This summer when India tour Sri Lanka, there is no doubt that 4 of the most talented spinners in world cricket will be on show.  Sri Lanka have the great Muttiah Muralitharan with over 1000 wickets to his name in international cricket and the man hyped to be his successor, Ajantha Mendis.  India’s spinners (Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh) have a combined wickets tally of almost 1500 in international cricket.  Therefore all the statistics point to this series being a battle of guile and... Read Full Story

Yesterday, the world’s media reported that the result of the controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan in 2006 is to be changed from an English victory to a draw.  The ICC is expected to make this change at its meeting in Dubai following pressure from the PCB.  A Cricinfo source stated“England and Pakistan have agreed to declare the Oval Test as a draw to maintain the dignity of Pakistan in world cricket, especially after the ball-tampering charges were dropped.” Originally the... Read Full Story

On July 1, one of the world’s most famous managers, Luiz Felipe Scolari, will be taking over at Chelsea.  His record speaks for itself having won domestic championships in Brazil, the Copa Libertadores (South American Champions League) and of course the World Cup with Brazil in 2002.  So of course when his appointment by Chelsea was announced recently, fans in West London began to anticipate a new era.  However, Scolari does face many new challenges which we will have... Read Full Story

With the situation in Zimbabwe worsening every day, the game of cricket has a decision to make regarding Zimbabwe. The line so far that has been adpoted by some of the countries on the ICC has been one of sports and poliics should not mix. Well is the situation in Zimbabwe really about politics anymore? Surely we are in the territory of a humanitarian catostrophe, all brought about by the man who is also patron of the Zimbabwaen Cricket Council. When we look at the overall situation surely... Read Full Story

This is the big question.  The Sensex is now at the quite amazing levels of 14,220, just a few months ago there were brokerage houses coming out with rosy predictions of the Sensex touching 30K. Well we seem to have some some semblance of reality now, but the question that comes to mind is - Are there any real bargains out there yet? This is not an easy question to answer as there are still many question marks over the Indian market (see my last blog.) and with the last set of Inflation... Read Full Story

For me was WC final 1999. It was a day before my important Maths A level exam, I decided to forego my revision and watch the match. Pakistan won the toss and I was very happy because Pakistan had mainly won after batting first and setting a big total with the help of late pushes from the bat of Wasim and Moin. The team was posed to repeat Imran’s cornered tigers. By all accounts Pakistan were the star team in the tournament and had already beaten Australia convincingly in the group stages... Read Full Story

A Brief History Marco Polo was the first person to make any mention of these islands that lie off the coast of India in the Bay of Bengal. Although he did not actually set foot on any of the islands and merely sighted them on his journey back to Europe. There are over 570 islands, many of which probably are still untouched since the days of Marco Polo which is quite an amazing thought in this modern age where everyhting is so transient. Some of the islands are still populated by tribal groups... Read Full Story

Along with the persistent retirement rumors, Does any one really think the Undertaker character is dead and he is only a popular guy now? If we look at the Undertaker’s gimmicks, he is supposed to be feared man. He is the dead man, If any of you watched or even experienced The Undertaker in his early days around 96 and before…you will notice how people get scared and afraid of this man, the undertaker is not scary any more…this is surely against his gimmick!! People now cheer when they hear... Read Full Story

After a phenomenal 2007 during which new highs were tested on a regular basis, the current year has brought the Indian Stock Market crashing down to earth. Jittery investors have had one worry or another to make them exit the stock market in droves this year. The new year started with heightened worries over the credit crunch in the US and Europe. Foreign Institutional Investors (FII’s) started selling and exiting in droves after record inflows in the previous year. The effect has been to... Read Full Story

Kumar Sangakkara’s entry into Sri Lankan cricket was certainly not pre-destined by any stretch of one’s imagination. He was more or less a non-factor in the domestic cricket scene in Sri Lanka but a swashbuckling innings of 156 not out for Sri Lanka ‘A’ in a 50 over encounter against the visiting Zimbabwe ‘A’ team in May of 2000 propelled him to be in contention for a spot in the national team for a home Tri-series featuring South Africa and Pakistan. In just his second international match... Read Full Story