Tour Diary

Certainly not nondescript

Certainly not nondescript

Nondescripts is an unassuming cricket ground, the only one of the five used for this tournament that hasn’t hosted a Test or ODI

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

The only way to travel

The only way to travel

You’ll have read the occasional passing reference to tuk-tuks in this diary already, but the three-wheeled vehicles have become such a part of my everyday life around Colombo that I felt they deserved an entry of their own

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Ruins in fantasy land

Ruins in fantasy land

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Lego-land

Lego-land

Driving from Peshawar to Rawalpindi to Islamabad is like going from a rustic barber's shop to a run-of-the-mill hair-dresser to a posh hair-styling saloon

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Anyone seen the score?

Anyone seen the score?

After two matches at the SSC, Colombo’s second biggest ground following the Premadasa Stadium, it was time to take a look at another of the town’s multitude if venues

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Nepal aim to climb their Everest

Nepal aim to climb their Everest

In many ways, the World Cup is bigger news in the lesser-known cricketing nations

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

A law unto itself

A law unto itself

It’s been exactly a month since I landed in Pakistan and only now do I get the feeling of being in a foreign country

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Younger team, bigger win

Younger team, bigger win

In their current form there are not many sides that could outdo the full Australian side when it comes to a crushing one-day win

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Serious, dead serious

Serious, dead serious

In 1275, when Marco Polo visited the Peshawar area, he found a place where "people have peculiar language, worship idols and have an evil disposition"

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

It never rains, but it pours

It never rains, but it pours

Here, with my finest weather-presenting impression is the forecast for Colombo

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

The full experience

The full experience

A refreshing aspect to my early days in Colombo has been the attitude of the players and management that I have so far come across

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Specialist: Masala Dosa

Specialist: Masala Dosa

Like an oasis in a desert, somewhere in Clifton Shopping Arcade in Karachi, is a small niche specialising in making, hold your breath, Masala Dosa

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Tape it, rip it

Tape it, rip it

It was so similar, yet it was so different

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

England in a positive spin

England in a positive spin

Who says England can’t win a match with spin

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

An Olympian hammering

An Olympian hammering

A battle of the hacks under floodlights at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium is no joking matter

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Life in Colombo

Life in Colombo

Forgive me if some of my comments over the next few weeks seem slightly clichéd or old-hat

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Nine hundred seconds of history

Nine hundred seconds of history

The Pakistan board decided to start the Karachi Test at 10:00am local time unlike at Lahore and Faisalabad, when the game had started 15 minutes earlier

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Unbottling the noise

Unbottling the noise

Unlike the packed house at Faisalabad, the National Stadium in Karachi is just around half full

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Broad roads, big city

Broad roads, big city

Here we are at Karachi and for one of the first time in this tour, take a deep breath, I sweat

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Thank God it's over

Thank God it's over

How we sat through five days of that drudgery called the Faisalabad Test we will always wonder

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

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