Close on the heels of an insipid World Series Cup campaign in Australia in 1988-89, where they failed to reach the finals after having won only two out of eight league games, Pakistan hopped across the Tasman Sea for a full tour of New Zealand. After warming up against a National Second XI in a […]
Read More Who Would Have Thought It – Auckland rout Pakistan for 48The arrival of Perth’s Optus Stadium on the international scene in January 2018 increased the total number of men’s ODI grounds in Australia to 19. Of these, as many as seven grounds have ended up hosting just a solitary ODI each. Here is a look back at these forgotten venues’ trysts with the international […]
Read More Specials – Australia’s one-match ODI groundsEngland came into the 1989-90 Caribbean tour on a streak of 29 winless Tests against the West Indies. Their last win against the islanders had come in 1973-74; since then, they had lost 20 and drawn nine Tests. This miserable run included two back-to-back 5-0 drubbings, at home in 1984 and away in 1985-86, […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – West Indies v England, Kingston, 1989-90Sri Lanka have begun the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy off the wrong foot, as they got skittled for 144 on the first day at the Gabba. The Lions now face an uphill task if they are to succeed in Australia, where they have lost 11 and drawn two Tests so far. However, despite the winless record, […]
Read More Record Book – Sri Lankan Test centurions in AustraliaWith Sri Lanka placed at 231/6 in pursuit of a gargantuan 660 after the fourth day of the ongoing Boxing Day Test at Christchurch, New Zealand are on the verge of registering their biggest ever Test win in terms of runs. The Black Caps need to take the remaining four wickets for less than […]
Read More Record Book – New Zealand’s biggest Test wins by runsPakistan begin a three-Test series in South Africa on Boxing Day, with the first Test slated to be played at SuperSport Park in Centurion. Pakistan’s batsmen have more often than not found the going tough on South African soil, and it is expected to be the same this time as well, what with the […]
Read More Record Book – Pakistan’s Test centurions in South AfricaThe fifth round of the ongoing Ranji Trophy saw Madhya Pradesh’s Ajay Rohera achieve a remarkable feat at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, as his unbeaten 267 against Hyderabad entered the record books as the highest individual score on first-class debut. The 21-year-old surpassed the previous record held by Amol Muzumdar, who had […]
Read More Record Book – The highest scores on first-class debutJanuary 26th, 2012. The Adelaide Oval, Australia. The Indian cricket team was scraping the bottom of the barrel, looking for something to take away from what was one of their worst overseas tours in recent memory. They had lost the first two Test matches in humiliating fashion, and were on their way to losing […]
Read More Specials – A look back at Virat Kohli’s Adelaide epicIn 1992, Scotland broke away from the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB), thus creating their own cricketing identity separate from England. They gained Associate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1994, making them eligible to play in the ICC Trophy, as the World Cup Qualifier was then known. Scotland’s first appearance […]
Read More Record Book – Scotland’s first ODI appearanceAs far as calendar years go, 2016 was a remarkable one for Indian cricket. From a total of 46 matches (inclusive of Tests, ODIs and T20Is), India won 31, lost 11 and drew three. That comes up to a win/loss ratio of 2.81, which was by far the best among all teams that year. […]
Read More Specials – Revisiting Virat Kohli’s bountiful 2016
