By Kersi Meher-Homji As I boarded a tram (light train) from Central station yesterday to witness the first One Day International between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, I wondered whether I was in Australia or in India. All the passengers were in blue clothes as worn by the Indian cricketers and […]
Kersi Meher-Homji recalls The Indian cricket team is in Sydney and I have gone all nostalgic. Below are some of my memories. Bedi, Prasanna and me I was watching the Indian cricket team doing net practice at the Sydney Cricket Ground a day before their match against NSW in November 1977. To my surprise Bishan […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It was worth remaining awake till 4.15 am (Sydney time) today to watch Mumbai Indians (MI) defeat Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 played in Dubai. DC started poorly to lose 3 for 22, quickie Trent Bolt taking two wickets. But they recovered to […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The Indian cricket team will be in Australia soon and two milestones will be reached during the Boxing Day Melbourne Test next month. It will be the 100th Test between India and Australia and the 50th between them in Australia. The first time the two mighty cricket nations played each other in […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Finally, Cricket Australia (CA) has confirmed the correct dates for the eagerly anticipated Vodafone Test series, Dettol One Day International (ODI) Series and Dettol Twenty20 International (T20I) Series between the Australian and Indian teams. The eagerly awaited Border ”“ Gavaskar Trophy for Tests between Australia and India is awaited more than even […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Kapil Dev, one of the greatest all-rounders in Test annals, suffered a suspected heart attack on Thursday the 22nd October. He was rushed to a hospital’s emergency ward where he underwent coronary angioplasty by Dr Atul Mathur. Fortunately, everything was found normal and he was discharged from the hospital four days later […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji You must be keeping late nights watching the IPL matches in UAE. Especially today early morning (19th October) when both the matches ended in ties. In exciting super overs, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad. Three hours later Kings XI Punjab beat Mumbai Indians. Worth keeping awake till 4 am, Sydney […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It is cricket season now and let’s welcome it with the most heart-lifting experience in this sport. I mean the special six appeal when, to quote English poet EV Lucas “a batsman jumps to meet one and a sixer climbs the sky.” Even the most level headed commentator gets excited and yells […]
Book Review By Kersi Meher-Homji Cricket’s Forgotten Pioneer ”“ The Frank Tarrant Story by Mike Coward, Cricket Publishing Company (cardwell@mcks.com.au), 104 pages, price $55 plus postage. Foreword by Harsha Bhogle. This hard-cover beautifully presented book ”“ full of rare photos, autographs, official letters, cartoons and statistics ”“ is a must for every cricket lover in […]
Provided by Daily Mail. Dean Jones speaks to former Prime Minister John Howard at Maroubra Beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. By Kersi Meher-Homji Tributes have flown in from all over the world on the sad passing away of Australia’s legendary batsman Dean Jones in Mumbai yesterday [Thursday] while working as an analyst on the 2020 […]