Good morning Doctor Kumar
I walk down a quiet, Jasmine-scented road in the early morning sunshine and through the gates of a rambling villa, set in verdant hills, its pleasant, leafy garden spreading out on all sides with...
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Secrets of Swing
Swing bowling. A phenomenon as baffling to explain as it is to negotiate. The young Yorkshire seamer Ben Coad has already seized 22 wickets with it in three early season matches for his county....
A six point plan to fix English cricket
Twenty years ago last month the ECB was formed. With some fanfare, the then chairman, Lord MacLaurin, announced the launch of ‘Raising the Standard’ – a master plan aimed at revitalising the game...
Explosive start, whimpering end: the year in review
Cricket evolves. Cricket stays the same. You could probably say that for each year of the last two centuries. One of the sport’s abiding attractions is how it retains its traditional values but continues...
A run-maker as relentless as the sea at Lowestoft
It is just over ten years since Alastair Cook made his test debut. Cricket has evolved substantially in that time. Switch hits and ramp shots and doosras and carom balls have been developed, most...
Southern comforts in Puglia
Pasta, pizza and perfect views are all on the menu on a gourmet tour of Italy’s Puglia region 214 The medieval white fortified hill town walls of Ostuni, The White Town, Puglia. We...
WAS BEN TOO STOKED UP?
At the climax of an adrenaline-fuelled event like Sunday’s World T20 final, it may be hard to envisage the role psychology might play. Surely it is just a matter of the bowler putting the...
CAPE TOWN: A SPARKLING CITY
THE INDEPENDENT 14 MARCH 2016 To those escaping the grey days of a wintry Britain, the bright light of Cape Town is quite a contrast; a peninsula surrounded by water on three...
The Smooth Operator
Between Tests in 1986, New Zealand played against Middlesex allowing us a close-up view of Martin Crowe. He was a smooth operator who glided about the crease, his bat appearing to be an extension...
The 10 Greatest Batsmen of Modern Times (final)
This is the final countdown to the most successful batsmen of the last 40 years (since the origination of the World Cup in 1975.) The evaluation is based on the player’s overall contribution and...
