Asian Cricket
From 88/3 to 293/3 in Rajshahi and Mahfizul's 156* in Bogura: NCL Round 4 Day 1 Delivers 912 Runs, One Total Washout, and an Uncomfortable Question
The Hidden Denominator: South Africa's Innings Win and the Real Arithmetic of India's WTC Equation
Free Entry at Mirpur Is the Easy Part; Sylhet Is Where the Policy Gets Tested
Whose Morning Was Gqeberha: Jansen's Seam, Rabada's Repetition and Head's Lonely Fight
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Abhishek-Sooryavanshi storm seals series as records tumbleAt Wellington, India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the third T20I of a...
Madushanka's five-wicket haul sends Sri Lanka to final; Pakistan's batting collapse raises questionsIn the Lahore tri-series, Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by eight wickets to reach t...
Bangladesh Cricket's Ascent: From the Test Arena to Structural ReformWhen the stands of the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur erupt...
The 241 Doesn't Add Up: England's Top-Order Break and the Ledger of an Unverified ScorecardNineteen for three. The scoreboard read "19/3," and one of ODI cricket's olde...
Lessons from a Green Top: Bengal Chase a Third Straight Win While Kerala Keep Their Real Question UnaskedA ground in Kerala, quarter past nine in the morning. The grass was cut aroun...
The Vintage Car's Engine, Chennai's Empty Seats and the December ClockAt a tea stall in Barishal, the glass had gone cold in my hand when the line...
India A vs Pakistan A in Doha on November 22: The 297-to-136 Ledger That Left One Question OpenOpen the 2026 Rising Asia Cup scorecards and two numbers sit beside India A's...
Those 26 Balls at Hagley Oval: How Much of Tilak Varma's 'Chase Master' Label Is Arithmetic, and How Much Is NoiseAt Hagley Oval the board read 69/4 at the end of the eleventh over. Chasing 1...
Spin Nets, New-Ball Gap: The Question Buried in Bangladesh's Mirpur PreparationThe clock moved three hours across the Sher-e-Bangla indoor nets that day, an...
The Pink Jersey Ledger: The Decimal Pakistan Didn't ShowThe floodlights come on in Lahore and the eye goes straight to the stumps....
From 88/3 to 293/3 in Rajshahi and Mahfizul's 156* in Bogura: NCL Round 4 Day 1 Delivers 912 Runs, One Total Washout, and an Uncomfortable QuestionThe toss could not be held in Cox's Bazar. On the opening day of a four-day...
Three Hours of Spin in the Mirpur Nets, Yet the Worry Is Still the New BallHook: One Afternoon, Three Hours, and a Quiet Declaration On Monday the indoo...
From 41/3 to 180/5: India Took Three Wickets and Controlled No PhaseThe scorecard does not add up. New Zealand made 180 for 5 in twenty overs in...
The Blank Column in the Scorebook: How Asian Cricket Spends Its Teenage TalentThere is a column in an old notebook of mine that has never been filled in....
Second T20I at Hagley Oval: Tilak Varma's Heist in the Spin-Quota Gap, India 2-0Seventeenth over done in Christchurch, and the scoreboard was holding an...
Tilak Varma's 26 Catches: A Record of Selection Continuity, Not SkillThree overs. Eighteen balls. Two catches. Inside a report datelined New Delhi...
A Bowler Asking for 350: The New ODI Economy Where the Bat Sets the PriceLast week a short interview clip landed on my desk. No match name, no venue, ...
Four Days of Rehearsal, Five Days of Doubt: What India A's Lincoln Camp Actually MeasuresI open the fixture sheet in the London press box and look at the date column...
The Hidden Denominator: South Africa's Innings Win and the Real Arithmetic of India's WTC EquationTwo in the morning in Dhaka. The laptop screen is the only light on the...
Free Entry at Mirpur Is the Easy Part; Sylhet Is Where the Policy Gets TestedThe notice ran to four lines. The word "free" appears in it once. The sentenc...
Who Replaces Ishan Kishan? In Christchurch the Real Question Is Bowling, Not BattingBeside the nets, someone said it out loud: "Sooryavanshi is the frontrunner."...
Madushanka's five-wicket haul sends Sri Lanka to final; Pakistan's batting collapse raises questionsIn the Lahore tri-series, Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by eight wickets to reach t...
Bangladesh Cricket's Ascent: From the Test Arena to Structural ReformWhen the stands of the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur erupt...
The 241 Doesn't Add Up: England's Top-Order Break and the Ledger of an Unverified ScorecardNineteen for three. The scoreboard read "19/3," and one of ODI cricket's olde...
Lessons from a Green Top: Bengal Chase a Third Straight Win While Kerala Keep Their Real Question UnaskedA ground in Kerala, quarter past nine in the morning. The grass was cut aroun...
The Vintage Car's Engine, Chennai's Empty Seats and the December ClockAt a tea stall in Barishal, the glass had gone cold in my hand when the line...
India A vs Pakistan A in Doha on November 22: The 297-to-136 Ledger That Left One Question OpenOpen the 2026 Rising Asia Cup scorecards and two numbers sit beside India A's...
Those 26 Balls at Hagley Oval: How Much of Tilak Varma's 'Chase Master' Label Is Arithmetic, and How Much Is NoiseAt Hagley Oval the board read 69/4 at the end of the eleventh over. Chasing 1...
Spin Nets, New-Ball Gap: The Question Buried in Bangladesh's Mirpur PreparationThe clock moved three hours across the Sher-e-Bangla indoor nets that day, an...
The Pink Jersey Ledger: The Decimal Pakistan Didn't ShowThe floodlights come on in Lahore and the eye goes straight to the stumps....
From 88/3 to 293/3 in Rajshahi and Mahfizul's 156* in Bogura: NCL Round 4 Day 1 Delivers 912 Runs, One Total Washout, and an Uncomfortable QuestionThe toss could not be held in Cox's Bazar. On the opening day of a four-day...
Three Hours of Spin in the Mirpur Nets, Yet the Worry Is Still the New BallHook: One Afternoon, Three Hours, and a Quiet Declaration On Monday the indoo...
From 41/3 to 180/5: India Took Three Wickets and Controlled No PhaseThe scorecard does not add up. New Zealand made 180 for 5 in twenty overs in...
The Blank Column in the Scorebook: How Asian Cricket Spends Its Teenage TalentThere is a column in an old notebook of mine that has never been filled in....
Second T20I at Hagley Oval: Tilak Varma's Heist in the Spin-Quota Gap, India 2-0Seventeenth over done in Christchurch, and the scoreboard was holding an...
Tilak Varma's 26 Catches: A Record of Selection Continuity, Not SkillThree overs. Eighteen balls. Two catches. Inside a report datelined New Delhi...
A Bowler Asking for 350: The New ODI Economy Where the Bat Sets the PriceLast week a short interview clip landed on my desk. No match name, no venue, ...
Four Days of Rehearsal, Five Days of Doubt: What India A's Lincoln Camp Actually MeasuresI open the fixture sheet in the London press box and look at the date column...
The Hidden Denominator: South Africa's Innings Win and the Real Arithmetic of India's WTC EquationTwo in the morning in Dhaka. The laptop screen is the only light on the...
Free Entry at Mirpur Is the Easy Part; Sylhet Is Where the Policy Gets TestedThe notice ran to four lines. The word "free" appears in it once. The sentenc...
Who Replaces Ishan Kishan? In Christchurch the Real Question Is Bowling, Not BattingBeside the nets, someone said it out loud: "Sooryavanshi is the frontrunner."...