A group blog run by professional cricket writers from across the world. Thursday, September 01, 2005. A collossus shuffling towards a painful doom. The Hayden of today embarrasses the Hayden of the last few years. Unsure of himself and his footwork, poking and prodding against even Matthew Hoggard, a bowler he has clobbered before, he has lost the game in his head. Quite So when will the Australian selectors, known to be ruthless and unsentimental when it comes to team selection, finally let him go? .

An Indian making the most of life in sports-crazed Melbourne. Thursday, June 02, 2005. Much has been written on how the new rules with soccer-style substitutions will improve or worsen the one-day game. The only change that ICC has come up with on umpiring is to have additional technology aids to help the umpires get more decisions right. Simon Taufel and Billy Bowden have been unhappy with.

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Amit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He worked in journalism for over a decade, and won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism in 2007. His bestselling novel, My Friend Sancho. He is best known for his blog, India Uncut. His current project is a non-fiction book about the lack of personal and economic freedoms in post-Independence India. My first book, My Friend Sancho. For the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006. They have a good bunch of correspondents. Amit Varma is good, so is Siddhartha Vaidyanathan. Rahul Bhattacharya and Sambit Bal are super. Yet, this latest piece. By Dileep Premachandran, is kick-worthy. Results wise, the period saw India play Aus 10 times, win 2 games and lose 7. It played NZ thrice and won 2 and lost 1. It beat Zimbabwe in all 4 games, and bea.

Monday, September 10, 2007. Cos I left my bag in the car. I really should be worrying.