Cricket
Today’s match: Australia at Sri Lanka’s mercy
Aussies are still hurting from that mauling from Chris Gayle. Not sure, they have recovered from it. If Sanat Jayasuriya repeat’s the dose, they are out of it
All Lanka have to do is win the match or even if they lose, not lose by huge margin. If they opt for second they will have [...]
England survive, Pakistan might not!
England is almost sure to get to next stage of T20 world cup. Pakistan might be in danger of taking the quick exit. Kind of game they played, no one will miss them.
Kind of statements the Pak skipper made, they are not confident of making it to next stages themselves.
“It would be sad [...]
Roger Federer wins French Open!
Roger Federer won the French open dismissing the challenge from Robin Soderling in straight sets 6-1, 7-6, 6-4.
He became only the sixth man to achieve the career Grand Slam and equaled Pete Sampras’ record of 14 majors.
I am as good a Roger fan as you will get. I had a one of the best [...]
Today’s matches!
Scotland Vs South Africa
This should be one-sided affair. Scotland gave a scare or two for New Zealand. South Africa is in a different league as a cricketing nation. They have too much firepower for Scots to overcome.
My money is safely on South Africa. Lest this will have to go down as one of the [...]
Anil Kumble follows Ganguly into commentary box
Anil Kumble has joined ESPN star sports commentary team as expert analyst following Sourav Ganguly. He is the second Indian in last two weeks to have moved behind microphone.
Anil is one of the shrewd brains was never in doubt. How he led Bangalore Challengers to final of IPL second edition is history. Commentary, whatever [...]
India move to Super Eight!
India by winning their first match of Twenty20 world cup has moved to super eight. They were under bit pressure at different stages of the matches. Still were too much for Bangladesh sums up the story.
Few gross errors were made. They would have haunted Dhoni if they had lost the match. Promoting himself at no [...]
New Zealand have narrow escape!
Unlike England, New Zealand escaped with a narrow win against Scotland. This game showed us why Twenty20 is probably the best bet for minnows. It’s the only format where they have high chances of upstaging better teams.
Now this one was not even twenty over match. It was reduced to seven due to rain. ICC [...]
Australia blown away by Gayle !
Australia were blown away by Chris Gayle. 169 on any ground is not a easy score to chase. Chris had different ideas. Before Aussies new what hit them, it was over.
Gayle hit six fours and six sixes. That means 60 runs in 12 balls. West India won with four overs to spare was [...]
Ganguly: in Commentary box !
Sourav Ganguly is all set to begin a new innings behind the microphone. He has been signed by ESPN STAR Sports as an expert analyst for the ICC World Twenty20.
Ganguly will join likes of Ian Chappell, Ian Bishop, Wasim Akram, Sanjay Manjrekar, Harsha Bhogle and Nasser Hussain.
Interesting fact is, he will start from [...]
BCCI – stalls Sri Lanka tour
You could see this coming. It took a while, but it has come. Indian Cricket Board has stalled all forthcoming tours to Sri Lanka. Also its withdrawing the $40 million aid to Sri Lankan cricket board.
Sri Lanka cricket board officials made some hostile comments towards BCCI. Sri Lanka will not be able to send a [...]