Matagarup is the name of the bridge that connects the WACA in East Perth to Perth Stadium in Burswood. But they are more like two worlds. On the one hand, the old, glorious but stubborn version of cricket refused to keep up with the times until it chose to move on. The Lilly-Marsh Stand still … Read more
India will not even consider dropping KL Rahul after two poor performances in the T20 World Cup, India coach Vikram Rathore said ahead of their Super 12 Group 2 match against South Africa in Perth on Sunday. Indian vice-captain Rahul scored 1 out of 4 against Pakistan and 9 out of 12 against Netherlands. More … Read more
Barring the last Super 4 innings match against Afghanistan, where he returned with magical figures of 4/5, Indian veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a very ordinary Asia Cup by his standards. The curse of 19 also started in that tournament. Pakistan needed 26 runs off 12 balls when Indian captain Rohit Sharma trusted Bhuvneshwar to bowl … Read more
Farokh Engineer is ready to go to Mars if India and Pakistan play cricket there. It has been 10 years since the two Asian giants last played a bilateral series. For almost a decade, India and Pakistan have been playing only in Asia Cup and ICC tournaments. But whenever they take to the cricket field, … Read more
It was a disastrous affair for Pakistan in the World T20 against Zimbabwe on Thursday. The side suffered a 1st straight loss for the men in maroon in Perth and their second loss in the marquee Super 12 stage. The Babar Azam-led side had earlier lost by four points to arch-rivals India on Sunday; with … Read more
The world’s most successful off-spinner had to wait four years to find a place in India’s T20I squad again. There is nothing in his repertoire that warrants this sudden dispassionate attitude, perhaps a new approach to a format that relies more on matchups than on the instinctive genius of a bowler. But Ravichandran Ashwin kept … Read more