Sambit Bal

Editor-in-chief, ESPNcricinfo

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No excuses, says Buchanan

In the beautiful words of Peter Roebuck, Waugh's Australians have played cricket by their own lights

15-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Adelaide

A celebration of orthodoxy

To the second-last ball of the third day's play, Rahul Dravid played a checked straight-drive and sprinted expectantly

14-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal at the Adelaide Oval

In the shadow of a colossus

Just after Rahul Dravid had square-driven Brad Williams for his first four, Shane Warne took his eyes off the television set on which he has been following golf, and bellowed, as if to exhort Steve Waugh, "come on, bring on Stuart MacGill." There

13-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Adelaide

In the shadow of a colossus

13-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Adelaide

The burden of being Tendulkar

One of the misfortunes of greatness is that it has to bear greater scrutiny and harsher examination

13-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal at the Adelaide Oval

On transparency, jetlag and meat pies

More than an hour before the match begins, Jonathan Rose, the young media manager of Cricket Australia, is standing by the lift

12-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal at the Adelaide Oval

Who is to blame for stale Bhajji?

The Indian team management has dealt in so much intrigue in the last couple of days that it would have been enough stuff for a mystery novel, had it not been amateurishly comical

12-Dec-2003•Wisden Comment by Sambit Bal in Adelaide

Ganguly - 'I have had enough of this short-ball business'

A country obsessed with Sachin Tendulkar has found a new hero in Sourav Ganguly, whose stirring, expectation-belying hundred, as much saved India from embarrassment at Brisbane, as it has added a new significance to India's tour

11-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Adelaide

Ganguly - 'I have had enough of this short-ball business'

11-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Adelaide

India explore double-spin option

Plans may still change if the weather gets heavy on Friday afternoon, but there are strong indications that the Indian strategy is veering around towards inducting Anil Kumble into the playing eleven and retaining Harbhajan Singh despite a tepid

10-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Adelaide

India explore double-spin option

Plans may still change if the weather gets heavy on Friday morning, but there are strong indications that the Indian strategy is veering around towards inducting Anil Kumble into the playing eleven and retaining Harbhajan Singh despite a tepid

10-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Adelaide

Heat, dust and Buchanan's advice

Adelaide is boiling hot

09-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Sambit Bal

Heat, dust and Buchanan's advice

Adelaide is boiling hot

09-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Sambit Bal

Harbhajan in a spin

It's hardly been a secret which of the Indian spinners Sourav Ganguly prefers, but with another lacklustre performance, Harbhajan Singh's goodwill account is running dangerously towards the red

08-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal at the Gabba

A stepping stone

Midway through Jason Gillespie's second over in India's second innings, Steve Waugh summoned the fielders from fine leg and square leg to the off side, posted a forward short leg as the only man on the on side and stationed himself as a close-in

08-Dec-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal

A stepping stone

08-Dec-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal

Harbhajan in a spin

It's hardly been a secret which of the Indian spinners Sourav Ganguly prefers, but with another lacklustre performance, Harbhajan Singh's goodwill account is running dangerously towards the red

08-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal at the Gabba

An air of unfulfillment

When Andy Bichel hit Sourav Ganguly on the shoulder shortly before lunch, a cry went out in the crowd: "Give him out now." It was loaded with sarcasm, and the voice was Australian

07-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal at the Gabba

An air of unfulfillment

When Andy Bichel hit Sourav Ganguly on the shoulder shortly before lunch, a cry went out in the crowd: "Give him out now." It was loaded with sarcasm, and the voice was Australian

07-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal at the Gabba

Ganguly's triumph

At 2.40pm local time, the Gabba rose to salute a man whose spirit Australia had sought ruthlessly to crush before this Test began

07-Dec-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal at the Gabba

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