The Big Show

Worldwide Sports Coverage. One Punchline at a time


 
 

 
Cricket
3550_Resize_BraveNewPitch

Brave New Pitch – Book Review

You can perhaps classify existing cricket literature into neat delineated categories. There are authorized biographies of players written caringly by respected journalists. There are some articulate ex-players penning their tho...
by Aftab
0
Full Story »

 
 
Cricket
Rahul-Dravid

The Unassuming Champion – Farewell Rahul Dravid

It is tough not to feel emotional today. Cricket was not an amusement or pastime when we were growing up. It was not something we watched on TV, read in the papers, followed on the internet; and felt elated or destroyed for a d...
by NCJ
1
Full Story »

 
 
Cricket
tendulkar

Wait for it: The juice is worth the squeeze

Right at the start of this emotional monologue, I would like you to sit back and reflect. Is 100 merely another number? What does this figure of 100 signify? Why is this entire nation gripped with the 100th 100 fever so much th...
by subhroneo
1
Full Story »

 

 
Cricket
Out of the blue

Out of the Blue by Aakash Chopra – Book Review

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of playing a round of golf with a gentleman who played domestic cricket at the Under-19 level for Rajasthan in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was also a reserve player on some occasions fo...
by Aftab
2
Full Story »

 
 
Cricket
Cricket Australia

Marching on Australia – What fate awaits Down Under?

In military circles it is often light heartedly remarked about Russia and Afghanistan that invading armies over the centuries passed by the skeletal remains of previous empires that had tried and unsuccessfully attempted to con...
by Aftab
3
Full Story »

 
 
Cricket
MSD

India vs England – 2nd ODI – Live from Feroze Shah Kotla

Follow live coverage, from the stands at the 2nd ODI between India and England. Click Here
by NCJ
0
Full Story »