I’d be rightfully told to get fecked if at my job I had to take 4 months for this. It’s unfortunate that it happened but there’s also a distribution of how much break people take and I’ve never heard someone take 4 months for this.
The BCCI gets a lot flak but they do a good job of governing cricket here. For non Indians, they recently announced huge match fees for test cricket.. there are slabs based on how many games you start per season but regular starters match fee has...
Man thrives on killing opposing fans' dreams
World cup was similar - he's never looked a great ODI captain, nor a great ODI bowler.. but the finals execution was flawless.
Test bowling he's top 3 bowler of last 20 years, but there's so many...
I think McCullum's been thoughtful there, remains to be seen how successful he can be in refining it. You can't just blast your way to a better form of cricket. You see it in all forms of sport.. the best defense wins championships in football...
Kuldeep's had an excellent series, and is perhaps the replacement for when Jadeja/Ashwin are out
I like Sai Kishore of TN as well - I think he's a very good bowler
"We are a very unique side in how we go about things. I don't think we will study what India do too much."
"We don't get too down when we have bad days, we don't get too high when we have good days."
"You just have to stay level and recognise...