No.1 in Tests, but their dominance at home could be attributed to the the different ball that they use for their home Tests, Adrian Meredith says in cricketcountry.com .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Challenges of post-retirement career

A sportsman has to grapple with the challenges of life after retirement, sometimes having to compromise his self esteem, as in a career in administration, writes former India allrounder Sanjay Bangar in cricketnext.com .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Captain Strauss under media scrutiny

After England's comprehensive defeat at The Oval, former South Africa captain Kepler Wessels, writing in Supersport , says that the English press will have their knives out for captain Andrew Strauss if the Test series against South Africa were to

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

A colourful read

Chetna Keer, writing in Deccan Herald , praises the book, the 'Taliban Cricket Club' by Timeri N

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Amla has capacity to break new ground

Hashim Amla's 311 not out against England at The Oval may have been the first triple-century by a South African, but it assumes more significance because he was a black and would not have been allowed to represent his country under apartheid rule

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

English T20 tournament needs revamp

As the Friends Life t20 season nears its end this year, Paul Newman, writing in the Daily Mail , analyses why the tournament has failed to sustain the popularity that it had gained in its early years.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Alan Gibson's commentary was sublime art

Former English commentator Alan Gibson was arguably the most learned commentator, remarks Arunabha Sengupta in cricketcountry.com , for he turned cricket commentary into "sublime art".

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Amla's batting like Zaheer Abbas

Hashim Amla's batting during his triple century against England at The Oval was reminiscent of Zaheer Abbas at his best, writes Rob Bagchi in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

India must learn from past mistakes

Nishad Pai Vaidya, writing in cricketcountry.com , points out India's history of over-rate offences in recent years, and says the Indian team should learn to speed-up proceedings on the field, after MS Dhoni was fined for a slow over-rate in the

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Amla's batting unique

Osman Samiuddin, writing in The National , describes why the batsmanship of Hashim Amla, who scored a triple-century against South Africa on Sunday, is different from other contemporary prolific run-getters.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Tracing India's milestone obsession

Ashish Magotra, writing in Firstpost , traces Indians' obsession for milestones to Sunil Gavaskar in the 1980s.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

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