Land of Lime

After the KSCA elections, Harsha Bhogle had a fascinating set of interviews Anil Kumble, Sanjay Manjrekar and Prof. Ratnakar Shetty on his ”Time Out with Harsha Bhogle” online talk show. While cricketers have been in charge of cricket administration in the past, including in Karnataka, I was struck by what Manjrekar and Shetty had to [...]

To sit in the stands at Gangothri Glades, Mysore, away from the Press box and KSCA invited guest stands, is to realize the great challenge domestic cricket in India faces. Upwards of three thousand spectators are always present in this pretty little stadium, and their cheerful presence is a constant reminder of what’s missing in [...]

Not that I know more about spin bowling than Shane Warne, but the campaign to ban ‘Doosra’ is weird, espeically when you look at what the Aussie spin fretarnity has decided:
It was a judgment based on the shared belief that the doosra, pioneered by Pakistani spinner Saqlain Mushtaq in the 1990s and since adopted by [...]