sri lanka's progress in this tournament is a great advertisement for bowlers in t20 cricket

there has been much criticism of mahendra singh dhoni's tactics in this world t20

this is not the time to burn effigies since showing disappointment doesn't mean demeaning yourself

india might still turn things around but they have been disappointing

whichever way you look at it the ipl has been a fantastic success

just to give you an idea of how quickly perceptions change in t20

somebody asked me yesterday if adam gilchrist's blitzkrieg was among the best limited overs innings i had seen

three matches to go as i write this

i'm delighted that the knight riders won a game

batting in the ipl seems to have fallen into some kind of rhythm which is so unlike what t20 cricket is all about.t20 is about following your instinct, catching your opponent unawares, it is more like a guerrilla strategy than a military campaign

so the mumbai indians are out of this year's ipl and they have four long days to endure before their last match, and their flight to mumbai

the most fascinating paradox at the ipl is that the first team into the semi-final has done so with very little contribution from its opening pair

in a tournament where slow bowling seems to hold the key, and where fast bowlers seem to value the slower ball more (on another note, if you bowl four balls at 110 kmph and two at 135kmph, are you bowling four slower balls or two faster balls?), it

i have found over the years that the most studied explanations of events come from enthusiastic bloggers-the kind i hope frequent this site and make occasional forays towards this blog

the flair captains have been doing well at the ipl

with one quality bowler (rp singh), another untested at this level (ryan harris) and absolutely nothing else to write home about, the deccan chargers defended a fairly ordinary score on a good batting wicket against the mumbai indians who are fast

today's blog is the story of two performances; both outstanding, both deserving of much credit but creating a vastly different impact on the match

here's a quick one for all you to ponder over while you think about all the different ways in which this year's ipl is different

more interesting than the fake ipl blog, which is a lot of fun and a lot of fiction, is a peculiar trend that has emerged in this year's ipl

So how old is old