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Good news 7 Jun 2005 | 03:05 am
I just thought I might post here that there's been a bit of good news. I was short-listed for two awards by the Sports Journalists' Federation of India. While I did not win the Cricket Writer of the Y...
Sports Journalism Awards 13 May 2005 | 09:14 pm
Just a quick note to let you all know that I've been short-listed for awards in two categories in the inaugural Sports Journalists' Federation of India awards. I've been short-listed for Cricket Write...
Patriotism? Hardly. 13 May 2005 | 03:20 am
Somehow sport seems to inspire more misguided patriotism than most other things. Fortunately it never gets serious enough to be a matter of life and death. Here (corrected link now works) is a piece I...
The honest jogger 19 Apr 2005 | 05:29 pm
John Wright's five years with India have finally come to an end. And you can't really grudge him his departure, his two kids, Harry and Georgie, have hardly seen their father, and understandably want ...
A moment for Scott Mason 11 Apr 2005 | 09:28 pm
Scott who? Well, in the whirl of international cricket, where one day is a long time, where the condition of Sachin Tendulkar's elbow sends an entire nation into a tizzy, spare a moment for Scott Rob...
The Prince of Calcutta 24 Mar 2005 | 05:36 am
The last few days have been hectic. Two colleagues are out on tour, three are stricken by chicken pox. And I've been having doubts about why I should be writing a blog at all when I write for Cricinfo...
Sacrilege 13 Mar 2005 | 07:21 am
I know it is sacrilege to write about New Zealand when India and Pakistan are playing a series, but there's good reason. Regular readers of Not Cricinfo may sense a trend in criticism of New Zealand, ...
Dharamsala? High altitude? Hardly ... 3 Mar 2005 | 06:32 pm
The Pakistanis have been slightly bemused at being asked to play their warm-up match against the Indian Board President's XI at the high-altitude venue of Dharamsala. But, it could easily have been wo...
Thank you Davenell 20 Feb 2005 | 07:15 pm
Finally there's one person who agrees with me. Dav Whatmore, one of the men responsible for the change in approach to one-day cricket in recent times, has said the rules were fine, and it's the player...
Pot calling a kettle a pot 20 Feb 2005 | 06:42 pm
It's official. It's not only selectors of the subcontinent who are incompetent, bumbling, parochial, and political when choosing teams. The holiest of the holy, the Australians, are apparently just th...
