Mid-wicket Tales
Read biographyS. Giridhar is Registrar and also the Head of the University Resource Centre at Azim Premji University. V J Raghunath retired as CEO of Addison Paints and is now a senior training consultant. Both share a great love for test cricket. Both have combined to write a number of articles on cricket drawing upon their knowledge the game. They may be contacted giri@azimpremjifoundation.org and raghunathj@gmail.com
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Close encounters on the cricket field
By S. Giridhar and V J Raghunath Two uniquely thrilling visuals of test cricket have not changed with time. One, the first morning of the first day of a test match, new ball, fresh wicket, three slips and a gully and a leg gully, alert and ready as the fast bowler #Cricket #Eknath Solkar #Fielding #Slip #TheLongView
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Men of Dravid’s ilk – their country’s most trusted batsmen
by S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath Some of the best of cricket writing in recent times have been the essays about Dravid after he announced his retirement, each a genuine tribute to a man and cricketer who left the game richer than he found it. For Indian cricket, Dravid was their #Allan Border #Cricket #Inpraiseof #Rahul Dravid #Sports #Steve Waugh #Sunil Gavaskar
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Proved without a doubt, India is the true home of spin
By S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath Quiz time: Can you name an Australian left arm spinner with more than 54 Test wickets? Or a leg spinner from England who played with any success in the last sixty years? Apart from Murali and Herath can you name a Lankan spinner with over #TheLongView
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The link between Dhoni, Brearley and Bradman
By S Giridhar and V J Raghunath “On Friday, I watched JM Brearley directing his fieldsmen very carefully. He then looked up at the sun and made a gesture which seemed to indicate that it should move a little squarer. Who is this man?” wrote The Guardian correspondent after Brearley had #Bradman #Garfield Sobers #Mahendra Singh Dhoni #TheLongView #Tiger Pataudi
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Is batting average the clue to finding the next Dhoni?
By S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath Truly great and enduring Test teams like Lloyd's West Indies of the 1980s and Steve Waugh’s Aussies of the 1990s were a unique combination of great batsmen and great bowlers. India climbed to the top largely because of its legendary batsmen. The magnificent heroes, after #Cricket #Dilip Vengsarkar #Mohinder Amarnath #Sanjay Manjrekar #TheLongView
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Left-arm spin: Its place in cricket history
Cricket literature has always romanticized leg spin because the allure of wrist spin and its infinite potential for subtlety and trickery perhaps has no equal. The left arm spinner has somehow got typecast as the honest, dependable craftsman, essential but not the star. Seen in that context, the left arm #Left-arm orthodox spin #Ravi Shastri #Spin bowling #TheLongView
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The Fab four then and now
Editor's Note: This article appeared on Cricinfo in October 2008. And the uncanny thing is that it is, word by word, as true and topical today. Only Ganguly is now sitting in the commentator's box. There is something extremely seedy about the way the inexorable finish to the glittering careers of #Bishen Singh Bedi #Cricket #India #InThisCorner #Sachin Tendulkar