By Kersi Meher-Homji Usually a high-scoring draw is boring. But not this one in Karachi between Australia and Pakistan which ended last night. The final day of the second Test was electrifying; any of the three results was possible – a win for either side or a draw. Winning the toss Australia batted and batted […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It has been a season of wins, only wins and nothing but wins for Indian cricketers. They have won 15 of the 16 matches played this season (93.7 percent victory rate) with one draw. Last night they beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs in just three days of the pink ball day-night […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India has started her Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign in New Zealand promisingly, winning two matches out of three. Last night they defeated West Indies women by 155 runs at Wellington. India amassed 8 for 317 in 50 overs mainly through the batting extravaganza of Smriti Mandhana (123 runs with 13 spectacular […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Yesterday India won the first Test against Sri Lanka at Mohali by an innings in three days thanks mainly to Ravindra Jadeja’s brilliant all-round show. He scored a scintillating 175 not out embellished with 17 fours and three sixes and took nine wickets in the match. He outscored Sri Lanka in the […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji To lose wicket-keeper batsman Rod Marsh aged 74 was sad, to lose spin wizard Shane Warne, 52, was tragic. I still can’t believe that spin king Shane Warne has left us. On Friday we were mourning the passing away of Rod Marsh. And yesterday Warne. He died of a suspected heart attack […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India under new captain Rohit Sharma is unstoppable, whitewashing West Indies 3-0 in both One Day Internationals and in T20 Internationals (T20Is) recently and now Sri Lanka 3-0 in T20Is. It seems no one can stop India’s triumphant march. Having beaten SL by 62 runs in the first T20I at Lucknow and […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Queenstown in New Zealand and Lucknow are thousands of kilometers apart but both were scenes of celebration for Indian cricket teams. At Queenstown the Indian women’s team defeated the New Zealand women’s team by 6 wickets in the 5th One Day International (ODI). With Amelia Kerr top scoring with 66 runs, the […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji What talented youngsters India has! I was shocked to read the Indian team for the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I) against the West Indies at Kolkata last night. No Virat Kohli, no Rishabh Pant, no Bhuvneshwar Kumar, no Yuzvendra Chahal, no Jasprit Bumrah… And yet young India under captain Rohit Sharma […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji In an exciting finish India defeated the West Indies by 8 runs in the final pulsating over at Kolkata. The visitors needed 29 runs in the last two overs but fast-medium bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded only four runs in the second last over, dismissing Nicholas Pooran for 62 runs. Now they needed […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India continued her winning ways by defeating the West Indies by 6 wickets in the first Twenty20 International (T20I) at Kolkata. Thanks to Nicholas Pooran’s aggressive innings of 61 (which included 4 fours and 5 sixes) West Indies totaled 7 for 157 in the allotted 20 overs. The main wicket-takers for India […]