Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Here lie Trumper and Fingleton

Waverley Cemetery in the Bronte suburb in Sydney is a picturesque and peaceful resting place

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Tales of the Don

Neil Dansie was one of the last men to see Don Bradman get out from 22 yards away

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

The cricketers' chef

It is the high point of India's ugly tour of Australia four years ago. The teams have landed in Perth. Before the Test, they go for their respective group dinners. Turns out they are both looking to eat at Gogo's Madras Curry.

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Going easy on the kids

With trepidation I headed to the "Test Series Christmas" celebration on Southbank in Melbourne only because the official press conferences were supposed to happen there.

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Memories of cricket in Australia

Long flights can sometimes be good, especially when you have spent the last couple of days thinking of foreign exchange, malfunctioning credit cards, lost keys, and generally lived through Murphy's Law

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

A Very Very Special advertisement

The modern trend is for batsmen to celebrate their centuries in a way that, through accident or design, gives prominence to the back of the bat – and the sponsor's logo on it

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

The last revolutionary standing

“We knew we were all going to die,” he says, casually.

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Fans' flowers can't mask the bigger picture

Hundreds of Bangladeshis gathered outside the team hotel in Dhaka on Saturday to apologise to the cricketers for the actions of some "fans"

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Hunting for New Zealand 1992

We all have our favourite sport jerseys

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

A different ball game

Alan Lewis , former Ireland cricketer and now a Rugby Union referee, was at the Ireland training session before their game against Australia in Dublin last year

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Dhaka crowds back after a break

This Sunday in Dhaka had a terrible hungover feel

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Dhaka reconnects with the Bangabandhu

Bangabandhu Stadium was once the soul of Bangladesh cricket, and sport in general

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

World Cup fever in Bangladesh

My enduring memory of cricket in Bangladesh is from the last day of India’s tour in 2007

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Shah Rukh Khan saves the day

Many will understand my irritation when I saw Shah Rukh Khan had found his way into international cricket too, blowing kisses even as the cricket game was being played

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Moses Mabhida Stadium ready for cricketing spectacle

The Moses Mabhida Stadium is fast becoming as synonymous with Durban as the city's beaches and the Golden Mile

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

The case of the missing Test cap

Has anybody seen Graeme Smith’s Test cap

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

The story of a groundsman

Wilson Ngobese is an unassuming 50-year-old who looks much younger than he is

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Soaking in Wanderers and SuperSport Park

My oldest memory of South Africa is from the mid-nineties - not that I came here then – and cold winter nights in India

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Etiquette, Dhoni's calling card

If you were to enlist the numerous challenges of being India captain, you certainly wouldn't have included having to deal with a mobile phone (also being used as a voice recorder) going off in front of you during a press conference

25-Feb-2013•Sidharth Monga

Choppers to time-crunched India's rescue

The Indian team is used to doing things in style

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