Nikita Bastian

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

How can so much change in a month?

Vic Marks, writing in the Guardian , questions how Alastair Cook's side could deflate so quickly after their undefeated summer against India, and looks at technical handicaps that seem to be plaguing the visitors.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Is an appreciation of history required?

After witnessing a presentation on cricket at the Independence Day awards at the University of the West Indies, Fazeer Mohammed says in the Trinidad Express , more than taking trips down memory lane, we must find a way to teach children at such

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Dhoni’s vigour renews India's hope

Chetan Narula, writing for Firstpost.com , says an iota of rest should not be under-rated, as MS Dhoni showed in the first ODI against England in Hyderabad.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The ICC executive board's flip-flop madness

Alan Tyers, writing in the Daily Telegraph , has a tongue-in-cheek look at the ICC's executive boards' recent decisions.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Hot Spot hits a home run

The India-England limited-overs series will not be employing Hot Spot, so the technology’s suppliers have found a different sporting event to pack their cameras off to: Baseball's World Series, due to begin on October 19

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Three-star treatment for India

After a winless, demoralising tour of England, India’s cricketers might need a little reminding that they lifted a World Cup only a few months ago, right

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Nehra's ironic snub

Aakash Chopra, writing in the Hindustan Times , says it's ironic that the bowler who claimed match-winning figures in the World Cup semi-final hasn’t played a single international match since.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Bets 1, Debts 0

Ever longed for a quick fix for all your debt issues

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The curious case of the BCCI Annual Report

Venkat Ananth, writing for Yahoo Cricket , tries to make sense of the BCCI's mysterious expenditure on three specialised academies, and concludes it's a difficult task

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Walsh hopes to trigger a West Indies renaissance

Courtney Walsh talks to the Indian Express' Aditya Iyer about fast bowling and the possibility of West Indies being a powerhouse of the game once more.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The canny captain from Pataudi

Tiger Pataudi's nephew Saad Bin Jung on his recollections of his uncle, in Deccan Chronicle

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Archery at the home of cricket

You’ve probably heard several cricketers gushing about being on the Honours Boards at Lord’s and heard all about the heaps of tradition behind the ground

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

CLT20 format turning away the fans

Dileep Premachandran, writing in the National , says having an idea is one thing, executing it properly quite another.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Bowlers with raw pace fast on decline

These are dark, barren times for fast bowling, says Osman Samiuddin, writing in the National .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The pursuit of accountability

The BCCI has been coddled with many privileges, and no accountability, says Rohit Mahajan in Outlook India , and the RTI Act might change that.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

What's the point of Indian domestic tournaments?

As the Indian domestic season kicks off with the Irani Cup in Jaipur, Deepak Narayanan, writing in the Mumbai Mirror , says the BCCI – obsessed as it is by its new and glitzy money spinning leagues – needs to decide what purpose tournaments such

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Shoaib has a right to be heard

Pritish Nandy, writing in the Mumbai Mirror , says, as brilliant as Sachin Tendulkar is, he doesn't deserve a Bharat Ratna

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Talking shop at a gathering of fast-bowling greats

The Independent 's Brian Viner caught up with Makhaya Ntini and Glenn McGrath at the Archbishop Tenison's School in Canterbury, while Andy Roberts and other fast-bowling greats had a bit of a bowl against the pupils

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Tweaking Australia's line-up worth a try

The Australia batting order presented in Colombo, with Shaun Marsh displacing Ricky Ponting at No

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Lancashire's once-in-a-lifetime triumph

The Guardian's Andy Wilson on Lancashire's long-awaited triumph in the county Championship.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

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