Young and resilient Bharat lifts trophy in an emphatic manner at Dharamshala Bharatiyas annihilate the English with ‘Gay Abandon’ at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium, Dharamshala, to lift the Trophy 4-1. Heartiest congratulations to the young and resilient Bharat on lifting the trophy in an emphatic manner at Dharamshala. While the Englishmen were all…
Bravo Bharatiyas
March 6, 2024Heartiest congratulations on clinching the series 3-1; with one Test to spare, at Dharamshala By V.N. Prasad Sans big names in the side, our boys exhibited deep resolve in winning the crucial 3rd Test at Ranchi; and thereby clinching the series 3-1. Name that resonated the cricketing world was Dhruv Jurel and deservedly was adjudged…
No more overseas blues
January 7, 2024An out-and-out fast bowler is one of the great sights in cricket. —James Anderson By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Apart from a few serious lapses of batting in India’s first innings, they fought back brilliantly to hold the fort and fly the flag aloft in the second Test in Cape Town. No one had thought that…
‘Kangaroos’ make their country proud, lift the coveted ICC World Cup 2023
November 23, 2023By V.N. Prasad ‘Men in Blue’ fail yet again on a big stage Heartiest congratulations to the OZs on lifting their 6th World Cup Trophy by 6 wickets with 42 balls to spare, leaving Indians ‘Yellow Faced.’ The cricketing world was shocked beyond belief that our boys could not carry forward the huge momentum, having…
Ashes Series 2023 concludes
August 2, 2023Tenacious English Tigers maul Kangaroos in the absence of injured Lyon; to square series at 2-2 By V.N. Prasad OZs lost a ‘Golden Opportunity’ to clinch the series at 3-1 at the Kia Oval, by sheer lack of tenacity and application when needed most. The last series that the OZs have won in England was…
Rain dumps England at Old Trafford
August 2, 2023By Prof. B.K. Viswanath There was a galore of frustration writ large on the face of Ben Stokes, the English Captain at the end of the Old Trafford Test in which England had gained an upper hand but failed to clinch the game because of rains. The July 19-23 Ashes Test had all the elements…
The Ashes – Contests at Headingley
July 16, 2023“Show class, have pride and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.” —Bear Bryant By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Bravo! It looked as if the folks in the English church on a Sunday morning were bestowed with a boon for their knelt down prayers, when Chris Woakes savagely dispatched a pitched up delivery…
Kangaroos Dance from ‘Perth to Brisbane’ as OZs take 2-1 lead at The Lords
July 5, 2023By V.N. Prasad Amidst a ‘Barrage’ of ‘Body Line Bowling,’ the pendulum swung from one extreme to the other at The Lords in the 2nd Test of the Ashes Series. It created all the moods that a ‘Test Match’ can provide to the Spectators, TV viewers etc; ugly & painful at times, absorbing at times,…
Dreams of ICC T20 World Cup shattered at Adelaide Oval
November 12, 2022as Englishmen hammer ‘Men in Blue’ out of the tourney By V.N. Prasad Gloom of the Graveyard’ engulfed 1.35 billion Indians and fans across the world as our boys failed to hold the nerves in an important/ crucial encounter and threw away the match in abject surrender. In lighter vein, we can only surmise that…
‘Dark Horses – Young Lankan Lions’ sink Pakistan to lift Asia Cup – 2022
September 16, 2022By V.N. Prasad Ring of Fire’ at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium was lit up in ‘Sprawling Fire Crackers Show’ as proud Lankans exhibited spirited display of cricket to lift the Asia Cup-2022; their 6th Cup, after a gap of 7 long years. Undoubtedly, Pakistan’s ‘Bench Strength’ was far superior to that of the Lankans….
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