Samir Chopra

Champion teams know how and when to defend

The great West Indian teams of the 80s, while always associated with dashing batsmanship, were capable of obdurate, defensive batting as well

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Braving the Indian summer

Cricket fans not from the subcontinent come to realize - eventually - that cricket is most certainly not the summer game in the Indian subcontinent

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

An idea whose time may come?

I wouldn't mind seeing games of five-day cricket between two teams whose selections were not limited by national boundaries

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

The beauty of a catch at slip

Most Dramatic Dismissal: a sharp catch taken at slip in the opening overs of an innings, when the bowling captain has set an aggressive field

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

The trials of captaincy: a rookie learns the hard way

Like any good fan, I dish out plenty of advice to captains

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

The significance of 796.358

Many fans should immediately recognize its cricketing significance; if you can't, think a bit before you run to Google it

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Meeting Rahul Dravid: The soul of a champion

This man simply did not have the airs of a sporting superstar, someone who was rich and famous, and hobnobbed with other cricketing superstars

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Curiously significant dates: Making history more inclusive

On Tuesday, I attended a talk in the Political Science department at Brooklyn College

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Talking cricket with Americans: Teaching and learning

A few days ago, I sent the final manuscript for my book on the changing face of modern cricket to the publishers

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Out of the classroom and onto the pitch

While digging through a collection of letters I had written to my mother during my boarding school years, I chanced upon one dated March 8, 1981

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

An open letter to Giles Clarke

Well done. With your statement that Internet piracy is the "biggest danger to cricket" you have pulled off a rather wonderful trifect

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

India never cultivated aggression, even when they were No.1

Nothing has surprised me more than the defences mounted of Dhoni's tactics in Wellington and Dominica

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Crowded calendar will give Indian fans relief

The long gaps between the series that allowed endless mental replays of their worst moments, have now been successfully plugged by leagues

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Testing the traveller

Following a cricket game while travelling is always guaranteed to induce in me the frisson of the explorer

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

The most pleasant of memories: My highest score

In my earlier post on magical numbers, I forgot to note one number of especial personal importance: 38*

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Against specialist fielders: Give everyone a chance

Captains should recognise their love and commitment towards the game

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

How exactly did one become a Test cricketer?

As someone that has studied philosophy, I'm used to dealing with cosmic questions: Why is there something rather than nothing

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Faux objectivity: The murky business of light meters

But what precisely are the light meters protecting the cricketers (and us) from? From conditions where the light is either "too poor to play" or is "dangerous"?

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

Empty Eden: The saddest sight in cricket

When a Test between India and West Indies resembled the scene of a Ranji Trophy opening-round game between Assam and Tripura

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

On 15,000 and 500: Tendulkar and Boucher can rest easy

I should take note of two new staggering numbers that have entered the test pantheon: 15,000 and 500

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

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