With late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India. Pic Courtesy: Kenia Jayantilal Book Review by Kersi Meher-Homji The Greatest Year by Anindya Dutta, 2020. Westland Publications, Kindle e-book. Illustrated. Available on Amazon India. Cricket lovers from India may remember the year 1971 with joy and excitement as India defeated a strong West Indies […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Test series between Australia and India arouses controversies galore during the tour. This season a controversy has begun before the tour! And blame COVID-19 for it. According to Cricket Australia acting Chief Nick Hockley, India will have to undergo a two-week quarantine period, most likely in Adelaide, once they touch down in […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India’s Asian Games gold medalist Violet Peters passed away in Melbourne last week. She was 86. She had etched her name in fame when winning a gold medal in the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. In 49.5 seconds she had achieved this along with Christine Brown, Stephie D’Souza and Mary […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji All cricket lovers know that Sunil ”˜Sunny’ Gavaskar was one of the greatest opening batsman in Test cricket. According to me, he remains THE GREATEST opening batsman in Test history. In 125 Tests he scored 10,122 runs at an average of 51.12, hitting 34 Test centuries, highest score 236 not out. Most […]
Big Bird Joel Garner with Sunny Gavaskar By Kersi Meher-Homji From 19th century till recent times, cricketers have had nicknames, from odd to contrasting to bang on target. And what a range — from Tiger O’Reilly, Tiger Pataudi, Slasher Mackay, Phantom Lawry, Chappelli, Sunny Gavaskar, Tangles Walker and Henry Lawson to Afghan Mark Waugh, […]
Vijay Merchant Keith Miller Kersi Meher-Homji employs tools of the trade to select one Are today’s cricketers professional enough? After employing tools of the trade, I’ve come up with a genuine Professional World XI where surnames of Test cricketers represent different professions; Engineer, Contractor, Bishop, Butler, Turner, Miller, Archer, Smith and Merchant as you holler […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Music and cricket make an odd couple. How many musicians play cricket and how many cricketers sing professionally? Did you know that India’s mystery spinner BS Chandrasekhar hummed songs of legendary Indian singers K.L. Saigal and Mukesh when bowling in 1970s and 80s? Australia’s former Test fast bowler Brett […]
Dilip Sardesai By Kersi Meher-Homji With no cricket being played in these Covid-kalichaudas days, what can a cricket writer do? Select Best World XIs, Best World Cup XIs, Best ODI XIs”¦? But that’s been done to death. Done to death? That gives me an idea. Why not select a Best Indian Test XI from […]
Kersi Meher-Homji remembers interviewing the legend Although it happened 23 years ago I remember it as if it was yesterday. I mean my one-on-one interview with the Nawab of Pataudi junior. In Sydney to open a photographic exhibition Encountering India on 16 May 1997, the Nawab and his charming actress wife Sharmila Tagore were greeted […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Forget Covid-19. Forget everything unpleasant. The Indian cricket team will be touring Australia in December – January. Yipee! Do you remember the summer of 2018-19 when the team under Virat Kohli defeated Australia for the first time ever in Australia? Will they do it again with Steve Smith and David Warner back […]