18 year-old Zaffar Ansari, one of the most promising young cricketers I have ever had the privilege of working with, made his entry into First-Class Cricket on Saturday on the first day of the new 2011 English Cricket season, in the match between Cambridge UCCE and Essex CCC, at Fenners. On the opposing team was [...]
India’s victory in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Final in Mumbai provoked unbelievable scenes of spontaneous joy and celebratory tears. A nation of over 1 billion people will embrace their heroes from this day forward and, I suspect, the mother of all parties has just begun. As I watched on TV in England, I [...]
Twenty two cricketers will be in their beds in Mumbai, trying to sleep before the biggest game of their lives tomorrow, the ICC Cricket World Cup Final. It is expected to be the most watched cricket match in history. I remember spending the eve of the 2003 World Cup Final with Australia’s Michael Bevan in [...]
