Cricket Review

New Zealand travelled to South Africa with the hope of winning a first ever Test series in that country and they had reasons to believe that they could achieve the landmark win given the resources they had at their disposal. However, South Africa were too strong for them winning both Tests by innings margins.Cape Town is always a tricky toss to win. If you opt to bat first, you’ve got to negoti...

The year 2017 saw several Day-Night Test matches being played and it looked to be the trend for the longer format of the game. However, Day-Night Tests haven’t flourished for a variety of reasons although excellent spectator turnouts had promised good times ahead.A day-night Test match involving Zimbabwe and South Africa had been reduced to four days from its customary five days and the move wa...

The showpiece cricket event in 2016 was the T-20 World Cup that was held in India. Hosted across seven major cities with the participation of 16 teams, India put out a show with Calcutta’s iconic Eden Gardens hosting a splendid final.Hosts India had lot of momentum behind them leading up to the semi-final and were meeting West Indies, who had been blowing hot and cold having lost a group game t...

A World Cup year in cricket send all the focus into it and the 2015 edition of the sport’s showpiece event co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia was quite spectacular. Eventually, the two hosts turned up for the final witnessed by over 100,000 people at the MCG and won by Australia.This was the last World Cup that included more than ten teams. ICC’s decision to restrict the 2019 and 2023 event...

The year 2014 wasn’t the start English cricket wanted. They were routed 5-0 by Australia, who regained the Ashes and played some spectacular cricket. Problems were plenty for England. Not only did they surrender the little urn without much of a fight but the whole tour was doomed with many a setback.One of England’s premier batters Jonathan Trott pulled out of the contest midway through the tou...