Tariq Engineer

India's big guns need to play domestic cricket

Even just a few years ago it was occasionally possible to watch the likes of Sachin Tendulkar turn out for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

England can beat vulnerable India

India losing to England in England is one thing

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

England then and now

One of the standout features of the current England team is its professionalism

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Vinod Kambli's tragic talent show

When Vinod Kambli was a teenager, many cricket commentators reckoned he was more talented than Sachin Tendulkar

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

The King of Indian cricket

The tributes to the late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi continue, this time in the Economist , which praises Pataudi for being the man who taught Indians "that they could take on any country, on their own turf or not, and win".

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

In the shadow of Ponting

Ricky Ponting’s absence for Australia’s second Test against Sri Lanka – he flew home for the birth of his second child – is an opportunity for the younger generation to display their credentials for Test cricket

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

India's troubles are payment for the IPL’s cash

The recriminations over India’s 4-0 whitewash at the hands of England have had one common thread – the influence of the IPL

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Planning not part of BCCI's vocabulary

With India on the verge of going down 3-0 to England in the four Test series and losing their, no

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

England's batting bowlers

England’s current wealth of fast bowling resources is one of their biggest advantages, if not their biggest advantage

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Shoaib Malik turns to tennis

Shoaib Malik may not be able to play international cricket for Pakistan until he is cleared by the PCB, but he can still experience the thrill of playing a sport against international-level opposition

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Finding someone to blame

Cricket has always aroused strong reactions in the subcontinent

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Waiting for Dravid

In this age of instant gratification, waiting for anything has become a strange, outdated notion for most of us

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Arrogance could cost India their No.1 throne

India’s capitulation at Lord’s has incited plenty of commentary on how a No.1 side should conduct itself, with some even suggesting England are the real No.1, no matter what the numbers say

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

A different India without Sehwag

All the talk heading into the second Test at Trent Bridge has been about the impact of India losing Zaheer Khan, but another man’s absence looms just as large, especially if Gautam Gambhir fails to recover from his elbow injury in time

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

The wizard of wobble

Praveen Kumar responded to Zaheer Khan’s absence in the Lord’s Test with a determined display of swing bowling that ended with a five-wicket haul and his name on the hallowed honour’s board

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

England are the world's best Test team

England’s comprehensive defeat of India in the Lord’s Test takes them one step closer to becoming the No.1 Test team – they need to win the four-Test series by a two-Test margin to overtake India – but Stephen Brenkley in the Independent reckons

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Cricket comes to the Kashmir valley

While India’s eyes were locked on the IPL in April, an experiment was beginning in Kashmir that hoped to use cricket as way of healing some of the state’s wounds as well as identifying its talent – the army announced the idea of the Kashmir Premier

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Uncovering Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir is an intense, driven cricketer and someone who is unafraid to speak his mind, as he did when dedicating India’s World Cup win to the victims of the terrorist attack in November, 2008

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

The quiet significance of Rahul Dravid

Once again, Rahul Dravid was the last man standing for India, this time in the first Test against England at Lord’s, in the process racking up his 33rd Test hundred

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Who will bring reforms in Pakistan?

The ICC's Pakistan Task Team recently released a report that recommended substantial changes to the way the PCB functions

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

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