Diary

Beatles, Floyd, Siraj

What's a tour of England without some nostalgia - or a lot of it?

07-Aug-2025•Sidharth Monga

Black socks, Black Sabbath and blackest evil on India's tour of England

Our correspondent fills the days between Tests with music, ghosts and encounters in parks

20-Jul-2025•Sidharth Monga

An underdog story with shawarma, pulaos and a whole lot of Pakistani hospitality

Our Bangladesh correspondent enjoys the cricket, but even more so the food and sights of Islamabad and Lahore

06-Sep-2024•Mohammad Isam

The World Cup went to America and I went along

Our intrepid, if airport-weary, correspondent goes down the east coast of the USA and to points south

02-Jul-2024•Sidharth Monga

Want to watch Shaheen Afridi bowl? Peer through the fence

It's Saturday two days out for Christmas, and it's easy to miss the cricket at the Junction Oval

23-Dec-2023•Danyal Rasool

Ghalib, AP Dhillon, and the sweet sounds of cricket at the World Cup

Our correspondent takes in some culture while also dealing with airport sagas (including not getting recognised by Javagal Srinath)

17-Nov-2023•Sidharth Monga

An unlikely hat-tricker, a keeper-commentator... it's the simple things that stand out

Bangladesh look set to be the story of the tournament, and the no-fuss response to the non-striker run-out was perfect

18-Jan-2023•Raunak Kapoor

Searching for the real Pakistan - from behind a security cordon

Islamabad-Multan diary: While the focus on safety is very understandable, it regrettably drains the travelling reporter's experience of authentic local flavour

09-Dec-2022•Vithushan Ehantharajah

In Australia, the weather is not quite fine, and the fines bite

Rain has its say during our correspondent's time down under, during which he marvels at the penalties on offer for various infractions

10-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

Taking in loss and joy in Amritsar

Our Sri Lanka correspondent gets time off from cricket to explore the history-laden Punjab city

14-Mar-2022•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Whatever happened to Lancaster Park?

At the Christchurch ground ravaged by the 2011 earthquake, only memories remain of what was once the city's sporting hub

07-Mar-2020•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Photo-bombing Kohli, and other tales

Our correspondent goes gaga for the hills, the food and the people of the Caribbean, and briefly becomes a Twitter sensation

04-Sep-2019•Aishwarya Kumar

Ethiopian delights and Colombo evenings

What's a World Cup tour writer's life like? All about recording podcasts in cemeteries and being mistaken for a taxi driver, of course

12-Jul-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Beefy's day, Imran's day, New Day

Nostalgia is par for the course when you're a cricket writer covering the World Cup in England

30-Jun-2019•Sidharth Monga

Fifty shades of grey

Our correspondent goes looking for colour around the World Cup, and finds mostly one hue

22-Jun-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Ello from Brizzle

Our correspondent takes in the delights of the west of England, language quirks and all

10-Jun-2019•Sidharth Monga

Beauty, brutality and brotherhood in New Zealand

It was to be a routine Test tour for Bangladesh. Then terror and tragedy struck

21-Mar-2019•Mohammad Isam

Big Things, big sixes, and cricket in toilets

In Australia, the attractions come super-sized

10-Jan-2019•Sidharth Monga

Australia, you beauty

Down under, the weather is harsh and the fines harsher, but there are also many postcard-perfect scenes to savour

21-Dec-2018•Sidharth Monga

Bungee nerves, and a very expensive shortcut

Our correspondent takes the big leap, and makes it to a jury panel with Bishop, Moody and Co

05-Feb-2018•Shashank Kishore

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