Entries from April 2008

April 29, 2008

Cricket is dead. Long Live Cricket…

Its not just a game, they say. Its an artefact which we must preserve. And they’re right, of course. Cricket is a game of immense skill and strategy. Of ebbs and flows. The essential cricket battle is not just about which side scores more runs - but the manner in which innings are constructed and [...]

April 9, 2008

Global (S)Warming …

If you’d been trapped in a time warp for a while now and haven’t noticed Asia’s growing influence in sport - virtually all sport ; well, its happening.
Rohit Brijnath, himself a symptom of this growing ascendancy, and writing now for, among others, the Hindu, the BBC and here in Singapore for the Straits Times, [...]

April 4, 2008

Walking the Talk …

Given all the media hype about the upcoming Olympics - the security surrounding the torch, Bhaichung Bhutia, Aamir Khan and Tibet;  and the Indian hockey team -  one question that always begs to be answered is - How many gold medals can India win at the Beijing Olympics. This is as standard a topic one [...]