W G Grace, perhaps, was the best known Cricketer before Sir Donald Bradman decided to play the game in the backyard of his home in Adelaide as a kid. He (WG) was a great player and more importantly a popular one. He was also known for his reluctance to leave the crease when given out.... Continue Reading →
Mike Grundy, my mentor and my boss for many years and I were taking an early-morning flight many years ago. Those days, the airlines (Jet and Air India mostly) would keep a newspaper in the front pocket of each seat. Mike grabbed it, saw the name 'The Hindu' and asked me, if it was a... Continue Reading →
Mohan Ram and I met Kapil Dev, the legendary cricketer the other day. I am exaggerating a bit here. Saying 'hello' and getting smiled at in return would not constitute a meeting. We saw Kapil Dev in person would be more apt. (Mohan Ram ended up taking a selfie though). Cricket fans who watched the... Continue Reading →
The 170+ score in Cricket has more romance than a double, triple and solitary quadruple Centuries. Don't get me wrong. I am not taking anything away from Gavaskar's 220 in Oval 1979 (the most memorable innings by an Indian Cricketer in my school days), or Shewag's 201 in a team total of 329 against Sri... Continue Reading →
We remember not the scores and the results in after years; it is the men who remain in our minds, in our imagination. Neville Cardus. Every single Indian, more so a male, will have one favourite cricket story to narrate. Probably it's true for all the erstwhile British Colony subjects - except the USA. R... Continue Reading →
