Cricket conversations
/newsdrum-in/media/media_files/62hpgeMakut0LOgkts3p.jpg "India hand England a right royal thumping: India v England, 3rd Test review")
We review the third Test between India and England in Rajkot – where a terrific all-round performance helped India go 2-1 up. Talking Points: India’s magnificent bowling on Day 3 How the flat pitches in this series are neutralizing Bazball India’s spinners – turning the ball more with greater control
We review the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam – where Jasprit Bumrah powered India to a 106-run win. Talking Points: A celebration of Test cricket A series with echoes of the 2016-17 home series v Australia Are England really playing Bazball? India’s decision to play five bowlers
We review the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad – where India lost a Test match at home after gaining a first-innings lead of 190. Talking Points: One of England’s greatest wins Ollie Pope’s freakish 196 India’s approach to facing left-arm spin Why England choose to sweep and
We rewind to England’s tour to India in 2001-02 – when India won the three-Test series 1-0 and England leveled the six-match ODI series 3-3. England arrived in India on the back of terrific series wins in Sri Lanka and Pakistan – and despite a green bowling attack managed to
We review the two-Test series between South Africa and India – which ended 1-1 after a bowler-dominated shootout in Cape Town. Talking Points: India’s missed opportunity to finally win a series in SA Why the Cape Town pitch backfired on South Africa India’s lack of fast bowling depth – a
We chat with Karthik Krishnaswamy and Kartikeya Date about the role of luck in cricket and how we can better describe the game by separating actions from outcomes. Talking Points: Luck v skill – and why the two are not opposed to each other The traditional method of describing cricket
We are thrilled to have novelist and cricket writer Rahul Bhattacharya to talk about his experiences from the World Cup. Talking points: Cricket writing v cricket analysis – and how each is a specialised job Does the BCCI care for what is written about them in the press? The
We review Australia’s incredible win over India in the World Cup final. Talking points: Australia’s remarkable achievement – and this triumph in comparison to their previous World Cup wins Rohit Sharma’s approach at the start of the innings Virat Kohli and the ability to strike at six an over
We review two weeks of the World Cup – and chat about Maxwell, Shami, Siraj, Omarzai, Williamson, Shreyas, and much more. Talking points: Maxwell’s freakish 201* How well did Afghanistan bowl to Maxwell? The curious case of Australia’s batting in this World Cup Are Afghanistan in the same phase
We review the India v England match in Lucknow – and chat about the other themes emerging in the World Cup. Talking points: The brutal simplicity of Mohammad Shami Jasprit Bumrah: the bowler with the joystick Rohit Sharma: the ultimate problem-solver England’s awful batting slump Joe Root lbw Bumrah 0
Recent Comments