• Nothing can be more lip-smacking, adrenaline-pumping and nail biting than the thrilling prospect of India taking on their arch rivals Pakistan. Let's face it - it can't get bigger or better that this one clash. We may be playing them in the World Cup after a good eight years, and the statistics too back India's supremacy, but Pakistan is far from looking either perplexed or bogged down by pressure; in fact, they look confident enough to turn the tables.
     

    While India may have started as the firm favourites, the hiccups thereafter, especially during the knock-out stage, did mar the spirits somewhat. The celebrated batting line-up looked clueless towards the end, while bowling seemed to lack teeth. The fielding too looked curiously below par for any competitive international cricket. Just when it was looking like all was drifting away, the team turned the corner. The batting came into its own against Australia, the bowling has looked efficient in the last 2-3 games and we somehow managed

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  • What's the most fundamental reason for trusting technology over human competence? Accuracy, I'd assume. If that is achieved, there shouldn't be a doubt on exploiting it to its utmost. Yet, if its design doesn't allow an infallible fact finding system, it must start a debate.

     

    Let me tell you from the outset that I've always been in favour of using technology, for that's the way forward, whether we like it or not. When everything else around us is evolving at break-neck speed, then why should cricket be allowed to slumber in the stone age? Just to reiterate my point, I must tell you that I haven't come across a batsman worth his salt who is okay to be given out when he isn't, or a bowler who approves of having his appeal turned down when he's 100% sure of claiming another scalp. Just to add to the drama, the broadcasting technology has improved manifold,  which gives the viewers the access to accurate information with regards to every dismissal.

     

    What a pity then that the men - the

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  • Will anyone ever again consider South Africa as a serious contender for the World Cup or any other major event? Will the bookies ever again install South Africa as favourites? Will any punter back them to emerge champions? The answer to all these questions has to be a resounding "no" following the tragicomic events of Friday.

    Here was a team playing as champions. Here was the team to beat for the title said the experts and almost everyone else. Here was a team that was peaking at the right time after topping a highly competitive group. Here was a team that had an invincible look about it with an array of in-form batsmen, an all-time great in Jacques Kallis, arguably the best fielding unit in the game, a bowling line-up headed by the best fast bowler in the business and including a fascinating mix of spinners and led by a fiercely competitive and intensely patriotic captain. And yet here they were going down to a side which has always had the bridesmaid tag written all over it, with a

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