Kanishkaa Balachandran

The apartheid tour that turned sour

In the Guardian , Paul Weaver looks back to England's 1990 rebel tour to South Africa, which was the most fractious of them all because of the changing political climate in the country

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The excitement in Mysore

Watching Karnataka's Abhimanyu Mithun and Vinay Kumar skittle Mumbai on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy final in Mysore brought back memories of the raw duo of Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad the last time they won the tournament in 1988-89

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Boycs backs Feng Shui for Owen

Feng Shui helped Geoff Boycott recover from throat cancer and now the former England legend has recommended the ancient art to Manchester United striker Michael Owen to help reverse his poor form

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

South Africa show a lot more purpose

The second day of the Cape Town Test was far from dull because the seamers really made the batsmen work hard for their runs and a lot of credit should go to the way the South Africans bowled, writes Michael Atherton in the Times

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Pakistan will prosper with a leader like Yousuf

The MCG Test was always Australia's, going by the way they held the edge for majority of the game

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

South Africans forced to play 'catch up' cricket

One down and two more to go and the nature of South Africa's defeat only adds to the anticipation of what will happen at Cape Town, the home team's fortress

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Dominant Costa Rica lift Volcano Cup

Costa Rica, boasting a cricket heritage dating back to the 1800s, were too good for El Salvador in two Twenty20 matches in San Salvador recently.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Shocking negligence at the Kotla

In his syndicated column, Anil Kumble writes that the Kotla pitch fiasco could have been avoided if a couple of Ranji games had been played on the same re-laid surface

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The leftist party

The Indian domestic scene is suddenly filled with left-arm spinners, quite a change from a couple of years ago when they were thought to be a dying species

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Tamil Nadu's trump card

One of the unsung heroes this Indian domestic season is Tamil Nadu's C Ganapathy, who's grown in ability as a genuine allrounder

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Christmas on tour with England isn't what it used to be

Gone are the days when families used to accompany players on tours and join the Christmas festivities

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

'Miandad is a whole academy by himself'

Taufeeq Umar, part of an assembly line of Pakistan opening batsmen since 2000 who were tried and discarded, hasn't given up hopes of an international recall

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Strauss missed a trick reading the Centurion pitch

In his column for the Guardian , former England coach Duncan Fletcher says Andrew Strauss erred by misreading the Centurion pitch and played into South Africa's hands by opting to bowl

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Overwork the bowlers at your own peril

It's common for selectors to set the forthcoming World Cup as the target for building their teams

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Pink balls not the solution

The West Indies Cricket Board's decision to introduce pink balls and floodlights in next season's four-day competition may succeed in drawing more fans, but it may not help produce world-class cricketers, which is what the game desperately needs,

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Sanga should give up the gloves

Kumar Sangakkara may be in the form of his life with the bat, but the current Indian tour has exposed a couple of shortcomings in his cricket - his wicketkeeping and captaincy skills, writes Nirgunan Tiruchelvam in the Sunday Island

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

'Pup's not my mate anymore'

One of Australian cricket's most publicised friendships has ended

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

A rather misleading series scoreline

A 2-0 defeat for West Indies has not significantly improved their reputation but the result conceals a substantial improvement reflected in sharper fielding, improved running between wickets and more committed lower-order batting, writes Peter

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

When Fredericks stormed the WACA

Chris Gayle's whirlwind century off 70 balls at the WACA brought back memories of another savage knock by a West Indian opener 34 years ago

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

No fourth floor please, we're Indians

Sreesanth has the uncanny knack of attracting attention even when he’s not actually trying

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

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