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When Abey Kuruvilla reached for the sky

When Abey Kuruvilla reached for the sky

He was a tall boy with big dreams. He took his neighbourhood along for the ride

16-Aug-2020•Deepti Unni

The many shades of Marlon Samuels

The many shades of Marlon Samuels

Six-hitter, stonewaller, "Sextillion", the bookie connection - if ever there was a character who aroused mixed feelings in a fan…

14-Jul-2020•Matt Roller

Suresh Raina: it's complicated

Suresh Raina: it's complicated

What happens when a batting star doesn't scale the heights a young fan expects him to?

17-Jun-2020•Deivarayan Muthu

Loving and loathing Freddie

Loving and loathing Freddie

Infuriatingly irksome, devastatingly good: an Australian reflects on Andrew Flintoff

10-May-2020•Valkerie Baynes

Big little ABD

Big little ABD

A bona fide genius: love that. The picking and choosing, the hemming and hawing: not so much

18-Apr-2020•Shamya Dasgupta

My friend Azhar

My friend Azhar

The man we loved to love became the man we hated to love and loved to hate. In the end there was neither love nor hate, but pity perhaps

09-Mar-2020•Suresh Menon

Piece of Kane

Piece of Kane

Everyone wants one. It's not easy dealing with the swelling ranks of Williamson devotees

17-Feb-2020•Nishi Narayanan

The trouble with Kolpaks and KP

The trouble with Kolpaks and KP

We want them here, working with us, not there, working for themselves

24-Jan-2020•Firdose Moonda

Hero in blue, villain in maroon

Hero in blue, villain in maroon

For a Somerset and Australia supporter in the 1970s and '80s, the King was problematic

24-Dec-2019•Crispin Andrews

Those men in fiery red shirts

Those men in fiery red shirts

Supporting pre-2004 Zimbabwe was the most innocent of cricket's pleasures. Until you looked deeper

29-Nov-2019•Danyal Rasool

India v Pakistan, a Bangladeshi view

India v Pakistan, a Bangladeshi view

Hating to love the rivalry that arouses strong passions in Dhaka

18-Oct-2019•Mohammad Isam

The brat, the bully, the bleedin' Aussie bogeyman

The brat, the bully, the bleedin' Aussie bogeyman

For an England fan, it was hard not to feel antagonistic towards Ricky Ponting however much you liked his belligerent batting

11-Sep-2019•Alan Gardner

Do I love to hate Dhoni? Or hate to love him?

Do I love to hate Dhoni? Or hate to love him?

To a Bangalore boy, hero worship was out of the question regardless of Dhoni's leadership, batting and cool creds

23-Aug-2019•Varun Shetty

All hail the grim reaper

All hail the grim reaper

If you were an England batsman of the 1990s and 2000s, the chances were pretty high McGrath had your scalp in his bag

31-Jul-2019•Scott Oliver

Christopher Henry Gayle. What can I say?

Christopher Henry Gayle. What can I say?

How to feel about a cricketer with 20 years of experience who has branded himself an arrogant stud?

18-Apr-2019•Vaneisa Baksh

Sachin, Sachin! India, India!

Sachin, Sachin! India, India!

If Tendulkar's rise coincided with the rise of Indian jingoism - well, it wasn't his fault

29-Mar-2019•Jayaditya Gupta

Sunny, Gramps and me

Sunny, Gramps and me

Why does Gavaskar always have to be a grouch or worse? He was so much cooler back when he was playing

18-Feb-2019•Alagappan Muthu

Hands, gob, heals

Hands, gob, heals

The brilliant Alyssa Healy vowed to "bring the bitch back". What's an English journalist to do but love to hate her?

28-Jan-2019•Raf Nicholson

He is un-sexy, he talks gobbledygook, he is Justin Langer, he is me

He is un-sexy, he talks gobbledygook, he is Justin Langer, he is me

Langer personifies the worst in Australian cricket culture, as well as its best. Nobody knows this better than fellow Western Australians

25-Dec-2018•Benjamin Golby

Javed Omar, no, yes, sorry

Javed Omar, no, yes, sorry

A nation's frustrated relationship with an admirable cricketer

26-Nov-2018•Mohammad Isam

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