From Memory, Meeting the Greats
It is the unforgettable moments in one’s life that make life worthwhile. Remembering one’s first love or taking the first…
Continue Reading...Net Profit and Loss
In a long cricket career, which I owe mainly to my ability to turn up on time, I have done…
Continue Reading...Absentee Princes of Batting during India’s inaugural Test match
The story of the first ever Test match played by India is oft-repeated. At least the tale of the first…
Continue Reading...Mohammed Nissar, The Gentle Giant
Author Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (P. G. Wodehouse), comic novelist, short story writer, lyricist, and playwright, best known as…
Continue Reading...In Memory Of Shane Warne
I met Shane Warne only once. It was at Lord’s, but fortunately for me, not in the middle. I was…
Continue Reading...The Greatest All Rounder and Swashbuckler of All
Nobel Prize Winning English author, Rudyard Kipling, immortalized the city of Lahore with his all time best seller, ‘Kim’, which…
Continue Reading...INTERNATIONAL CRICKET IN THE 1990s: A GOLDEN AGE?
Like everything else, cricket has changed immeasurably in the last forty years. The international game has probably changed more than…
Continue Reading...Sri Lanka’s 1974 tour to Pakistan
Sri Lanka, the island kingdom surrounded by the Indian Ocean. The smallest in size and population among the full members…
Continue Reading...Miandad’s Masterclass at The Oval
Kennington Oval also referred to as Kia Oval for sponsorship purposes and located in the Southern part of London is…
Continue Reading...Fazal Mahmood and his Times: Great Memories
‘Fazal Mahmood’s name is synonymous with match-winning world-class medium pace bowling in the cricket world. For over a dozen years…
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