Anya Shrubsole, fed up of trying to get anything out of a turgid Taunton track, instead asks the ball for a miracle. Image: Harrias, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 — Anya Shrubsole, fed up of trying to get anything out of a turgid Taunton track, instead asks the ball for a miracle. *Image: Harrias, licensed under* *CC BY-SA 4.0*

Used Pitch Furore Highlights Silencing Of Sidelined India Women

June 15, 2021

News of a used pitch for a women’s Test - again - was rightly met with anger in England. But their opponents India cannot even aspire to frustration. We speak to the experts to find out why the world’s biggest cricket board sidelines its women.

A grown-up and now successful actor Irrfan Khan (RIP) playing the sport he was unable to pursue beyond youth level due to lack of funds. How many hundreds of millions of others must have faced the same choice? [Photo credit: Irrfan Khan]

On Unfulfillable Dreams: The Indian Cricket Numbers Game

April 29, 2020

The sadly late actor Irrfan Khan was forced to end a promising cricketing career through lack of funds. While we reflect on his legacy, let’s also reflect on the millions who worked, scrapped and sacrificed to make it in cricket but for any number of reasons, including just the sheer numbers game, didn’t.

***We’ve got used to seeing one side of Chepauk empty - what happens when it’s every stand of every ground in the country? (Photo credit: Sportskeeda)***

IPL 2020 Behind Closed Doors: Five VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT Questions

March 12, 2020

We now know that IPL 2020 will postponed, and if and when it starts it may be played behind closed doors. In anticipation of that, here are five VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT QUESTIONS that demand VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT ANSWERS.

The ICC Board (left panel) made positive strides in the room where it happens - but new BCCI President Sourav Ganguly (left panel, L) and the man who made that office infamous N Srinivasan (right panel, R) aren’t willing to wait for it.

There's A War Coming

October 15, 2019

With the ambitious Sourav Ganguly at the helm, backed by the still-influential old guard, the BCCI are coming for the tentatively forward-looking ICC. Cricket should be worried.