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"He has got some serious jewellery, Dwayne Bravo... and a serious wicket indeed, for the visitors"
Danny Morrison discovers the joy of drawing forced connections as he watches Dwayne Bravo take a wicket
Mar 17, 2010
"There might be 1411 tigers left but there's only one Murali"
Harsha Bhogle puts the value of the world's leading wicket-taker in context
Mar 17, 2010
"Tell you what, these coal-cutters are very impressive again tonight"
Mike Haysman finds himself a nice name for the KKR side
Mar 16, 2010
"One small step for Mr Modi is one giant leap for the cricketing fraternity"
Navjot Sidhu is put in mind of the moon landings at the start of the IPL
Mar 13, 2010
"I don't wear heels, I only look at them"
If it's the IPL, it must be good old Ravi Shastri, firmly dismissing suspicions he may be into women's wear
Mar 12, 2010
"If looks could kill, the players would be observing two minutes' silence for the umpire."
It's murder out there after an appeal is turned down during the third India-South Africa ODI and Sunil Gavaskar calls it like he sees it
Feb 28, 2010
"He has used the bat like a surgeon's knife today"
Ravi Shastri watches Sachin Tendulkar get to the highest ODI score. Or ER perhaps.
Feb 24, 2010
"This man has left a stain on the Indians"
If Dale Steyn taking a bagful of wickets on day three in Nagpur was not bad enough for India, there's Ravi Shastri to explain it to the masses
Feb 8, 2010
"If it could rain without raining, it was happening yesterday"
Shamim Chaudhury knows just what was up with the weather on day one of the Bangladesh tri-series
Jan 5, 2010
"Kumar Sangakkara will stay the same"
Ravi Shastri passes an edict after he announces India have a new captain, Virender Sehwag, for the third ODI against Sri Lanka
Dec 22, 2009
"He's not only been running his own runs, but also the runs of his partner"
Sunil Gavaskar has an ingenious explanation for why MS Dhoni was tired after reaching his century.
Dec 19, 2009
"That's out! Oh, sorry Vijay and Vijay's family"
Sunil Gavaskar thinks an uppish flick is going to be caught even though there's no fielder positioned to take it. He is contrite enough to apologise to the batsman and kin for the error.
Dec 4, 2009
"This is a Test match, not a one-dayer"
Ravi Shastri, aka the one who dispels myths and delusions, struts his stuff during the Mumbai Test
Dec 3, 2009
"Water is life, and this pitch is slowly dying."
Bruce Yardley gets scientific, y'all
Nov 18, 2009
"This time there's no kiss for the leg stump, but there's a miss,"
Sunil Gavaskar wants a piece of the rhyme action
Nov 17, 2009
"...That's Kool and the Gang"
Ramiz Raja is seized by a paroxysm of disco-inflected wit as he introduces the presentation party at the third Pakistan-New Zealand ODI, among them many worthies from the Cool & Cool company
Nov 9, 2009
"Chacha doing a bit of cha cha"
Ramiz Raja, watching the Pakistan cheerleader mascot Chacha Cricket, is moved to doggerel
Nov 9, 2009
"They have turned their cars, their camels, back and are coming back to watch"
Jeremy Coney accounts for societal differences while describing the effects of the epic last-wicket partnership in the third Pakistan-New Zealand ODI
Nov 9, 2009
"Mohammad Yousuf strikes me as the sort of man who'd never run for a train. [He'd] rather miss it"
The astute Jeremy Coney deduces rather a lot from watching a Pakistani batsman on the field
Nov 6, 2009
"The same delivery over and over again - the full-toss, wide outside off stump. Makes me sound like a parrot."
L Sivaramakrishnan fears Shane Watson's death overs bowling is having a poor influence on his commentary
Oct 25, 2009
