Samir Chopra

The pleasures of Urdu commentary

Memories of following an India-Pakistan match described in high-flown Urdu

20-Aug-2013•Samir Chopra

Why statistics don't fascinate me anymore

Even though today's batting and bowling records are more unbreakable than they have ever been, the corresponding feeling of awe is missing

15-Aug-2013•Samir Chopra

A decades-long obsession

For one long-time user, ESPNcricinfo remains a testament to the power of fandom

14-Aug-2013•Samir Chopra

When heroes fall

Why do once-great players insist on tarnishing our image of them by going into the commentary box?

31-Jul-2013•Samir Chopra

The best cricket periodical ever

From 1978 to 1983, the World Cricket Digest, published out of Sydney, offered fans of cricket and cricket writing an invaluable service

25-Jul-2013•Samir Chopra

When Mushtaq's Pakistan nearly matched the mighty Windies

As Pakistan and West Indies played out a classic series in 1976-77, a schoolboy in India tracked the scores

18-Jul-2013•Samir Chopra

Blood and guts

Watching people sustain impact injuries on a cricket field can be a haunting experience

09-Jul-2013•Samir Chopra

The grand online cricket library

We're privileged to be living at a time when there is such a wealth of cricket writing online

02-Jul-2013•Samir Chopra

Returning home to the cricket magazine

Coming back to India from the USA was incomplete without a visit to the local news stand

18-Jun-2013•Samir Chopra

Patrick Eagar: cricket's visual poet

For fans who grew up before cricket was available ubiquitously through television, the photographer's work holds special meaning

11-Jun-2013•Samir Chopra

Remembering Kallicharran's West Indies

A depleted West Indies lost the series in India in 1978-79 but went home with their heads held high

06-Jun-2013•Samir Chopra

What I despise most about fixing

That it distracts me from the real thing and tells me that I am wasting my time, that I'd do better to find other ways to while away the hours

28-May-2013•Samir Chopra

The misleading aura surrounding Wisden's five

The most anticipated annual award in cricket is just like any other - chosen by people with personal preferences and prejudices

14-May-2013•Samir Chopra

The internet and cricket: a brave new world to be seized

The game must find a way of showing itself off online, of allowing the fans to access and enjoy it

07-May-2013•Samir Chopra

The Kohli-Mumbai spat, and the lure of sports tribalism

Those who run the IPL will hope that ties to a franchise are uppermost on everyone's minds when the tournament is on

30-Apr-2013•Samir Chopra

The sickening thrill of the late collapse

Remembering two electric periods of play when Malcolm Marshall and Michael Holding ripped India to shreds

25-Apr-2013•Samir Chopra

The joys of pre-season nets

The time to dust off the winter, warm up creaking bones and get ready for the cricket is always a special one

15-Apr-2013•Samir Chopra

Ryder assault had everything to do with alcohol

Soon after news of Jesse Ryder's terrible injuries made the news, we were assured by the NZCPA and Cricket Wellington that the violent assault on him was 'not an alcohol-related incident.'

01-Apr-2013•Samir Chopra

Four-nil means no more 0-4s?

Samir Chopra investigates the dominant nature of India's 4-0 result over Australia, and how it has bucked the trend of previous results

25-Mar-2013•Samir Chopra

Kim Hughes: Shots out of heaven

Australian cricket should have treated Kim Hughes much, much better and left him alone to do what he did best: play the most dazzling cricket strokes imaginable

18-Mar-2013•Samir Chopra

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