Shahid Afridi: Cricket’s Uncompromising Entertainer
Few cricketers have embraced this great game with such outlandish talent as Shahid Afridi. The contemporary age has produced blokes like Gayle and De Villiers, talents who straight away ridicule…
Martin Guptill seems to have rediscovered a purple patch in limited overs cricket
When faced with a daunting challenge, bowlers often resort to subterfuge. Often, taking batsmen head on doesn’t help. You might be maintaining the most unbending length right around middle and…
Rashid Khan: A World-Class Talent Finally Takes Centrestage
There is a new star ruling over the galaxy of perhaps Cricket’s most coveted ranking system: the ICC. He doesn’t possess the panache of a Shane Warne. Neither does he…
Ashton Agar strikes thrice to hand Australia an easy T20 final win against New Zealand
The much-anticipated tri-series T20 finals featuring Australia, New Zealand had only one team’s name written over the entire rain-affected contest. That was Australia’s, without a doubt. The Australians were dominant…
Smriti Mandhana continues her sterling ODI form against Proteas in T20s
When Smirit Mandhana struck a curvaceous pull of Shabnam Ismail toward deep mid-wicket for a boundary in the first ODI between South Africa Women’s and India Women’s (Diamond Oval, Kimberly)…
JP Duminy, a case of unfulfilled potential?
A fierce striker of the ball, South Africa’s Jean Paul Duminy debuted in 2004, when former cricket legends such as Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting to name a…