V Ramnarayan (NOT IN USE)

Walking into the Hyderabad team of the 70s meant rubbingshoulders with some of the most glamorous cricketers of the time.I do not remember anything musical about the stylish Abbas AliBaig, a man made famous by a scorcher of a kiss a young femalefan

The news that Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan has decided to call it a day means that the ICC's elite panel of Test umpires will soon be without the services of one of its outstanding members

In July's issue of Wisden Asia Cricket , former Hyderabad offspinner V Ramnarayan reviews the latest biography of Ranji and calls it a well-researched hatchet job

"Fergie" Gupte is no more

Tamil Nadu did not give this game young cricketer a fair deal,dropping him at the first sign of loss of form rather than nurturinghis undoubted talent and big-match temperament.

© CricInfo Rarely has a young cricketer's continued presence in the Indian team attracted such heated discussion

The selectors must be pretty sanguine that the forthcoming Zimbabwe series will not tax the Indian players'technique or temperament unduly

When India beat England in style at Chepauk way back in February 1952, hope must have risen in the patriotic Indian heart that the country which had won freedom without firing a bullet was now ready to take on the world in cricket too, with nary a

© Stamp Publicity I recently had the misfortune of watching the desultory proceedings of a Ranji Trophy match between two premier South Zone teams

For years and years, I supported England against Australia but, exceptfor brief spells when led by Mike Brearley and inspired by the heroicdeeds of golden-boy Botham, my favourite team of the past proved moreoften than not to have feet of clay.

The selectors must be congratulated on the bold choices they have made for the Mohali Test, especially in the bowling department

In the long term, however, this new trend diluted thestrength of the Indian attack

In the past, the greatest gain for English and Australian Test cricketers on tour in India used to be the raw material that they acquired for the books some of them published soon afterwards

Most knowledgeable cricket viewers have serious doubts about thepropriety of the bowling actions of a number of bowlers whom they havebeen watching closely over the years

Tactically speaking, the Prince of Kolkata has quitesome way to go before he can be mentioned in the same breath as thetwo nawabs of Hyderabad cricket, but that would not be entirely fairto him at this stage of his career.

Every time India loses a one-day final, the whole country tears the team to pieces, and theories are floated as to why our cricketers choke at the most important hour

Bertie Wooster thought his manservant Jeeves owed his brains to a regular diet of fish

The Irani Cup has traditionally been the season's opener and often a virtual trial match for the year ahead

Sourav Ganguly walks calmly down the wicket and hits a South African fast bowler out of the ground

What does an international cricketer do when he runs into a bad patch, inevitable in a career of any decent length