Running a race is the closest a human being can come to feel and express one’s natural abilities. It’s a pure show of physical strength and stamina sans any artificial extensions like a tennis racket or a cricket bat. The 1500m or a 10km race is not only about speed. Its about tactics, its about [...]
Childhood was a wide eyed concept of reality. Every thing was 70 mm. Every thing was magic, everything was fantasy.
By the time one entered ones teens, one was still starry eyed about love, longing and life in general. Being a 17 year old was a challenge in itself. Being realistic [...]
Evander Holyfield won his title but lost a part of his ear to Mike Tyson’s hunger.
Photograph from Sports Illustrated by Jed Jacobsohn
October 14, 2007 - About 4 months ago - This was Andrew Symonds.
The feeling has come from the carry-on that surrounded India’s Twenty20 World Cup win. When we got here, it was just everywhere.
Our blokes thought it was over the top. Some of the things their players have been given and the way they are [...]
The silence on the blog has not been because one has been divorced from sport. Or too busy. Or too indifferent.
Truth is that the events surrounding the cricket in Australia have been numbing. And tiresome. Its not what one watches sport for and altho have spent a huge amount of time discussing the events and [...]
The Million Dollar Question - Is it just me getting old fashioned or is sports really changing too fast ?
Is the modern day sportsperson chasing that dream so hard that its becoming difficult to make him the role model ? At some stage we are inherently uncomfortable with the concept of watching a sportsperson competing [...]
They say that pictures are worth a thousand words. When one looks back at these, one wonders what the doubt was all about.
This is Marion Jones. And yes, the photograph is the end of the 100m finals at the Sydney Olympics.
And this, ahead of the haze (and Carl Lewis) is Ben Johnson at the [...]
Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. Men, all this stuff you’ve heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of [...]
Most traders have (and live) a “losing positions” nightmare. This is roughly how mine goes.
old jeans - hole in pocket(s) - i don’t realize - i put sand in a pocket- it goes down my leg to my ankles - what do i do ? - i put more sand - its now up to [...]
Its not a prompt start to the Trent Bridge Test and sure enough the discussions wander off to the topic thats always kept on simmer these days. The fab four.
Ten days ago, just ahead of the Lords Test they were singing praises of Sachin Tendulkar again, for instance. ‘The Second Bradman says Tony Greig’ kind [...]
Everyone knows what this photograph is about. Whats less commonly known, perhaps, is that coming into the “final frontier” series, Michael Slater was grappling with a bipolar disorder. That bit is true. Its also true that he was also going through trouble (and ultimate breakup) in his marriage. There was also a bunch of tripe [...]
“To me, Curtly Ambrose was the supreme fast-bowling machine. He moved, with the ease and grace of a champion athlete across the ground, was beautifully balanced and coordinated, and could blast you out with pace if needed or revert to strategic assault. As well, he owned the trait everyone wants but few possess : the [...]
January, 1998.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL; Serena Williams Stuns Davenport
… (Serena) Williams, only 16 and ranked No. 96, trailed 1-6, 2-5 and faced two match points at 15-40 when she grabbed control with a combination of wily play and youthful athleticism.
Limping on her bandaged right knee after taking an injury timeout at 1-3 in the second set, [...]
This day in 1983.
Indian Cricket changed forever.
And I know what you’re thinking. There are better photographs that capture the moment. Here’s the thing though. There are a few guys missing from this picture.
One of them - Kapil Dev - was the captain of the team. Another - Sandeep Patil, played an important role right through. This week, [...]
Model T’s broken down !! Graham Ford’s turned down the BCCI offer ….
This is what the Kent website carried yesterday …
FORD RETURNS TO THE NEVILL
Following reports suggesting that Kent Director of Cricket Graham Ford has been offered and has accepted the role of coach to the Indian National side, Kent County Cricket Club can confirm [...]
Bodyline remains and will remain amongst cricket’s bigger controversies.
Douglas Jardine, central to that - drew extreme reactions from the two sides involved.
To the present day, Jardine is remembered throughout much of the cricket world as the architect of what some, particularly in Australia, consider the most vicious premeditated behaviour seen on a cricket field; but [...]
In all the debates about the roles about a coach in a cricket team, Shane Warne is associated with the prosecution’s opening remarks.
Do we need a coach at all.
Shane Warne - always good with the wrong ‘un - said this. “I’m a big believer that a coach is something you travel in to get to [...]
A few days ago , I wrote here of John Buchanan’s wonderful plans of having ambidextrous cricketers. Somewhere in there was a Roebuck article that spoke similar.
Cricket’s changing. And its changing fast.
Maybe, sometimes too fast.
Take a look at this post by Karthikeya.
Its a brilliant example of a sharp observation by a keen student of the game. [...]
And so there we have it .
Another sting operation on TV by Aaj Tak And Headlines Today. As of the moment of this post, the only reports I can find are the ones on Cricinfo and Indiatimes .
The “revelations” spoke to four national selectors - Ranjib Biswal, Bhupinder Singh Sr, Venkatapathy Raju and Sanjay Jagdale, [...]
I didn’t want to post on the whole topic of Gilly having a squash ball in his glove. Because the innings was brilliant. And to produce genius on a big stage is special. Its as simple as that.
As far as the whole saga and the technicalities go, I don’t think there are clear cut answers [...]
If you haven’t seen that underarm delivery incident in full, I strongly suggest you do. Complete with the background, the atmosphere, the reaction and all.
The captain’s “mistake” in bowling Trevor instead of Lillee for the last over ; the fact that just off the previous delivery Trevor Chappell had got a wicket and yet the [...]
Now that I have figured out how to plant a Youtube video in here, I might as well start attaching videos to a few memories…
