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Shot

A team needs 28 runs off 8 balls. A fast bowler delivers a short ball. The batter hits it for six. Nobody knows how.

Goodbye Warney

The whirling has stopped

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanMarch 5, 2022Shane Warne, Diego Maradona, Gideon HaighComment

Remember the game

An iconic final over and an iconic piece of commentary. Carlos Brathwaite, Ian Bishop and Samuel Badree look back at the four sixes and the rest

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanOctober 22, 2021carlos brathwaite, World T20 2016, Ben Stokes, Samuel Badree, Ian Bishop, Eden GardensComment

That smell of victory

India beat Australia in a Test in Chennai in 2001. For those who watched it, there was magic in the air

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanMarch 23, 2021VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Harbhajan Singh, Steve WaughComment

The theatre of spin

Adverse conditions and hostile bowlers often distinguish the good batsmen from the great ones. And some of the most legendary matches have attained that status because of the tricky nature of the pitch

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanMarch 22, 2021Anil Kumble, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Dan LawrenceComment

The draw that meant so much more

Australia, India and the triumphant draw in Sydney

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanJanuary 22, 2021Greg Matthews, Narendra Hirwani, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Hanuma Vihari, R AshwinComment

Remember this guy from the Karachi Test in 1989?

The fourth debutant in SRT's maiden Test is leading a quiet life in London

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanAugust 10, 2020cricket, Pakistan, Shahid Saeed, Nehru Cup, Third umpireComment

Steve Bucknor unplugged

Ex-International Cricket Council umpire from Jamaica shifts base to New York, where he officiates in cricket and football matches; cricket talk prevails in new home

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanJuly 21, 2020cricket, Steve Bucknor, Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Michael Slater, Andrew SymondsComment

Backyard tales: when England trounced India in 1993

You may think Hick and Lewis underachieved. Or that Salisbury and Jarvis weren’t world-class material. But in one tiny corner of India, for those two months in 1993, these four players were near-invincible. They broke several records. They helped England trounce India in their own backyard. And they dealt mighty blows to a 12-year-old’s ego

If Wasim Akram were to bowl today…

In a hypothetical T20 spell, the sultan of swing faces up against the top batsmen of the modern era

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanAugust 21, 2019Wasim Akram, David Warner, Chris Gayle, Jos Buttler, Virat Kohli, Andre Russell, MS DhoniComment

The allure of Rishabh Pant

When Pant is in a rampaging mood – scooping, ramping, kneeling and scooping over fine leg, wind-milling his bat with abandon, lofting one-handed sixes over midwicket – there is no limit to what is possible

cricket, sportSiddhartha VaidyanathanApril 25, 2019Rishabh Pant, Atul Bedade, MS Dhoni, Dinesh KarthikComment