Sambit Bal

Editor-in-chief, ESPNcricinfo

@sambitbal

Lowering the bar

Australia¹s failure in India, and their undeniable decline, mark a new level playing field in cricket

11-Nov-2008

Question time for Ganguly

From now on, Sourav Ganguly will find himself facing the dreaded question again and again, not only from newspapers, TV channels and Bishan Bedi, but perhaps even from himself

11-Nov-2008•Sambit Bal

Australia have lost their presence

Australia's batting is formidable still and Krejza might still spin them to victory but their manner in the field in the series so far has been an admission of ordinariness

07-Nov-2008

Spectator-friendly minus the spectators

Shashank Manohar, the BCCI president, has built a fabulous stadium in his home town that should serve as a model for the rest of the country. But he is now left to ponder the task of filling it. Empty grounds are no fun. They are soul-breaking

06-Nov-2008•Sambit Bal

'I'm proud of how I've played under pressure'

A dozen years and 100 Tests into a fine career, Indian batting's most graceful modern exponent reflects on his time in the game

06-Nov-2008•Interview by Sambit Bal

Cash for commitment

If Sri Lanka manage to secure a bailout package from India, it could lead to a new world order

13-Oct-2008

Who after Ganguly?

It's all very well to talk of succession, but the new selectors have their work cut out to find replacements

30-Sep-2008•Sambit Bal

'You don't have to be ugly to be aggressive'

Sri Lanka's captain talks about the essentials of leadership: clear thinking, calmness, and the ability to think as a player first

02-Sep-2008•Interview by Sambit Bal

License to fudge

Ball-tampering is almost as old as cricket. Maybe it's time it was legalised

28-Aug-2008

Inevitable, but what next?

Postponing the Champions Trophy was an inevitable compromise for the ICC, but what of the thorny questions about Pakistan's place in international cricket?

24-Aug-2008

Rope for reviews

The system may have thrown up more questions than foreseen but it deserves a fair go

13-Aug-2008

High scores

Why few experiences in cricket can hold a candle to that of watching a game from the ramparts of the Galle Fort

11-Aug-2008•Sambit Bal

Another look at reviews

The review system needed to be tried, but there are plenty of questions still unanswered and kinks to be worked out

04-Aug-2008

Dravid dismissal adds familiar twist

Such has been the vicissitudes of this is Test that the third day would have been a letdown without a last-minute twist

02-Aug-2008•Sambit Bal in Galle

Sublime Sehwag on a different plane

On a day dominated by two spinners, Mendis and Harbhajan, Sehwag batted on a different plane to keep India in the match

01-Aug-2008•Sambit Bal in Galle

Little time but lots of action

A truncated first day's play had more than its share of action and ended with the honours tantalisingly even

31-Jul-2008•Sambit Bal in Galle

Time for tough calls

Cricket must think seriously of how it needs to realign itself in a world changed by the IPL

14-Jul-2008

South Africa rewarded for patience

Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie mounted the most monumental of fightbacks on the fourth day at Lord's. Even if South Africa do lose the Test, they wouldn't have gone down without a fight. And more than anything else, Test cricket is alive and well, argues

13-Jul-2008•Sambit Bal at Lord's

Do the right thing

The ICC can undo years of indifference by suspending Zimbabwe from Full Member status

25-Jun-2008

Twenty-four from the Twenty20

Just under a month into cricket's revolution, a couple dozen thoughts

16-May-2008•Sambit Bal

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