By Kersi Meher-Homji I have never missed a Sydney Test since 1970. I cannot wait to watch the current one about to start on Thursday. They have produced drama, controversies and brilliant batting especially by maestro Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman. The “monkeygate bollyline” Sydney Test involving Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds in January 2008 […]
This January, Batting for Change will be calling on Australian families and cricket fans to play a game of backyard cricket and raise much-needed funds to support education projects in Australia and in cricket-playing nations overseas. The fun and games are all part of National Backyard Cricket Day, launching on Sunday 31 January 2021. […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji What a transformation! All out for 36 runs one day, a convincing winner by 8 wickets a week later. India’s stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane scored a splendid century””the only one in this topsy-turvy Test series so far ”“ hit the winning run and was adjudged Man of the Match. At the presentation […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Is this real or am I having a nightmare? I kept asking myself as India with master batsmen Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane was bundled out for 36 in the second innings of the Adelaide day-night pink ball Test disaster. I would any day prefer COVID-19 to INDIA-36 all out! […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji I can hardly wait. Can you? The first ever day-night pink ball Test between India and Australia starts on Thursday. As the Australian team is weakened by the absence of experienced opening batsman David Warne with no in-form opener in sight, the Indian XI is almost at full strength with only Rohit […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The T20 series between India and Australia followed the One Day International (ODI) pattern. Just as India had won the final match of the ODI series last week at Canberra after losing the series 0-2, Australia won the final match of the T20 series at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) last night […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Cheered on by a full house at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Man of the Match Hardik Pandya hit two sixes in the final over as India won an exciting match to clinch the T20 series 2-0. The match fluctuated in the final four overs as India needed 46 runs to win […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji What drama! What a concussion controversy! And what a thrilling ending as a substitute player won a match for India and voted Man of the Match! Wonders will never cease. The first T20 International at Canberra was a match to remember for the winners India and a match to forget for the […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Winning the toss for the first time in the three match series, India defeated Australia by 13 runs in Canberra. This was a consolation win for King Kohli’s visiting Indians as Australia had won the previous two matches in Sydney after winning the toss. Thus India won the match but lost the […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Call them “action replay” or “mirror image” matches. There were marked similarities between the two ODIs played at the Sydney Cricket Ground last Friday and Sunday. Australia won the toss in both the matches and batted first, winning by 66 runs in the first match and by 51 runs in the second. […]