The first ever reviews (read "legalised challenges") of umpiring decisions in Test cricket has taken place. And Sri Lanka have piled up over 400 runs with 3 century scorers . Jagadish has a few suggestions, including a novel way of handling...

As England try to regroup after being thrashed at Headingley, the recriminations and rethinking is everywhere. Here's Will on what to do with Broad . And part of King Cricket's tongue in cheek proposal : Buoyed by their mind-addling repast, the...

Terry Jenner and Guddappa Viswanath are among the chorus of voices on Ajantha Mendis. Jenner is surprised that Mendis does not have a stock ball : "Mendis needs to develop the stock ball which is very essential for leg break bowlers. When I heard...

With the test series between India and Sri Lanka starting tomorrow, it is slated as a clash between the spin giants. If Sri Lanka will be betting on mastery of Murali and mystery of Mendis, India will surely rely on the accuracy of Anil Kumble and aura...

One of the most common positives emanating out of ODIs are, they have made test cricket more exciting and result oriented. More and more tests are ending in four days and even if there are draws, they are not as boring as they used to be earlier. In the...

After the madness of IPL and 2 consecutive ODI series, the Sri Lankan tour of Team India will bring back the so called old magicians into the business. If the ODI team could not hold their front against the Lankan’s spinners, the same spinners will be...

Looks like even Iron Maiden could not escape cricket on his Indian tour!

Once a football anchor on Zee Sports, Mayanti Langer has switched to cricket. This Punjabi 21 year old was the only student in Sriram School, New Delhi, to play football. Soon, she became the lead coordinator at the Girls’ Football League at the Indian...

Supermodel, VJ, and now Cricket Anchor Archana Vijay, interviewed Virender Sehwag just before the start of play on the day he went on to score his triple century. She has that effect on people. Archana Vijay's life changed overnight after winning...

By Mike Makin - A concerned parent A month in the life of Michigan Cricket Academy provides a vivid illustration of the highs and lows faced by young cricketers and their coaches, reinforcing many of the points made in Dreamcricket’s article on the first...

Last week marked the 100th day of the election of the current USACA administration. Although new USACA administration was not expected to fire away on all engines immediately, there have been a few outward signs of progress - the national tournaments...

''America Can Provide Next Twenty 20 Playground'' With the completion of the inaugural session of the DreamCricket Academy, DreamCricket.com has taken yet another small step in cricket development in USA. Following the successful launch...

The previous week seems to be the one to have witnessed the passing of quite a few batons. Men's Tennis might have seen it on Sunday (a bit too early to call, admittedly), the Left parties passed the baton of the support to the Congress led UPA to...

Ok, So we have a world number 32 here, who had an injury but still lost to a lower ranked opponent at Wimbledon, with 4 match points on hand. And we have the Chinese Zheng Jie reaching the semi finals of the Wimbledon ladies championships. Remember, Zheng...

Well, no judgements are going to be passed in this piece. For the uninitiated, this is what happened http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qs-Ye66_Tk4 Try and listen to the comments from Ian Smith and Nasser Husain. The entire incident just made one wonder about...

The Stanford 20/20 tournament is a wonderful addition to the West Indies cricket calendar. Like the first edition of the competition 18 months ago, the second tournament has been a spectacle that has warmed the hearts of everyone privileged to get a glimpse...

Declining domestic standards For some time now, observers have been lamenting the standard of regional competitions in the Caribbean. The early stages of the 2008 Carib Beer first-class competition have again emphasized the point. It is a crying shame...

You couldn’t fault West Indian supporters for having a sense of optimism after a significant win against South Africa in the first Test. It was, after all, a win against Test cricket’s No. 2 ranked team, their first Test victory on South African soil...