Archive (Wisden Asia Cricket)

A passage to greatness

From Viswanath to Gavaskar and the modern masters Tendulkar and Dravid, Mukul Kesavan traces the history of Indian batting and its discrete eras in the light of Wisden Asia Cricket's Greatest Indian Innings list.

06-Dec-2004

Playing hooky

Chandrahas Choudhury picks 11 batsmen who knew exactly how to reply to a bouncer aimed at the throat

19-Sep-2004•Chandrahas Choudhury

The blind run on the toilet seat

One of the most exciting spectacles in cricket is that of a fast bowler charging in with fire in his eyes, ready to dominate the batsman

12-Sep-2004•Nagraj Gollapudi

Cricket for dummies

The compulsions that drive the hideous new world of Indian cricket broadcasting

04-Sep-2004•Rahul Bhatia

'A unique mix of touch and power'

The August issue of Wisden Asia Cricket had the five leading Indian batsmen talking about each other and analysing their game

24-Aug-2004

Shadow of a doubt
Maurice Odumbe went from slaying cricketing giants to being disgraced in the muddle of the match-fixing
18-Aug-2004

India's own Aussie
He's taken a side lackadaisical about fitness and injury prevention and put them up there with the world's leanest and meanest
15-Aug-2004•Dileep Premachandran

A taxing problem
If you're waiting for the World Cup or the Champions Trophy to come to India, don't hold your breath
09-Aug-2004•Anand Vasu

Murali's ammunition
Will Muttiah Muralitharan's battle to clear his name succeed
01-Aug-2004•Charlie Austin

Murali strikes back
It was an extraordinary event
01-Aug-2004•Charlie Austin

'There will always be 10% who are jealous'
Muttiah Muralitharan recently went to England to shoot for a documentary in which he bowls wearing a brace on his arm that is designed to keep it straight, and in which he goes through the full repertoire of his craft, spinning the ball viciously,
31-Jul-2004•Charlie Austin

'I think of this comeback as a debut' - Harbhajan
Harbhajan Singh talks about the lessons he learnt from being outside the Indian team due to injury
03-Jul-2004

About a boy
He's India's youngest wicketkeeper, but already a grizzled veteran at 19
26-Jun-2004

Stumps at dawn
Women's cricket in Pakistan has inspiring tales aplenty, but it is also riven by feuding and jealousy
22-Jun-2004•Emma Levine

'We're not stretching the law for fast bowlers'
David Richardson, the general manager, cricket, of the ICC, presents the rationale for the graded tolerance levels for bowling actions
19-Jun-2004

The politics of revenge
Asian cricket has been unconscionably lax in taking a stance on Zimbabwe, writes Kamran Abbasi
12-Jun-2004•Kamran Abbasi

'I'm getting there' - Irfan Pathan

In the following interview, which appeared in May issue of Wisden Asia Cricket, Irfan Pathan talks about his experiences in his brief international career so far

31-May-2004•Interviewed by Rahul Bhattacharya

Irfan Pathan's excellent adventure
From Under-19 to Test spearhead in six months flat: it has been an extraordinary rise for Irfan Pathan, and one that has captured the national imagination like little else in cricket in recent times
31-May-2004•Rahul Bhattacharya with Nagraj Gollapudi

'I like to work things out for myself'
He was the surprise hit of India's Pakistan tour
25-May-2004•Anand Vasu

'This whole team believes in winning' - Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly has said that the Indian team will have to look beyond personal goals and focus on winning to take Indian cricket forward
01-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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