Specials – Australia’s semi-final heroes over the years

Australia are set to play their seventh World Cup semifinal when they take on India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday. The winner of this much-awaited encounter will face New Zealand in the grand final at Melbourne. The Australians have contested six semifinals till date, and not once have they finished on […]

SPECIALS – Revisiting trans-Tasman clashes at the World Cup

One of the most awaited matches of the 2015 World Cup will be played between New Zealand and Australia, the co-hosts of the tournament, at Auckland’s Eden Park on 28th February. Remarkably, this will be the first complete ODI between the two neighbours since the 2011 World Cup. On the eve of the […]

SPECIALS – The greatest World Cup matches, Part 2

Continuing from Part 1 of this two-part post, let us look at five more great matches in the history of the World Cup that left many a viewer enthralled. Australia v West Indies, Final, Lord’s, 1975 The final of the inaugural World Cup was akin to a drama full of twists and turns. […]

SPECIALS – The greatest World Cup matches, Part 1

With the eleventh ICC World Cup only two weeks away, the excitement for the quadrennial event is rising by the day. In a two-part Special post, let us look at ten of the best World Cup matches played over the four-decade history of the tournament, starting with the top five in Part 1. […]

Specials – Best of the Tests at the SCG

The Sydney Test is one of the most awaited fixtures in the international cricket calendar. In the 2011-12 season, the Sydney Cricket Ground became only the third venue to stage a hundred Test matches. Since its first Test in 1881-82, the SCG has seen many glorious days enriched with indelible performances. The Sydney […]

Specials – Recalling the best of Phillip Hughes

Phillip Hughes’ tragic and untimely death plunged the entire cricketing world into grief over the past few days, a period which was possibly the most emotionally draining that the game has experienced. At the same time, the spirit of cricket was out on display like never before, as thousands of people connected to […]

SPECIALS – A heartfelt tribute to Phillip Hughes

The saddest day in cricket’s history has just passed. Followers of the game across the world are mourning the distressingly unfortunate demise of a young batsman whose best years lay ahead of him. Phillip Hughes dies, aged 25. Five words which dealt an awful blow to the cricketing fraternity. It still has not […]

Specials – Best of the Tests : Australia v Pakistan

Australia and Pakistan are set to play each other in a Test series after more than four years. Just like the previous series in England in 2010, the absence of a third Test in the series is disappointing. Nevertheless, the two teams are playing a Test series in the sub-continent after twelve long years […]

Famous Test Matches – Australia v India, Adelaide, 1977-78

The 1977-78 series between Australia and India was played in the midst of one of cricket’s most testing periods. The Kerry Packer episode had hit international cricket and a host of star players from most of the leading countries had become part of the ‘circus’, thus finding themselves out of their respective national sides. […]

SPECIALS – Cricket’s tryst with the Commonwealth Games

The 20th Commonwealth Games are underway in Glasgow with the best sporting talent from Commonwealth nations in action. Cricket – one of the lasting legacies of the British empire – continues to stay away from the quadrennial event, even though almost all the cricketing nations are members of the Commonwealth. However, cricket […]