“One keeps looking out for innovation in IPL, but of late it hasn't been all that obvious. Lionel Richie as an opening act? Johnny Mathis must have been busy. Matthew Hayden's Mongoose? Looks a bit like Bob Willis' bat with… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“The risk is, as ever, that the hyperbole of IPL will simply smother the cricket; perhaps the members of the IPL's cheer squad should… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
A Writer says: read what I have written An historian says: listen to my lecture A critic says: listen to what I think A… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“One keeps looking out for innovation in IPL, but of late it hasn't been all that obvious. Lionel Richie as an opening act? Johnny… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“The assumption now is that the interests of the brand and of the game overlap to the degree that cricket need hardly be mentioned.” — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“[I]f Modi is toast, it will in one sense be a tremendous pity. In his way, he represents a third generation in cricket's governance.… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“Far from marking the end of nationalism, the IPL is the ultimate triumph of that principle: a global tournament in which the same nation… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
No cricketer is so dependent on the turf on which the game is played as the spinner; it can make, break, enfang or defang… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“Sambit Bal may be right that this is a scandal the IPL needed. It certainly brings fans face-to-face with the tangled reality of their… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“Since inception, the IPL has worn its brand value like a corroboration of inner virtue. On the eve of this tournament, under the headline… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“Tavaré played 30 Tests for England between 1980 and 1984, adding a final cap five years later. He filled for much of that period… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“Batting, for once, in his accustomed slot at No. 3, Tavaré took his usual session to get settled, but after lunch opened out boldly.… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“The IPL, involving the socialist principle of a salary cap and the protectionist mechanism of quotas, is not perhaps the best example of a… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“Since Modi's Mumbai sign-off, much commentary has been focused on the brand-dilution potential inherent in its scandals. MS Dhoni doesn't think we should worry:… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
“As an ersatz opening batsman, Tavaré did not so much score runs as smuggle them out by stealth.” — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
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