Sambit Bal

Editor-in-chief, ESPNcricinfo

@sambitbal

Harbhajan and Symonds are now team-mates

Introducing ESPNcricinfo's Page 2, a space where entertainment is the sole objective

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Tales of an Afghan, the Basin, and a poet

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Fan's eye view of IPL

Here's another plan to make you part of Cricinfo

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The heart of the matter

And here's what you ought to have read on Cricinfo last week.

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

India's finest slip fielder

Mohammad Azharuddin will rank as the greatest all-round Indian fielder, and he was quite brilliant in the slips, but as a specialist and for sheer longevity, Dravid stands alone

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

For your senses only

Photo galleries have always been popular among readers, and audio has been an integral part of the site for nearly three years. We have now combined the two to produce audio-visual stories

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Why spinners can make Sehwag look silly

Sehwag is among the most unbelievable batsman of his time, and the most frustrating too. Against spinners he doesn't rate, he isn't even prepared to confer the bowler of one ball of watchfulness

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

How to hold live discussions with readers

We have always looked for ways to engage you in our coverage of cricket and some of you might have noticed or indeed taken part in the live discussions we have been conducting on the site in the last few weeks

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

An unhealthy obsession with the Ashes

The way large sections of the English cricket establishment have managed to work themselves up over Kent signing Stuart Clark for the first part of the next summer is a needless distraction and reeks of hypocrisy

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

A matter of time

It is not unusual for sport to adjust its timing to suit the structure and space of television but Test matches starting at noon will still feel strange

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The reading room

It's only the second week and I am already running a day late in supplying my list of things you ought to read on ESPNcricinfo

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

It runs on the site

Here's a little ritual I want to start on the blog. Every Monday I will put together a list of recommended reading from pieces published on Cricinfo

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The fire that was soothing

Cricket is the most cerebral of field sports, but a fast bowler letting rip on a responsive surface is it's animal moment, and in a sublime sense

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Cricket's disaster journalism

There is always a buzz around our offices when big stories break. But big stories in recent weeks have only meant bad news, and it has gotten progressively, sickeningly worse

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The good draw and the bad draw

I have a simple rule to judge a good Test: it must carry the possibility of a result till lunch on the last day

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

A conversation with readers

Cricinfo's primary duty has always been to its readers, and one of the great gifts of the internet, is the connection it allows between the reader and the writer. This page will be a modest attempt to further that connection

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The pitch needs attention

The dead pitch is Karachi was as poor as the one in Chennai where Virender Sehwag scored a faster than run-a-ball hundred

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

An idea whose time has come

Dear Readers,

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Outside edge

A couple of our contributors are teachers, one is an amateur cricketer, and another is a database consultant

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

An age-old prejudice

Earlier entries: Intro , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 .

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