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Five things we learned at the MCG
December 29, 2011, 3 Comments

1. James Pattinson – best young fast bowler in many years There is something raw and beautiful in seeing a young fast ...

Australia v. India – Few thoughts from Day One of the First Test
December 26, 2011, No Comments

There seemed to be a great deal of surprise when Michael Clarke elected to bat having won the toss. The ‘experts’ sa ...

Sport Critical Digest 18.12.11
December 18, 2011, No Comments

1. Dravid delivers a straight batted speech: Rahul Dravid became the first Indian to deliver the Sir Donald Bradman Orat ...

Sport Critical Digest: 6.12.11
December 6, 2011, 4 Comments

The Critical Digest Week 1: (28.11.11- 4.12.11)

Cricket’s Troubled Geniuses: A Review of “Bishan” and “Golden Boy: The Bad Old Days of Australian Cricket”
December 1, 2011, No Comments

Imagine Lord’s on a brilliant summer’s day, bathed in soft, golden sunshine. At the batting crease is a lith ...

Roger Federer: A delayed appreciation
November 13, 2011, 10 Comments

I have often found that I appreciate the genius of a great sportsman best in his declining years. This is partly because ...

Haig Schneiderman – Columbia’s tennis captain
November 10, 2011, 2 Comments

Even at college level, tennis is an ethereally beautiful sport. The levels of strategy employed within the small rectang ...

XI Things learned from the Irani Trophy and the Champions League T20
October 6, 2011, No Comments

I wanted write about the 1962-level disaster that was the Indian tour of England. The wounds are still raw though and th ...

Learning Baseball
October 5, 2011, 4 Comments

I am a baseball novice. In India, the game is almost looked down upon, as though it is an unintelligent modification of ...

M.A.K. Pataudi – An Indubitable Genius
September 23, 2011, 3 Comments

I lost a contact lens, while walking home today. I am short sighted on both my eyes and with my right eye partly – onl ...