Kanishkaa Balachandran

Crowe dons the whites, again

There was a special attraction at Papatoetoe Recreation Ground as the New Zealand legend, Martin Crowe, all of 49, took his first steps towards returning to first-class cricket

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Impoverished cricket star dreams big

Mumbai cricket has more than its fair share of stories of determined cricketers using cricket to escape poverty and the squalor of their surroundings

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

India no longer the victim

The outcry against Suraj Randiv's deliberate no-ball to deny Virender Sehwag a century is an example of how India has changed as a nation over the last 63 years

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Tweeting cricketers should be more careful

Sport has many examples of players being brutally frank about their feelings through tweets

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Cook takes the red pill

Following an unsatisfactory start to the summer, Alastair Cook, England's captain in waiting, came into his own with a timely century at The Oval just when the worries were beginning to mount with the Ashes in mind

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

PhD in system demolition and team disintegration

The controversial administration of the PCB under Ijaz Butt has prompted one of Pakistan's leading sports broadcaster, Zakir Hussain Syed, to propose a doctorate degree for cricket system demolition and team disintegration

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Schedule not easy on the Indians

It was quite a dramatic fall for the Indians, losing by 200 runs to New Zealand after their hard-fought win in the third Test against Sri Lanka

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Anyone seen Bert's ashes?

While the Australians have been busy looking for ideas on how to reclaim the Ashes from England, their Trans-Tasman neighbours have been literally searching for the ashes of one of their legendary cricketers, in their own backyard.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Gordon on 99

Following the recent death of Eric Tindill, who played rugby and cricket for New Zealand, South Africa's Norman Gordon is now the oldest surviving Test cricketer, having celebrated his 99th birthday at a cocktail party at the Houghton Golf Club

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Santokie and Foo catch the eye

The inaugural Caribbean T20 produced exciting games and unearthed talented players like Krishmar Santokie and Jonathan Foo, but the tournament itself could do with a sponsor and a format change, writes Tony Cozier in the Trinidad and Tobago Express

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The men behind Dhoni's crores

An unassuming basement office in a residential colony in South Delhi gives no indication that they're the establishment which has struck a record deal with India's captain, MS Dhoni

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Wickets need to be the new runs

Why are many Tests these days getting boring, despite fast scoring-rates

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

A fiery Pakistan is good for cricket

Mohammad Aamer's swing and zip at Leeds on the opening day was brilliant from cricket's perspective and the upshot was two fold

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Lovechild costs Deano parenting award

Dean Jones is prone to bouts of controversy, and his latest involves a child born out of wedlock

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Eden Park's makeover

The unique polygon-shaped Eden Park in Auckland is now a thing of the past

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Neighbour's envy, owner's pride

The composition of the Indian and Pakistani Test sides are a study in contrasts

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

What do Indian players look for in women?

While it's common in football to have celebrity match-ups and marriages, the WAGs trend is not quite the same as far as India's cricketers are concerned

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

British Airways leaves Warnie exasperated

Shane Warne’s love-hate relationship with the British took flight again (pun unintended), with a series of angry posts on his Twitter page describing his experience in a British Airways flight from London to Las Vegas for a poker competition

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Strauss's one-day job looks secure

Only six weeks ago, the suggestion was heard in some quarters that Andrew Strauss was outmoded as a one-day cricketer

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The rebirth of Jaffna cricket

The end of the civil war in Sri Lanka has heralded a new era for cricket in the Tamil-dominated Jaffna province in the island's North

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

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