Kanishkaa Balachandran

KP finally opens up

In an interview to the Daily Mail , Kevin Pietersen comes out in the open about the trauma of the events of January which led to him quitting the captaincy, why he does not want to be England captain again, his verdict on Andrew Strauss and the

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

PIL for the IPL

It’s only natural for millions of Indians to feel upset about moving the IPL out of India, and it seemed only a matter of time before someone took action

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Can't tell dad

Sufiyan Shaikh is bound for Australia with the Indian Under-19 team as its wicketkeeper, but for a change, he won't be sneaking off without his father's knowledge

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Miandad excited by scope of cricket in China

Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan batsman, has said cricket has tremendous potential to grow in China, having observed how the youngsters have taken to the game following a visit to the country as a Pakistan cricket ambassador.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

A message that no longer rings true

A chilling phone conversation with an Irish terrorist four decades ago convinced Ted Corbett that sportsmen will never be the target of terror attacks because the people the terrorists want to impress love their sports stars

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

A sadistic slab of real estate

On a drab pitch at the Kensington Oval, Fidel Edwards' figures of 3 for 192 don't do justice to the way he toiled on an unforgivable surface

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Applause for an attack that finishes the job

Previously, Australia could grind down opponents, crush them with five hours of intensity

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Another century, yet another flat pitch

Amid the celebrations of Andrew Strauss' fourth Test century of the winter, there must have been nagging concerns about the pitch at the Kensington Oval, which appears too flat for comfort

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

India's final frontier

In India Today , Sharda Ugra previews India's tour of New Zealand and gets insights from former players on what the Indians can expect

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Aggers: The true voice of English cricket

English cricket is in the news for all the wrong reasons thanks to the fall-out of the Stanford deal with the ECB involving a not-so-funny US$100 million

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Births and their complications

Nobody quite so young as Baby Prior can have had such an influence on the naming of a Test team and the possible course of a series

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

England face selection issues again

The absence of Flintoff from the mix for the tour match has provided a selection conundrum for Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower, who must find a way of balancing the books without their allrounder, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Kola Burger out of World Cup Qualifiers

Six weeks before the start of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers, Namibia have been dealt a major blow after two of their leading players declared themselves unavailable for selection.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Having fun hitting sexism for six

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Poor decision-making exposes Clarke

In the Independent , Mark Nicholas feels the call for Giles Clarke’s head is fair enough after the Stanford saga

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Result irrelevant for fire victims

In the Sydney Morning Herald , Jamie Pandaram reports on the Big Bash Victorian bushfire appeal match at the SCG.

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Afghanistan turn to Miandad for help

Afghanistan have approached the former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad to help them qualify for the 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Allen Stanford: a sorry tale of greed and shame

The behaviour of those infatuated by Stanford's riches was, frankly, the worst aspect of the whole saga: from the ECB officials, who fawned over him when he descended the steps of his helicopter at Lord's, to the former greats, who knelt down and

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

England keep an eye on Gayle

The most pivotal wicket in this series is undoubtedly Chris Gayle's and his dismissal in the second innings in Antigua is an example of how England's plans against him are working, writes Vic Marks in the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Boys in blue can't jump

Perhaps the BCCI does have a heart - as if in sympathy for their team captain's fear of heights, the board has included bungee-jumping in the list of banned activities on their tour of New Zealand

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

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