Sambit Bal

Sambit Bal

Editor-in-chief, ESPNcricinfo

The birth of reverse swing

The birth of reverse swing

This wasn't a Test that you would call great in the traditional sense

01-Mar-2005•Sambit Bal

Can India match Pakistan's grace and hospitality?

Can India match Pakistan's grace and hospitality?

Will Pakistan get a similar reception that Indians got in February last year year?

17-Feb-2005•Sambit Bal

Enough rope, it's time for the stick

Enough rope, it's time for the stick

The ICC's change of the chucking law, arrived at after a few years of groping, fumbling and soul searching, is potentially seminal

10-Feb-2005•Sambit Bal

A conditional reprieve

A conditional reprieve

The highest court in the land has ruled and it must bring a smile to those in high offices in the Board of Control for Cricket in India

03-Feb-2005•Sambit Bal

Why Twenty20 isn't the answer

Why Twenty20 isn't the answer

It is not merely an elitist concern that cricket needs to retain its identity and character

27-Jan-2005•Sambit Bal

Twelve-man XIs and quartering the game

Twelve-man XIs and quartering the game

The noble, the wise and the adventurous have spoken

20-Jan-2005•Sambit Bal

Mahendra's chance to be his own man

Mahendra's chance to be his own man

The only way for the BCCI's new president, Ranbir Singh Mahendra, to show that he is his own man is by acting like one

13-Jan-2005•Sambit Bal

Cricket's finest stand

Cricket's finest stand

Humanity hasn't known a natural calamity greater than last month's tsunamis, and it was appropriate that cricket should respond in the best possible way

10-Jan-2005•Sambit Bal

Cricket's finest stand

Cricket's finest stand

Humanity hasn't known a natural calamity greater than last month's tsunamis, and it was appropriate that cricket should respond in the best possible way

10-Jan-2005•Sambit Bal

Cricket's finest stand

Cricket's finest stand

Humanity hasn't known a natural calamity greater than last month's tsunamis, and it was appropriate that cricket should respond in the best possible way

10-Jan-2005•Sambit Bal

Last-minute specialists

Last-minute specialists

The BCCI believes scheduling is a job best left till the last hour

06-Jan-2005•Sambit Bal

Ponting pulverises Pakistan

Ponting pulverises Pakistan

An outstanding century from Ricky Ponting was the highlight of the second day at Sydney as Australia closed on 4 for 340, a lead of 36

03-Jan-2005•The Bulletin by Sambit Bal

A small redemption

A small redemption

It took a humiliating defeat and the spectre of unspeakable ignominy to rouse the Indian batsmen to come up with a performance befitting their stature

27-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal

Catching out the throwers

Catching out the throwers

That India hasn't worked itself into a state of paroxysm over Harbhajan Singh's doosra being reported as suspect is perhaps indicative of two things

23-Dec-2004•Sambit Bal

Little sparks in the darkness

Little sparks in the darkness

Few things are more heartening on a cricket field than a fightback from the underdog and for two hours this morning, Bangladesh fought spiritedly to hold back the might of the Indian batting

18-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal

Let's see Sachin with a new eye

Let's see Sachin with a new eye

We continue to expect the fizz and abandon of a 19-year old from a 31-year old man with a wife and two children

16-Dec-2004•Sambit Bal

Twenty is plenty

Twenty is plenty

After an unusual beginning - the Test getting delayed by a couple of hours by dew and Sourav Ganguly winning the toss - the first day followed the script

10-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal

Back to school for Bangladesh

Back to school for Bangladesh

A Test is about to begin, and once more watching cricket will seem like work

09-Dec-2004•Sambit Bal

The over-rate conundrum

The over-rate conundrum

Laws have been made, and they need to be enforced

02-Dec-2004•Sambit Bal

Virender Sehwag's Brave New World

Virender Sehwag's Brave New World

You look at Virender Sehwag's Test record and stagger at the sheer impudence of it

25-Nov-2004•Sambit Bal

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