Protea Women’s smiling warrior Mignon Du Preez ensures clean-sweep for SA

If you happen to visit Google and hit the following words – Mignon Du Preez – you’d be guided, apart from tons of information about the former Protea Women’s captain, to a series of videos containing quick responses to myriad…

What Kusal Perera’s 153* vs South Africa means for SL?

Kusal Perera gave Sri Lanka a memorable 1-wicket victory, imagine the thrill that fans sitting in the live game would have felt. And thus, in the process, gave the fledgling state of cricket in Sri Lanka, some hope. What stood…

Toro Rosso 2019 F1 car launched: Is STR 14, the 2019 challenger the machine that’ll do it?

Where do you think might the Italian racing marquee finish in the battle for 2019? Here’s a fact. The midfield this season would already find the likes of Renault, Haas, Racing Point competing with Alfa Romeo. What could make this…

Haas 2019 F1 car is here! Does the livery tinker a bell?

In 2018, the team managed a total of 93 points. It was never a team that was fighting for the world championship anyway. Yet, it wasn’t the weakest name in the battle for the midfield. Despite not being the fastest…

There’s no time for complacency, West Indies! Can you make it 3-0?

Recently, the West Indies defeated England. The world erupted in a wave of joy. Okay, that’s too much. Some part of the cricketing world was admirably touched. The rest, couldn’t care. It is needless to say that the West Indian…

Hi Sarfraz: where are the taunts now? Faf and co. ensure Protea fire remains intact as SA prevail!

The weak resort to vile, unbecoming ways of being. The weak pelt stones and call names. The strong take everything and know that grace rests in letting it go. You know where to place South Africa vis-a-vis Pakistan in the…

While the usual focus sits with Virat and Rohit, Shikhar Dhawan’s recent form too deserves credit

He can play shots all round the wicket. He seems elegant even when he powers strokes whether toward the cover region or toward mid-wicket. In Shikhar Dhawan’s ebb rests a certain fluency that makes Rohit Sharma comfortable that with him bats…

Son of Barbados, leader of West Indies, Jason Holder tops ICC All-Rounder Rankings

When Jason Holder was made the captain of the West Indies, the mild-mannered Barbadian being brought in to helm the leadership of a team that was in disarray, there were concerns. Not only were there concerns surrounding the relatively experienced…

Here’s the youngest bat in international cricket to have scored a fifty! Sachin’s Record broken!

If the cricketing world is a galaxy then Sachin is its brightest star. Heard that one? May not have, agreed. It’s anyways the King of corny one-liners. Right? But Sachin is called the God of cricket, at least in India,…

“We’ll see you at your home,” dared England! “Yeah, welcome to Barbados”, said the West Indies!

“It’s been a while since I’ve played Test cricket. The series against Bangladesh was really tough. (But) It’s really good to see the hard work to have paid off.  I’ve been a bit bottled up for a while. I had…

Underestimating MS Dhoni again, are you?

It’s absolutely normal for any batsman to lose form and appear out of touch. But the rules are a bit different for Indian batsmen. Here, in Virat-country; home to Sultans, Yuvraj’, Walls and, Gods, it’s abnormal for an Indian cricketer…

About to make his ODI debut for India, Shubman Gill’s recent form excites as much as it thrills!

The future of Indian cricket is in bright hands. Not only because there are the likes of Rishabh Pant and Prithvi Shaw around. But also because there’s a certain Shubman Gill in there as well. Around 9 months later, Shubman…

Ellyse Perry WBBL: From now on, the two won’t be used in isolation as Perry breaks new ground!

There are cricketers who are defined by the qualities they bring to all departments of the game. Then there are cricketers who are known for making the record books fatter by virtue of their feats. And then, there are the…

5 things we learnt from the Test win in India vs Australia 2018-19 series

Don’t know how the rabble-rousers or fanboys would take it but it was a bit upsetting that India weren’t able to crush Australia in the final Test of the series. Maybe, it was meant to be that way. But someone…

Faf Du Plessis begins 2019 with a dogged hundred! What’s in store ahead champ?

Big hundreds give statisticians a lot of work to do. Hundreds that come in a losing cause, give the vanquished a lot to deal with. But, Faf du Plessis scores hundreds when South Africa really need it. It appears that…

The Top 5 Michael Schumacher Moments As The Legend Turns 50

Jim Morrison in his album ‘The Soft Parade’ says, you cannot petition the lord by prayer. Well, that logic may never seem real to fans of Michael Schumacher, for whom, it’s not about Schumacher being the God of F1 racing,…

The man who made Sachin, Sachin dies: Tendulkar’s coach, Ramakant Achrekar no more

Behind every successful man, there’s a woman. Heard that one, right? But is that all? No, we aren’t getting into some alternate theory to Feminism, like ‘Mennism!’ Ever heard something like, behind every successful man or woman is a dedicated…

The 5 big retirements of 2018: Players who exited leaving us in disarray and sadness!

While records and runs and wickets and tons of them may have been scored throughout 2018, who can ever forget that the year was also about a number of talents that bid the game adieu? A sport no stranger to…

Kabaddi World Cup-Winning Captain Anup Kumar Retires

You have heard that sports like Cricket in India have hijacked the form and fortune of other sports like Kabaddi, Football, Badminton, and others. You’ve also heard that the kind of marketing budgets and promotional strategies that one finds in cricket…

Are these 5 of the best-looking F1 cars of all time?

Say you were asked to share your version of the best looking F1 cars of all time, which ones would you pick and why? We love the drivers, the circuits, and the spirit of the competition. For a sport so…

Remember Afghanistan’s little Messi? He’s fled Afghanistan sadly! Here’s why?

In 2016, Afghanistan found its own Lionel Messi. No, wait, please, here’s a catch. Kindly do not arrive at your own sense of judgement. It’s not that the real Lionel Messi suddenly declare that he was an Afghan and not…

Flashback to Rahul Dravid’s 233 versus Australia in 2002-03 series: The Wall stands tall

Good batsmen might need an introduction, but the greats do not. Yet, every time, when one hears the nickname “Mr. Dependable”, the eyes of the cricket fan light up. And if those are of a Test match lover then they…

Warning for Virat Kohli from a six-year-old kid! Yeah, really!

Virat Kohli is the king of batsmanship. Had there been anything like a grand canyon of batting; a pilgrimage of a sort that every batsman of every cricketing nation went to offer respect to and click a selfie with, then…

A Much Needed Step Towards Solidity- Jofra Archer to Make International Debut for England

There is famous saying “Coming events cast their shadows beforehand.” It seems that the English have followed this saying. Much to everyone’s surprise, they have mended their citizenship rule so that an emerging young talent can debut in upcoming World Cup…

West Indies vs Bangladesh: tourists landed in B’desh without basics on how to play spin

Ricky Ponting. Sachin Tendulkar. Brian Lara. Jack Kallis. Rahul Dravid. Shiv Chanderpaul. They all had one thing in common. Think beyond them being great. That’d be like saying America is also called the USA. It’s obvious. Let’s refrain from silliness.…