Ganeshbabu Venkat - ARTICLES

In this series our cricket heroes by CW staff, Ganesh Venkat looks back at Mohammad Azharuddin, The wristy magician from India.

With the 25th anniversary of the second tied Test looming, Ganesh looks back at the events of the ‘forgotten tie’.

His stark resemblance to the Hollywood super star Bruce Willis aside Daryl Harper was one of the colorful umpires to have umpired the game. Although he had to retire five shy of a 100 Tests he gave his fair share to the game. It was indeed disappointing for him that he had to quit before reaching a century under controversial circumstances. In a candid interview with CricketWeb he shares his thoughts about various things, cricket, baseball and life in general.

“From Tony Cozier, through the cab driver in Barbados to the man in the stands at Sabina Park, they all said the same – “The maan could bat”.

Babylon Definition : Babylon From a Rastafarian perspective, Babylon is the historically white-European colonial and imperialist power structure which has oppressed Blacks and other people of color.

DRS is my favorite topic in cricket and I’m compelled to write a piece whenever there is a recommendation made and people throw a fit or tantrum about the recommendation.

The raging issue in cricket for the past few weeks has been the country vs club debate and creating a separate window for the IPL.

Second episode of my amateur attempt at a photo blog of the Quarter final in Ahmedabad between India and Australia that I covered during March 2011. The final episode to follow with Colombo and Mohali.

Here is my first amateur attempt at a photo blog of the world cup games in Chennai that I covered during March 2011. More to follow with Ahmedabad, Colombo and Mohali.

Good day folks!!! Where ever you are, Yet again this is Ganesh giving you live updates from PCA stadium Mohali. India and Pakistan face-off in the mother of all battles to play Sri Lanka in an all Asian final.