History of Cricket in the Olympic games: The debate as to whether cricket should be part of the Olympics is ongoing. However, cricket has only featured as an Olympic sport once – in the year 1900. Great Britain won gold by beating France. Since, cricket has not featured in the Olympic games at all. However, […] READ MORE
Picking Sri Lanka’s Best All-Time Test XI The Island Nation has had its fair share of success in the longer format. Players such as Kumar Sangakkara and Muttiah Muralitharan have been pivotal to Sri Lanka’s test XI in the past. They are characterised by their spin-friendly nature and batting strength. Over the years, Sri Lanka […] READ MORE
Sri Lanka’s All-Time ODI XI The Island Nation won the 1996 Cricket World Cup and therefore some of Sri Lanka’s best all-time ODI players are likely to be from that XI. And so it proves. Muttiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasuriya are easy picks in this team. However, Sri Lanka also reached finals in both 2007 […] READ MORE
A female first Former England women’s captain Clare Connor will become the new MCC President in October next year succeeding the current president Kumar Sangakkara. All-round cricketer Clare Connor represented England from 1995 to 2005. Kumar Sangakkara, the former wicketkeeper, batsman and captain of Sri Lanka was invited to serve a second term in the […] READ MORE
Super Summer The first test match of the summer is due to take place at the Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in Southampton. Incredibly, the stadium has hosted only three test matches to date. The stadium is relatively new and even One-Day Internationals have only been played for a decade at the venue. In this article, […] READ MORE
Out-of-form outsiders Sri Lanka overhauled their squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup: desperate measures in desperate times or a tactical masterstoke? READ MORE
Joe Root and his England team have managed to do something really special on this tour to Sri Lanka. They have beaten Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, something which no team, except India, has managed to do in the last three years (since Kumar Sangakkara’s retirement). South Africa and Australia were whitewashed while the Windies […] READ MORE
A despairing dive, agonizingly falling short by a millimeter or two from safety and that was it, Rangana Herath’s last act on a cricketing field. Not a fitting way to end for the game’s best left arm bowler but certainly a one that was emblematic of his whole cricketing journey. Fighting till the very end […] READ MORE
The Greatest of All Time Debate: What’s In A Batting Average? In sports it is always hard to make accurate comparisons with current players and their former counterparts. This is no different in the ever-changing climate of international cricket. A key indicator, which is commonly used to make comparisons, is a batsman’s average. However, without […] READ MORE
One pivotal mistake by Sri Lanka cricket may have a domino effect on their plans for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. It’s New Year’s day and I am preventing my phone from blowing up with useless wishes by diving headfirst into work. I am that VT guy on an international channel who does promos for […] READ MORE