The Surfer
R Kaushik of Deccan Herald meets Tatenda Taibu , the Zimbabwe captain, and finds out what goes on within the mind of a 22-year-old leading a weak side
Obviously, you just try and control the controllables and forget about what you can't control. If you try and control things that you can't control, your mind will have excess things to worry about.
G Rajaraman of Outlook magazine traces a tale that has developed into Bollywood masala - involving a bar girl, betting and cricketers
Brian Lara has “one of the greatest days of my life” when he meets Nelson Mandela and gives him a bat with the message “I love you President”
Harsha Bhogle comments in The Indian Express on the nineties made by Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid yesterday :
These nineties often draw unreasonable comments for it is what has been achieved rather than what has been missed that is often of the essence. Centuries are happy landmarks, they are indicators of good batsmanship but we worship them too much for they can sometimes become an exercise in self-indulgence.
The Super Series squads have signalled a shift in Australia’s thinking but Malcolm Conn writes in The Australian the selectors shot the wrong man by dropping Damien Martyn from the Test team.
In a candid interview in The Sportstar , Sourav Ganguly chats with S Ram Mahesh about his batting form, captaincy, Indian cricket and more
When you play for a span of 10-11 years, it's not going to be the same standards that you have set for yourself. I am pretty much sure that it's my performances before this because of which my standards have been set pretty high which I have not been able to match.
"The future's bright," says England bowling coach Troy Cooley of the emerging English pace bowlers who are waiting in the wings