Kanishkaa Balachandran

The forgotten hat-trick

When James Franklin dismissed Chris Rogers in Derbyshire’s second innings against Gloucestershire in Cheltenham in the County Championship, the significance of the occasion slipped everybody’s mind, including the bowler's

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Toast the success, Bangladesh

One can argue that Bangladesh should have whipped West Indies harder in St Vincent and not suffered a top-order wobble in the first innings, but nevertheless, the victory was satisfying, writes Bishwajit Roy in the Daily Star .

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Don't bury the past, England

If England are really set on learning from history, of course, they don't need to look quite as far back as 90 years

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Instinctive cricket rules

Mike Haysman, who's off to commentate on the Sri Lanka-Pakistan series, is excited about the prospect of watching two teams who rely on instincts and sometimes throw the coaching manual into the sea

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Fifty-over cricket will survive

In an interview to Sharda Ugra of India Today , the ICC president David Morgan talks about various issues regarding the future of cricket - the primacy of Test cricket in the face of Twenty20, the changes mooted to spice up Tests, the survival of

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Kids teach Gayle new dance move

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Gilchrist talks the walk

In the Times , Adam Gilchrist talks about his celebrated habit of 'walking' and its orgins

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Lots to like in brash teenage Twenty20

Fifty-over cricket, which used to be the livewire teenager to the conservative parents, aka Tests

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The highs and lows of Pakistan by Geoff Lawson

The former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson is currently in England as a commentator for BBC and Saj Sadiq of PakPassion.net caught up with him for a chat on his coaching stint and two cents on the more colourful characters in the side

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Why Pakistan should win the World Twenty20

In the Times , Simon Wilde makes a strong case for either India or South Africa to lift the World Twenty20, but his heart goes out to a team which needs the trophy more than the rest - Pakistan

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

No Pietersen, no Plan B

England's over-dependence on Kevin Pietersen is looking really unhealthy and the inconsistency is glaring

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Sport and booze are inseparable

In the Times , Michael Atherton wonders if he is alone in thinking that there is something deeply ambivalent about cricket's - sport's - attitude to alcohol

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The origin of the Ashes and the right to burn

In the Guardian , Mike Selvey delivers a history lesson on the origin of the Ashes.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Ojha has changed the thinking of modern spinners

In the Hindu , Makarand Waingankar writes that a delightful outcome of effective strategy management in the T20 format is the emergence and handling of spinners

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Terrorising cricket

In taking the World Cup away from Pakistan, the ICC suggests that terrorism is limited to Pakistan, which is untrue because incidents show that risks are prevalent to varying degrees in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Women in shorts, in the pavilion

In the Observer , Will Buckley goes behind the scenes at the MCC at Lord's on the opening day of the World Twenty20.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The comeback Kiwi and the don't-come-back Aussie

In the space of about 12 hours late this week, Shane Bond's international career took a substantial step towards revival, while Andrew Symonds' was placed in the round filing bin

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Why the P20 may be about as welcome as a P45

As the ECB tries to shake up the sagging sales of Twenty20 tickets in the country, the next year's P20 remains as ill thought-out as a reverse-sweep off Joel Garner, writes Lawrence Booth in his column Spin , for the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Bitter for Kumble, sweet for Gilchrist

Anil Kumble's forlorn walk back to the pavilion was in contrast to the scenes after bowling his counterpart Adam Gilchrist in the first over of the game

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Bored with IPL? Maybe Modi should call Time

The IPL has seen an excess of everything and it's no wonder that many South Africans haven't taken to it

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