Kanishkaa Balachandran

Axeing India's seniors not the solution

Aakash Chopra, in his column for Cricketnext.com writes that getting rid of India's senior players in one go will not improve India's Test record in the immediate future

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Keep your clothes on at the cricket

There will be no skin on show at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, where spectators have been told to observe a strict dress code during the second Test between Pakistan and England

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Technology, where it all began

Nearly 30 years ago, an accountant in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Wijesinghe, made one of the earliest calls for video replays to assist the umpires at a time when technology in cricket was still in its infancy

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Kohli deserves a little patience

One of the unfortunate consequences of the Indian defeat in Melbourne has been the unhealthy speculation over Virat Kohli's immediate future

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

So what if the DRS isn't perfect?

Since it was first trialled in 2008, there has been no uniformity in the way the DRS has been implemented

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

2012 cricket wishlist

In the Herald on Sunday , Paul Lewis lists the ten things he'd like to see in international cricket in 2011, from Tendulkar's 100th ton to Tarun Nethula's debut.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

India's bowlers should stir the batsmen

With Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma breaking the 150 kmph mark and Zaheer Khan looking like he has regained his best, India's seam attack appears capable of taking 20 Australian wickets

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

India shouldn't over-react to the conditions

Following the drubbing in England, the good news for the Indian batsmen in Australia is that the ball will not do as much, laterally, for as long as it did in England, writes S Ram Mahesh in the Hindu

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Ed Cowan a breath of fresh air

Ed Cowan's rise to the Test team has been followed by many and he has found support from strong quarters

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Nur Khan expanded cricket's boundaries

Nur Khan, the former head of the PCB who passed away recently, would be remembered as a visionary when it came to sports administration, even though cricket wasn't his favourite sport, writes Osman Samiuddin in the National

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Will Laxman torment Australia one last time?

VVS Laxman makes another entry to the country in which he has scored a truckload of runs

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

'We were isolated for 21 years and it had to happen'

In an interview to the Sunday Island , Dr Ali Bacher, the former South Africa captain and one of the country's most recognisable cricket administrators, talks about the pain of isolation from the 1970s, the 2003 World Cup, Hansie Cronje, the

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Hobart glory reveals size of Test-match fan base

New Zealand's win in Hobart has shown that the country has a bigger fun base for Tests than the crowds suggest and it's important New Zealand pays more attention to that, such as keeping Boxing Day Tests at the Basin Reserve, writes Adam Parore in

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Sachin shows you can take nothing for granted

Watching Sachin Tendulkar try his best to score his 100th hundred has shown just how difficult it is to score a century, and it's a marvel that he's managed to do that 99 times against the world's best bowlers, writes Tom Alter in Firstpost

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Time is right for Irfan Pathan

In The National , Dileep Premachandran writes that Irfan Pathan has done enough to earn a recall to the national team as the selectors pick Praveen Kumar's replacement for the Australia Tests

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Patience the key for New Zealand

On New Zealand's previous tours of Australia, the strategy of being aggressive has produced mixed results

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

What's ailing Sri Lankan cricket?

Sri Lanka's dramatic slip in form since the World Cup can be attributed to several factors, many of which aren't in the control of the players, such as payments long overdue from the board

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Ryder's talent will be tested against Australia

Jesse Ryder tends to get more attention and column space on his weight, rather than his cricket

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

D’Oliveira helped change the course of history

In the Telegraph , Geoffrey Boycott remembers Basil D'Oliveira as a lovely man who was strong and determined underneath

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Peter Roebuck ... a tribute from his first African son

Peter Roebuck funded the education and well being of several underprivileged youth in Africa

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

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