Sambit Bal

Editor-in-chief, ESPNcricinfo

Out of proportion

I wonder if I am desperately out of sync with this but I am quite bemused by the colour Suraj Randiv's century-denying no-ball to Virender Sehwag has acquired

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

A new look for Cricinfo blogs

Not only does the blogs section now look better integrated with the rest of the site, we also believe it is more reader-friendly

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Football, the occasional mistress

Cricket is an enduring romance for me, but once every four years, when the World Cup comes around, I submit to the illicit pleasures of football

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The most incongruous sight in cricket

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The best of Twenty20, in six balls

Being a relic, I am not a fan of the Super Over – I’d leave the tie, a rare and quite the prefect result, as it is – but I can see why it is so attractive to many, and I would even concede to succumbing to the thrill of the moment.

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

A touch out of place

It’s easy to understand Shane Warne needing a mate in the dressing room – Darren Lehmann in the first edition, Justin Langer in the second, and now Damien Martyn – but what Martyn stands to gain by hauling his retired bones to India

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Tendulkar breaks Cricinfo records

Sachin Tendulkar's record-breaking didn't stop on the field on February 24. He shattered many on Cricinfo. We recorded 45 million page views that day, and our highest number of unique users in India and the United States

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Hawk-Eye at your fingertips

Hawk-Eye, the ball-tracking technology that ensured that umpiring in cricket matches was never the same, has now been fully integrated into our live match coverage

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Why Ponting was voted Player of the Decade

We asked the jury to choose on the basis of quality of their performances, consistency and durability, contribution to their team's overall performance, and the impact they had had on the game on the whole

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The human superstar

Throughout his life Sachin Tendulkar has worn his celebrity lightly. He could have hardly been unaware of it yet somehow he has managed to stay impervious to it

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

An honourable man who deserves better

Younis is a rare kind in an age of PR-savvy, media-trained, brand-conscious and commercially minded cricketers

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Lucky to be in Centurion

The Wanderers feels imposing, ceremonial and stifling; and the SuperSport Park informal and welcoming

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Which way should one-day cricket go?

I'd start with not reducing overs, but matches. What one-day cricket lacks the most at the moment is meaning and context. That's the subject for a bigger piece

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Let's talk about Aravinda

He finished with an average of 42.97 from 93 Tests. It felt right. De Silva was a good batsman who played some great innings. He could have scored more runs, but he played too many strokes for his own good

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

How good is Samaraweera?

Thilan Samaraweera has taken his batting average to over 50, the magic number that used to confer greatness on Test batsmen, but is he a great?

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Ponting's was the innings that mattered

Marcus North was Man of the Match for his second hundred of the series, and even Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann nearly scored as many but, for me, Ricky Ponting's was the innings of the match

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

If I ever have a conversation with Warne...

I'd ask him whether he ever used the knowledge that Hooper's eyes widened and his stare grew a bit harder if he wanted to step down to the spinner

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The joy of twinkling Clarke

I can't take my eyes off him, when he is batting against spinners. There is something about batsmen who use their feet, and the contest between a courageous spinner and a courageous batsman

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Embracing the new Cricinfo

We've been listening to your feedback on our new site design and are working on your recommendations

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Golden oldies in the IPL, and Page 2

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

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