According to sources close to Praveen Hinganikar, the curator at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, prior to today’s Test, he felt that had come up with a “good sporting wicket”. Well, congratulations Mr Hinganikar. It’s certainly a wicket. The...
Fixing Failure: Why ...
posted by Sarah Christine Robinson
Mervyn Westfield has been jailed for his involvement in spot fixing in a Pro40 game in September 2009. Danish Kaneria has been named as the main ‘corrupter’ in the Essex dressing room. It is sad that in the past few months we have had to see some very young cricketers to go jail for their...
ICC must improve its...
posted by Sarah Christine Robinson
The day where two cricketers are found guilty of taking part in a betting scam should be a day of rejoice for the International Cricket Council (ICC). They have, after all, punished the perpetrators and banned them from playing cricket. Now they have been legally prosecuted, in what the ICC...
Antigua cricket grou...
posted by Sarah Christine Robinson
In December 2009, I was fortunate to visit the island of Antigua and visit the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the Allan Stanford ground, Sticky Wicket, and the Antigua Recreation Ground – the ARG. I wrote an article that was published on Cricinfo, but I was never able to post it alongside the...
Ashes ground allocat...
posted by Sarah Christine Robinson
It’s that time again when the grounds for the much-fought over Ashes Tests are announced for 2013 and 2015. When they were announced in 2009, there was uproar when it was discovered that Cardiff would host the first Test of the series. The Cardiff Test in 2009, I think, surprised a lot of...
From Tendulkar insul...
posted by Sarah Christine Robinson
As an England fan, I have naturally been thrilled by the results of the Test series against India this summer, and judging by the T20 game and the two subsequent One Day games, there is going to be more to celebrate by the end of this series as well. Nevertheless, my enjoyment of watching...
Day/night Test match...
posted by Sarah Christine Robinson
Sitting and watching the third Test between England and India, the crowd chanted as play looked set to continue until 7pm because of the loss of play at the beginning of the day. The conceptual ‘e’ shaped lights began to shine, allowing play to continue at a time play may have ordinarily...
The best sportsmansh...
posted by Sarah Christine Robinson
Okay, it was a week ago, but it has taken me a long time to get this written. In the second Test between England and India, the following event occurred: Ian Bell hit what looked like a 4. He and Eoin Morgan ran three runs. Believing his shot had gone to the boundary, Ian Bell began walking...