Sachin at 40: How well do you know your hero?
Sample these 40 questions and find out if you know what it takes to be a true Sachin worshipper
Kambli, Vijender and the good life
Administrators must work with players to ensure young talent doesn’t go astray
Record of Tendulkar and Kambli’s stand destroyed
The Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) has destroyed the scoresheet of the historic 664-run partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli, scored in a Harris Shield game on February 24, 1988. The innings,…
Memories of a legend at work
The first time I saw a batsman’s innings from first ball to last, at the ground, was in 1994 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India had chosen to bat against the West…
Ponting, Tendulkar and the fire escape
“It was the most difficult thing in the world, when I went to tell the chairman,” said Bill Shankly of his decision to retire as Liverpool’s manager. “It was like walking to the…
Milestones give a sense of satisfaction: Muzumdar
Charles Phil Mead holds the distinction of scoring the maximum runs in a domestic competition. He scored 46,268 runs in 668 games for Hampshire and once famously said, “I never encouraged bowlers.” On…
Triumph, defeat and tears
For 13 days every Wimbledon for the last three years, Andy Murray was a Brit. On day 14, he would cease being a Brit, and become a Scot. All that changed last week….
