It’s raining sixes in Pallekele as I write this. Ross Taylor appears to have gone berserk, but surely it is Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzak who should be mad as hell. Taylor’s been smiting them over mi

For a week now, ever since the tied match against England last Sunday and more rapidly after Ireland beat England, the mood among Indian fans seems to have swung from elation to apprehension to misant

Kevin O’Brien’s blazing century against England on Wednesday night took my mind back almost 28 years to Kapil Dev’s stupendous 175 not out against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in the 1983 World Cup. Li

Two superb centuries, 676 runs scored in a day, a ding-dong battle in which fortunes swung one way then the other violently, and finally a tie: could there have been a better script to this match? If this does not give the World Cup the kiss of life, nothing else can.

Several critics and experts believe that he needs to see a shrink or have his backside spanked, but I’ll bat for the beleaguered S Sreesanth. Spare the couch and the rod, I say; plain mentoring could

The opening match of this World Cup is still only 25 overs old as I write this. After a flurry of handsome shots, Sachin Tendulkar is unfortunately run out after a misunderstanding with Viru Sehwag, a