The Art of Uncovering Hidden Talents

Debutante bowler, Ravichandran Ashwin, spun India to victory in the first test match against the West Indies this week. Can you believe that the off-spinner who turned in the second best match figures by an Indian cricketer on debut actually wanted to be a batsman? And that too, an opener??? Yes, you heard that right. […]

Good Guys Do Finish First

This week Sri Lanka's legendary spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan, bid adieu to test cricket in a blaze of glory. Murali needed 8 wickets at the start of his farewell test to reach the never-before achieved magical figure of 800 test wickets. This would have been a herculean, if not impossible, task for a bowler of lesser […]