Asian Cricket
Six Runs in Colombo and the Dew Trap: A Tactical Autopsy of Asia Cup 2026
The Women's World Cup Left for Dubai; the Bill Stayed Behind in Dhaka
The Missing Page in Asian Cricket: One Reserve Day, One NOC, and the Gap in the Rulebook
The Clock, the Pen and the Cash: In Asian Cricket, the NOC — Not the Fee — Sets the Real Price
The First Beat of Pre-Season Is Written in Pencil, Not Ink
RkTeamsPPtsRating
1Australia273411126
2South Africa192256119
3New Zealand222336106
3New Zealand222336106
4India293042105
5England363658102
6Bangladesh24187878
6Bangladesh24187878
RkTeamsPPtsRating
1India333841116
2New Zealand353809109
2New Zealand353809109
3Australia323304103
4South Africa313192103
5Pakistan323215100
6Sri Lanka36347096
6Sri Lanka36347096
RkTeamsPPtsRating
1England4111021269
2India6417201269
3Australia389868260
4New Zealand5012348247
4New Zealand5012348247
5South Africa5312881243
6Pakistan5713679240
7West Indies5613079234
Asia's Dot-Ball Economy: Where an Asia Cup Match Actually FlipsHook 17 September 2026, R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Sri Lanka all out for ...
The Quiet Metronome of the Transfer Window: The Ledger Nobody Opens in Asian CricketTITLE: The Quiet Metronome of the Transfer Window — The Ledger Nobody Opens i...
Seven to Eleven: The Five Overs That Lose Matches and Never Make the ScorecardLast week, past eleven at night, I stopped a recording and froze a frame. The...
The Window After the New Ball: Where the 3-1 Border-Gavaskar Trophy Was Actually WrittenThere is an asterisk next to 5 January 2026 in my ledger. At the Sydney Crick...
Overs 20 to 40: The Spreadsheet That Lost Bangladesh Three Asia Cup FinalsDubai International Cricket Stadium, 28 September 2026. After 20 overs of the...
Will Blockchain Find a Place in Cricket's New XI? From Chattogram Fan Tokens to the Timeless Faith of Test CricketHook I was in Chattogram when the Rift Ballad first drowned out the football...
The Wage Bill Before the Wicket: Who Actually Writes Asia's Franchise ContractsThere is a column in my notebook I simply call 'NOC'. No-objection certificat...
Blockchain Fan Tokens and Asian Cricket: Why Franchise Form Cracks Under Tournament Pressure17 September 2026: One Timestamp On 17 September 2026, at Colombo's R....
Six Runs in Colombo and the Dew Trap: A Tactical Autopsy of Asia Cup 2026On the evening of 15 September 2026, I stood against the press-box glass at...
BPL Auctions Pay for Finishers; Titles Are Won Between Overs 7 and 15Hook A night in Mirpur, 2026. Thirty-one needed off the last two overs. The...
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Forty-Seven Dot Balls: Bangladesh's Missing Middle Overs and the Tournament That Keeps Postponing ItselfThe floodlit replay from Pallekele is the frame I keep returning to. Twelve...
The Women's World Cup Left for Dubai; the Bill Stayed Behind in DhakaAt 2:40 in the afternoon on 20 August last year, a single line came out of th...
From a Rain-Soaked Colts Match to the National Side: Reading Asian Young Pacers Through the ScorebookLast November a colts match on Brisbane's western fringe was washed out. Besi...
The Missing Page in Asian Cricket: One Reserve Day, One NOC, and the Gap in the RulebookOn the evening of 10 September 2026, in the press box at Colombo's R. Premada...
The Clock, the Pen and the Cash: In Asian Cricket, the NOC — Not the Fee — Sets the Real PriceThe paddle stopped at 24.75 crore rupees in Dubai, and the camera swung to...
The Four Years After the Trophy: Auditing Asia's Under-19 PipelineThere is an old external hard drive in my Dhaka flat, labelled SA_2020_U19....
Overs 16 to 20: A Tournament's Real Character Hides in Those Four OversTwenty-six thousand people were standing at Kensington Oval. 29 June 2026,...
The Last Light at the Nets: Asia's Hidden Twenty-Two MinutesIt was half past five at the nets beside the Sylhet International Cricket...