As the next Indian Premier League (IPL) and the World Cup looms large, this blogger looks forward to more entertainment from his favourite cricketers. Especially those who’re still batting in the Commentator’s Box and regaling us with edges, swipes, and the not-infrequent semantic heave-ho.
February 25 2013, 3:21 pm
Read MoreRajesh Ramaswamy starts a series in which he pairs two sets of cricketers from different nations who could easily be mistaken for brothers in the way they went about their business on the field of play. In Part One, he talks about Javed Miandad and Ricky Ponting and Arjuna Ranatunga and Sourav Ganguly.
January 17 2013, 7:35 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy The Bangladesh government informed theUS of this dramatic discovery through a CIAcovert operativewho was officially a 'cook' in the consulate, but who everybody knew was a spook, because he forgot regularly to addeggs in his omelettes atdiplomatic parties.
October 13 2012, 6:04 am
Read MoreThis is Part 2 of a series in which Rajesh Ramaswamy pairs two different cricketers from different teams and eras who could easily be mistaken for siblings in the way they went about their game. Read on for more on the soul-siblings of the gentleman's game!
November 19 2012, 5:25 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy The Asia Cup is over andBangladeshhas won!Bangladeshwon big time, even if they lost a cliff-hanger in the final.What they won was respect, and, in the process of standing up to their neighbourhood bullies, got a very heavy monkey off their back.
October 20 2012, 7:28 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy The game should reward ethical and gentlemanly behaviour, but a batsman ‘walking’ should not be encouraged as a character building exercise.
May 10 2012, 5:09 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy In this piece, I'm casting my mind back to the ’80s and remembering some players who I thought promised a lot, but faded away - either victims of capricious fate, or burnout or selection blunder.
March 8 2012, 6:38 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy While all of Bangladesh is aflutter and indignant at the way their batsmen capitulated, the authorities (all of whom are former batsmen) have come out strongly that it's the bowlers who are to blame.
February 25 2012, 4:37 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy Greg Chappell has done it again. In one fell sweep, thisamateur social anthropologist has come up with a theory on the Indian cricket team's performance that blames their current failures ontheir cultural provenance and family structures which, supposedly, smother leadership development and team spirit.
March 10 2012, 12:25 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy Breaking news from the ICCtribunal in Dohais that the Pakistan cricketers could have done some 'sentence fixing' if they had uttered those magical three words: "I am sorry!"
February 16 2012, 5:05 pm
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