selection analysis
Agha returns as Pakistan unveil 14-member Test squad for Sri Lanka; Rizwan left outFourteen names arrived, and the two blank spaces told the story first. Pakist...
Twenty Runs in Lahore: The 59-Run Number Nobody Printed in Markhor IT's President's Trophy TitleOn the fourth morning, my sheet had two numbers facing each other: 165/7 and...
South Africa back on top of Test rankings after nearly 10 years, beat Australia by 176 runs to seal series 2-1South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs in the series-deciding third Test at...
The Empty Payload: When Cricket Analysis Demands Its EvidenceAt 3:27 in the morning, a template sits open on a screen at a Mumbai digital...
The Story That Arrived Without a LedgerThe file opened and there was nothing in it. One tag — cricket_asia. One fiel...
Coetzee Returns, the Nortje Question Stays Unasked: South Africa Changed the Risk, Not the NameGqeberha's scorecard will be read in the language of twenty wickets and an...
Worlds 2026, Day Two: LCK's Grip Is Real, LPL's 0-4 Is Not Yet a Verdict — and the Western 'Surge' Rests on One TeamThe scoreboard at the end of day two carried a line that changed the mood of...
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I: Christchurch's 226 Is a Bowling Warning, Not a Batting StoryThat is the number Christchurch produced, and it set the shape of the entire...
Pakistan's Kabaddi Withdrawal: The Circle-Style Bill Behind the Diplomatic ExcuseThe date 23 October 2026 was already booked for the Veer Savarkar Sports...
Commonwealth Kabaddi: India Open Against England and Malaysia, but the Real Test Is the 24-Hour TurnaroundAt 11:12 p.m. on October 22, 2026, in my Sainikpuri bedroom in Hyderabad, I...
Asian Champions Trophy: Harmanpreet's Two Momentum-Killing Goals and Sukhjeet's Brace Give India a 5-2 Win Over ChinaSummary India beat China 5-2 in their second match of the Asian Champions...
Before the Clásico, the Referee Debate: A 3-1 Record Is Not Evidence, It Is a VacuumOn that October night in Ahmedabad, the first screenshot I saved from the...
Two Days, Four Losses, and One Missing Patch Number: The First Ledger of Worlds 2026The Swiss table was on screen after the last series of day two, and there was...
Seven Wins and a Protocol: Rahmat Shah's Quiet Authority and Afghanistan's Procedural TurnIn the moment Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the final in...
Major Shake-Up at CSK: Gareth Batty Likely to Join as Batting Coach, Worcestershire Bond with Zaheer Khan Pays OffChennai Super Kings (CSK) are in the second phase of the biggest institutiona...
French Open 2026: PV Sindhu's 21-10 Was Not a Demolition — The 73-Minute Truth and the 0-10 Column Nobody Read21-10, 20-22, 21-16. Three games, 73 minutes. And the headline the next...
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 'Bowler Control' Claim and the Empty Box in the ScorecardA press conference after the third T20I. Bhuvneshwar Kumar sits before the...
Ningbo Final: Rybakina's Biggest Threat Is Her Own Closing GameThe semifinal scorecard read 6-3, 7-5. The paper was not lying; it was...
India vs Uganda, Match 9: At the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship, Field Depth and the Truth of a Date Matter More Than the ScoreboardAt 2:40 in the morning the scoreboard on my laptop settled on 46-26, and the...
Inglis's 102 at Newlands, and the Lead the Scorebook Doesn't Fully ShowBefore the final session began I ruled two lines into the hardbound book: Sou...