Specials – Revisiting the 2000 ICC Knockout

It has been two decades since the second edition of the ICC Champions Trophy (christened as the ICC Knockout) was contested in Kenya. The 11-team competition ran from 3rd to 15th October, with all ten matches played at Nairobi’s Gymkhana Ground. The defending champions were South Africa, who had won the first edition of the […]

Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 4

Having looked back at the best from the group stage of the 1999 World Cup in the first three parts of this five-part series, we move on to some of the memorable matches seen in the second round of the tournament, i.e. the Super Six stage, in which each of the six teams played […]

Famous Test Matches – West Indies v India, Bridgetown, 1996-97

This Test was the only one in the five-match series to end with a result. The West Indies had lost quite a bit of their aura of their golden period, but were nevertheless a strong force to reckon with, especially at home. India meanwhile were again looking to shed their ‘poor travellers’ tag, having […]