Siddhartha Talya

PCB, Younis need to show maturity

The PCB has to find a way of addressing issues leading to dissent within the Pakistan team and try to restore Younis Khan as captain, while Younis himself has to come out with a direct response to end any speculation surrounding his stepping down,

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Blame the players, not UDRS

The Umpire Decision Review System is not to be blamed for the criticisms associated with it, but the players, who have misused it and to some extent, the TV umpires, who haven't yet come to grips with their job description, writes Lawrence Booth in

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Vote for Strauss

James Lawton, writing in the Independent , makes a case for Andrew Strauss to be voted the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Decline in quality of offspinners in India

G Viswanath, writing in the Hindu , says the BCCI's clampdown on bowlers with suspect actions in the current domestic season has contributed to the below-par performance of offspinners.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Scotland plan three-day domestic matches

Last week, Cricket Scotland officials announced their plans to organize a new regional tournament, featuring the country's elite players, with three teams from the three main geographical centres playing regular three-day matches.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Dermott, a legend who cannot be replaced

Dermott Monteith, Ireland's all-time highest wicket-taker, died yesterday at the age of 66

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

India's remarkable climb

There have been plenty of factors at play in India's rise to the No.1 ranking in Tests, including MS Dhoni's captaincy, but foremost among them is their adherence to the "process" put in place by coach Gary Kirsten, writes Lokendra Pratap Sahi in the

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Consistency a problem for England

Sustained excellence has always been a problem for England, not just in cricket, writes Lawrence Booth in his blog, the Top Spin, in the Daily Mail

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

The Trott factor in English cricket

Barney Ronay, in his blog in the Guardian , rates a Jonathan Trott-inspired England win only marginally better than a defeat

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Collingwood, the anti-Gower

Paul Collingwood's robustness, his natural inclination to play off the back foot and the lack of flashiness in his batting makes him the typical north-England cricketer, writes Harry Pearson in his blog in the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

South Africa need to match words with action

South Africa have dominated the pre-series verbal exchanges but need to match that with quality cricket, even more so now as they are without the services of Jacques Kallis for the ODI series, writes Lawrence Booth in his blog Top Spin in the

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Tendulkar's band of brothers

The accolades that poured in for Sachin Tendulkar on his completion of 20 years in international cricket largely concerned his achievements in this decade, since the 2-1 victory over Australia in 2001

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Fiji launches Elite Premier League

Fiji will become the latest non-Test country to run a domestic competition for its best players when the Elite Player League commences on Saturday.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

South Africa's legspinning prodigy

Legspinners at the international level have been a rarity for South Africa

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Wins for Chile and Brazil

An unbeaten 195 from captain Simon Shalders launched Chile to a 163-run win over Peru in Santiago in their first game of the World Cricket League Americas Division Three campaign on Friday.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Chile favourites in Americas Division Three

Chile are led by last year’s Player-of-the-Tournament, Simon Chalders, in a squad which contains five all-rounders - Ian Walker, Jim Scarbrough and Michael Meade, Thomas Dawes and Christian Eyzaguirre

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

How soon a Russian Premier League?

While the Chinese have embraced cricket and espouse aspirations of beating India in a Test, their geopolitical rivals to the north are yet to come to grips with the strange sport

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Brazil ease past Mexico

Brazil warmed up for the World Cricket League Americas Division Three tournament starting in Santiago on Friday with a 3-0 one-day series win over Mexico in São Paulo last weekend.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Malawi continue unbeaten run

Malawi remained unbeaten to ensure their promotion to Africa Division Two following their four wicket win against Sierra Leone in Blantyre, Malawi on Tuesday

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Father and son

Mike Selvey has announced his retirement from all cricket, including games played on excursions

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