Sir Don Bradman By Kersi Meher-Homji Sri Lanka beat India by 51 runs in the Tri-Nation match in Brisbane last night (Tuesday the 22nd) to go ahead of India on the Points Table. The win was well-deserved but India’s captain Virender Sehwag and Little Master Sachin Tendulkar should hold their head high. Why, you [...]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni By Kersi Meher-Homji Like billion other Indians I fretted and fumed last night (Sunday, 12th February) as I cajoled and yelled, “Come on Dhoni, stop this hit and run singles nonsense and start smashing fours and sixes.” India needed 27 runs off three overs, then 17 off two and 13 off the [...]
By Kersi Meher-Homji An unconvincing win but a victory all the same! Thanks to Ravichandran Ashwin’s all-round excellence and Virat Kohli’s never-say-die batting India defeated Sri Lanka last night (8 February) in Perth by four wickets with 20 balls to spare. On paper it looks an easy win but actually it was not. It [...]
By Lokesh Varma The wait is finally over. India’s first XI cricket team is finally here. As I sit at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) watching the first test match, the road to the last frontier is now occupied. The men in blue have embarked on their journey to finally win a Test series [...]
Young, energetic and a true revelation Umesh Yadav By Dilip Mahanty The First Test between India and Australia in Melbourne which offered so much hope to Indian fans, was dashed to pieces through inept Indian batsmenship. Having put Australia under pressure for most of the match, the abject surrender of the batsmen when they were [...]
A study conducted by a Griffith university researcher has put Sachin as the greatest cricketer of all time, Sachin Tendulkar has officially usurped Sir Don Bradman as the greatest Test batsman. A study done by an Australian professor found Tendulkar greater than Bradman. Researcher Dr Nicholas Rohde used economic theory to compare batsmen from [...]
Rahul Dravid was invited to give an oratory speech at the Sir Don Bradman Oration 2011 at War Memorial in Canberra
Her Excellency Sujatha Singh welcomes Indian Cricket Team at the Indian High Commission in Yaralumla, Canberra HE Sujatha Singh’s welcoming speech for the Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s speech at the IndianHigh Commission Indian High Commissioner in Canberra Her Excellency Sujatha Singh on December 17 welcomed the Indian Cricket team amidst thundering applause [...]
Sensational double century by Sehwag By Kersi Meher-Homji Last night India won the one-day international (ODI) series against the West Indies 4-1 yet cricket lovers have not stopped raving about Virender Sehwag’s spectacular and record breaking 219 at Indore last Thursday. Especially Australians as they will encounter the six-smashing fire-breathing phenomenon Sehwag in the Boxing [...]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Call me a name-dropper but November was a month to remember for me when I mingled freely with 16 past and present Test cricketers at the Sydney Cricket Ground. On 24th November I attended the launch of Greg Chappell’s book “Fierce Focus” when I had the opportunity to meet the Chappell trio [...]