Siddhartha Talya

Flanders win second EuroTwenty20

In a year when research revealed that cricket could have been invented by the Flemish it was perhaps fitting that Flanders were the winners of the second Carmel EuroTwenty20 tournament staged in North Wales.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Wasim and Waqar never helped me - Zahid

Mohammad Zahid, the former Pakistan bowler who was among the fastest in his time, speaks to PakPassion.net about his initiation into cricket, his experience bowling with Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, the current state of fast bowling in Pakistan

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Cricket and Freud

Edward Marriott speaks to former England captain Mike Brearely, one of the country's senior-most psychoanalysts, about the inextricable bond between Test cricket and psychoanalysis and their relevance to a world which demands quick results

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Not a great deal of talent

Dylan Cleaver assesses New Zealand's list of centrally contracted players for the year 2009-10, and writes that the number of strugglers in the list provides an indication of the dearth of cricketing talent in the country

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

South Africa didn't choke

South Africa were outplayed by a better team on their day, and didn't choke as the general perception suggests, writes Arthur Turner on the News24 website .

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Learn from cricket's evil cousin

Jacob Oram delivered a wake-up call for cricket statisticians, claiming that the current system of compiling statistics in terms of averages and strike-rates for Twenty20 cricket was close to irrelevant

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Media outburst at Sehwag a sign of the times

The fiasco surrounding Virender Sehwag's injury and his absence from the World Twenty20, as embarassing as it proved for the Indian team, was further intensified by the manner in which it was dealt by sections of the Indian media, writes Pradeep

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Cricket rakes in the moolah

Cricket is growing increasingly lucrative, and the players don't seem to mind it, despite the adverse impact on Test cricket and the danger of dwindling national loyalties, writes Greg Baum in the Age .

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

World Twenty20 repeats the trick

Dave Tickner, in his blog on Cricket365.com , says the World Twenty20 has, so far, been an enormous hit except for the forgivable blips of the farcical opening ceremony and the ridiculously attired cheerleaders.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

A tribute to fielders

Prem Panicker, in his blog Smoke Signals , pays tribute to the unsung heroes who rarely get the credit they deserve for their impact on the outcomes of cricket matches.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Dhoni's first major misstep

Vikas Singh, in his blog in the Times of India , says MS Dhoni's handling of the fiasco surrounding Virender Sehwag's injury represents his first major misstep as India's captain.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

A rare Indian double international

Partab Ramchand, in the Indian Express , profiles the late MJ Gopalan , one of India's few double internationals, on his hundredth birth anniversary

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Zimbabwe on the backfoot

Siddhartha Mishra, in his article in the Indian Express , tries to examine some of the reasons why Zimbabwe, who lit up the previous World Twenty20 with a shock win over Australia, find themselves in oblivion two years hence.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Cricket's continuing evolution

Tony Cozier, writing in the Stabroek News , while acknowledging that Twenty20 cricket remains the game of the present, says Test cricket's continued survival despite competition from different versions of the sport is an achievement in itself.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Much to celebrate in Twenty20

Neil Manthorp, writing on the Supersport website, says the cricketing public in England has taken to the World Twenty20 quite well, despite the frustrating weather and the home team's dismal loss in the tournament opener.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Inner turmoils of the opener's mind

David Foot, in his article in the Guardian , grapples with the issue of the decline of highly capable cricketers due to stress, arguing that cricket, like no other sport, is played in the head.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

The past and future of English cricket

Is English cricket struggling to leave its past behind, or, with the advent of Twenty20, forgetting its history a little too quickly

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

When will luck favour England?

Lawrence Booth, in his blog The Spin in the Guardian , tries to figure out why England have faltered in limited-overs cricket since the early 90's.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Older, wiser but will Ponting be stronger?

Ricky Ponting faces some stiff challenges as he tours England four years after losing the Ashes

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Consistency matters more than theories

Makarand Waingankar, writing in the Hindu , discusses some of the reasons why big names like Kevin Pietersen, Sachin Tendulkar and Brendon McCullum faltered as captains in the IPL.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

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