Kanishkaa Balachandran

Cricket raids New York schools

New York has become the first school district in the US to introduce cricket as a sport in public high schools

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

ICC - Indian Cricket Club

Inderjit Singh Bindra may have lost out to Imtiaz Patel in the race for the post of chief executive of the ICC, but his new position as the principle advisor doesn't make his position any less powerful

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

A legal battle looks inevitable

By banning the ICL cricketers from participating in tournaments and stopping the pensions of former cricketers, the BCCI could face a legal confrontation to match the same between the English board and World Series Cricket in 1978, writes Makarand

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Insecurity makes KP lose his swagger

Kevin Pietersen has cut a detached and perturbed figure through campaigns on three different continents and all he has had to show for it is a one-day trophy for beating Sri Lanka and a batting average slumming it in the low thirties, writes Simon

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Modi Operandi: the real Mr Cricket

More than a decade ago Lalit Modi tried to launch an officially sanctioned professional cricket league but was thwarted by what he describes as "vested interests" in Indian cricket

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

ICC must step in, it’s getting too 'obnoxious'

India's tour of Australia may have produced the most riveting cricket in recent times, but it has also spewed venom, anger, even hatred, thereby making it deserving enough to put it in a leaky time capsule and bury it deep somewhere, writes Harsha

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Hey mom, I'm on television!

Long tresses, spiked hair, ear studs, shaved chests - ever since the Indian Under-19 cricketers in Malaysia heard their matches would be shown live on TV back home, they've gone into overdrive enhancing their appearances

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

17 years and 104 days

At 17 years and 104 days, Sydney schoolgirl prodigy Ellyse Perry will make cricket history at a fittingly historic venue when she pits her all-round talents against the Ashes holders at Bradman Oval in Bowral as the youngest Australian Test cricketer

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Retirement reality finally hits Gilly

Adam Gilchrist is set to play his final match in front of his adopted home ground, the WACA, when he takes guard against Sri Lanka today

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Elite sport and its battles with depression

Lou Vincent's battle with depression in modern sport is not just a one-off case in New Zealand, says Judi Clements, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Vettori delivers but Cake Tin disappoints

With all due congratulations to Daniel Vettori and New Zealand after rolling over England in Wellington, the match failed to stimulate the senses thanks to the lifeless drop-in pitch, writes Chris Rattue in the New Zealand Herald .

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Who is really the big man in cricket?

The current selection row in South Africa between Norman Arendse and Mickey Arthur has raised some interesting points, like the issue of the quota system supposedly being a thing of the past, writes Tony Becca in the Jamaica Gleaner .

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Fleming to quit Tests soon?

The Herald on Sunday has reported that Stephen Fleming will call time on his international career next month, after the third Test against England in Napier

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Distance no obstacle for Ryder's fans

Two of Jesse Ryder's biggest supporters will be cheering on from afar as he opens another chapter in his rollercoaster life story, his one-day debut

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

India are on the right track

Peter Roebuck says it is unwise for India to be planning so far ahead of the 2011 World Cup

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Oram can land knockout blow on England

Scott Styris' retirement from Tests may have weakened New Zealand's batting but England will do well to watch out for Jacob Oram, writes Scyld Berry in the Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Lambs to the slaughter

There were several reasons for India's second successive batting failure against an inspired Australian attack, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The great paradox of Symonds

Andrew Symonds has earned the reputation of being one of the hardest members of the Australian team as well as the most complex, writes Peter Lalor of the Australian

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

From Kamala Nagar to Victoria

The Australian Under-19 squad for the World Cup in Malaysia had one distinct name - Kumar Sarna - of Indian origin

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Test of character, 100 times

The story of Sourav Ganguly's career is one with so many twists and turns that a scriptwriter can make a living off it

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

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