Home away from home
The atmosphere and hot weather in Adelaide gave it a perfect sub-continent flair and made it feel like a home away from home.
MCG: The home of legends
“Right over here is William Harold Bill Ponsford, an Australian cricketer who is the only player to twice break the world record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket; Ponsford and Brian Lara are the only cricketers to twice score 400 runs in an innings,” an old man recited these words to a group of visitors as if he was reading from a book of verse.
Excitement behind the silence
It's an occasion the city dwellers are relishing; albeit silently. When Anges, a Malaysian born Australian, knows what awaits the city in two months time even though the sport is not popular in her birthplace, then it is symptomatic that the cricket loving people in the country are all set to make the occasion their own.
'Batters should value their wickets'
Bishwajit Roy writes from Khulna during the Test series against Zimbabwe