By Kersi Meher-Homji Watched live by over 51,000 (mostly Indians and Pakistanis, many in traditional gear with national flags fluttering) on the Adelaide Oval and by 1.2 billion on television world-wide, India defeated Pakistan by 76 runs with three overs remaining. What a start to their World Cup campaign! The World Cup final […]
Most of Sydney is in Adelaide as the cricket match between India and Pakistan starts. It is tipped to be the most watched match in the world. There is excitement and people from rest of the country have all congregated in Adelaide to witness ICC World Cup Cricket match between India and Pakistan with […]
Imran Khan is Kersi’s choice as captain for his pick of All Time Great World XI Cricket Team By Kersi Meher-Homji I often wonder as to whose job is the hardest; Prime Minister’s (ask Tony Abbott), umpires’ or national selectors’. As I am not likely to be a PM – thank heavens, or an […]
Raj Natrajan interviewing Ritchie Benaud Kersi Meher-Homji interviews engineer / journalist Raj Natarajan Watching cricket in the SCG Press Box is both a pleasure and an experience, especially watching it with a current cricket photo journalist and a cricketer who had played with EAS Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and GR Viswanath in Chennai in […]
Sachin Tendulkar Kersi Meher-Homji recalls South Africa is my favourite to win the 2015 World Cup. I back Australia, New Zealand and India to make semi-final; the first two because of home advantage andIndia because of, to be honest, sentimental reasons! India is also the reigning champs having won it in 2011 in […]
Cricket Australia’s CEO James Sutherland at the Sydney Cricket Ground addressing media representatives about the strategies to engage multicultural communities in cricket By Vijay Badhwar In a drive to engage the multicultural community into cricket, Cricket Australia unveiled its vision on January 9, Day 4 of the last Australia-India Test that recently concluded in […]
On 26 January, as India commemorates Republic Day and Australians celebrate Australia Day, 15 of Australia’s best and brightest young leaders will come together with 15 of India’s most promising young leaders for the fourth Australia India Youth Dialogue (AIYD). AIYD 2015 will take place on 26- 28 January in Sydney and 29 January in […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji “Why, Dhoni, why”, I kept asking myself as the Melbourne Test concluded yesterday (on Tuesday). The bombshell that India’s captain MS Dhoni had retired from Test cricket stunned me as it must have done cricket-lovers around the world. He should have waited at least till the Test series was completed in […]
L-R: ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Volunteer Dhivinya Naicker, The Hon. Daniel Andrews Premier of Victoria, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Chief Executive John Harnden, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Volunteer Lachie Rowe Fast Facts: ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand 14 teams: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The Brisbane Test last week appeared as if Australia was playing Australia. India bowled like Australia with three quickies trying to imitate Dennis Lillee and Mitchell Johnson. Some of them sledged like the Aussies but not subtly like them. Mitchell Johnson It was a revelation to watch Umesh […]