A fable of blood and bribes

No French scriptwriter could have dreamed of such a great script for the Cannes festival. Even Bollywood could probably not have thought of it. Flashback: May 9, 2002: It is early morning for the......

MVP: Sehwag top run-getter of WC

In Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji's analysis of the Most Valuable Players of the World Cup, there are only four Indiansin the top 10! If you look for Indian players on this list of the 2011......

Afridi continues to be Most Valuable

Shahid Afridi is making all the difference to Pakistan's challenge in the 2011 World Cup, with 14 wickets at an economy rate of just 2.6. He now has a phenomenal MVPI of 506. Only two other......

Afridi leads World Cup MVP race

There was a time when the One-Day InternationalsWorld Cup tournament was over in just two weeks! Now it drags on for many weeks. We also have a lot of one-sided matches; which are bothersome......

Check out the 14 squads for the World Cup

Less than a month to go for the ICC World Cup andthere are a lot of areas where work is still in progress. The venues, tickets, strategies et al are yet to be put in place. However, one thingstands......

PCB pulls up 41 bowlers for chucking

Pakistan Cricket Board is facing another major problem, although at the domestic level, with 41 players being spotted with suspect bowling action.Among those found to have illegal action, some had......