Samir Chopra

Coming of Age as a Fan

Feb 25, 2013: I don't think I can point to another series after the 1976-77 one and declaim, "And by that time, my development as a fan was complete." Because while it is easy to point to the beginnings of one's education, it is unwise to mark the end

Australian cricket

Let Ponting bat, without the captaincy

Feb 25, 2013: Ricky Ponting was never a great captain, though he led a great side, says Suresh Menon in Tehelka

Commentary

India's cricket journalism marred by jingoism

Feb 25, 2013: In a scathing indictment of the cricket media in India, Peter Roebuck writes in the Outlook that individual glorification and jingoism have blinded the bulk of the media to what should be its chief job, being the eyes and ears of the nation.

When Gavaskar batted left-handed

Feb 25, 2013: In the semi-final of the 1981-82 Ranji season, with Karnataka left-arm Raghuram Bhatt spinner coiling webs around Bombay's batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar walked out as a left-hand batsman to negate him in the second innings

Hayden and Warne go for the naans

Feb 25, 2013: Venkat Ananth and Akshay Sawai of the Open magazine go behind the scenes to find what cricketers do, speak, and most importantly, eat, during the lunch break.

The lighter side of injuries

Feb 25, 2013: The incident triggered some memories for me as I thought about the times I’ve been on a field when an injury has occurred and how people reacted

Papua New Guinea

PNG train with Sri Lanka's one-day squad

Feb 25, 2013: Some of Papua New Guinea, Japan and Fiji’s most promising cricketers have had the chance to rub shoulders with the likes of Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara at a training camp in Brisbane.

Indian cricket

Why Tendulkar's bat looks big

Feb 25, 2013: Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , David Sygall tries to analyse what makes Sachin Tendulakar's bat look bigger than normal.

Batting

Baker's dozen of epochal third innings

Feb 25, 2013: A look at few of the classic third innings batting performances over the years

Indian cricket

India's rotation policy robbing cricket fans

Feb 25, 2013: The rotation policy of venues for international cricket in India is impractical, says Anand Vasu in the Hindustan Times

Australian cricket

Time to save domestic cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket Australia's AGM is approaching, and Robert Craddock writes in the Courier-Mail that it's time for some firm decisions on the country's new Twenty20 competition.

New Zealand cricket

A trans-Tasman T20 domestic tournament

Feb 25, 2013: From Alan & Philip Sutherland, Australia

Indian cricket

Dhoni's Jharkhand experiencing change

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket in the Indian state of Jharkhand, which has produced MS Dhoni and Saurabh Tiwary, has remained mired in the shackles of mediocrity

West Indies cricket

Ray of hope for West Indies cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Hartley Anderson, in the Jamaica Observer , is optimistic about the future of West Indies cricket

New Zealand cricket

NZ have a a mountain to climb

Feb 25, 2013: Writing in the New Zealand Herald , Adam Parore says that for all of the praise we must send the way of Bangladesh, following their 4-0 ODI series win over New Zealand, there is one word which best sums up this result: embarrassing.

Australia in India 2010

Cricket and consolation

Feb 25, 2013: Walking towards the government headquarters in Bangalore, to catch a glimpse of the unfolding political drama, Ramachandra Guha instead chose to go to the Chinnaswamy stadium to watch, as he writes in the Telegraph another, and indubitably more

Australian cricket

Khawaja’s tale of overcoming adversity

Feb 25, 2013: David Riccio, writing in the Sunday Telegraph , tells the story of Usman Khawaja, who has been laughing in the face of adversity his whole life.

Commentary

Agnew remembers Johnston

Feb 25, 2013: At a time when cricket commentary has degenerated into loud and cliched utterances set to the monotonous frenzy of Twenty20 cricket, Jonathan Agnew of Test Match Special looks back at the magical era of his predecessor as BBC's cricket

A beast called Ricky

Feb 25, 2013: Mr Ponting is losing touch with his animal instincts, apparently

English cricket

Strauss leads by example

Feb 25, 2013: Andrew Strauss has made all the right moves both on and off the field, suggesting that he may be born for the job of leading England, according to Jim White of the Telegraph