Posts Tagged ‘World Cup’
The Ghost Hundred
To see is to believe. Quite literally perhaps, for that must be the main reason why Adam Gilchrist’s thunderous hundred in the 2007 World Cup final against Sri Lanka was proclaimed the best-ever knock in the quadrennial event by Castrol Index Ratings. Other notable contenders included Aravinda De Silva’s match-winning hundred in the 1996 event [...]
Is Sachin’s favorite ton really his best knock?
A cricket career that spans twenty years and consists of ninety three tons at the highest level of the game is like a sumptuous buffet. If any one particular dish – a hundred in this case – doesn’t suit your taste buds, there is always the next one to savor. There are the classic cuisines – ground out in the gruesome Test arena – and the [...]
