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Sambit Bal
Sambit Bal

Editor-in-chief, ESPNcricinfo

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Choose your ESPNcricinfo homepage

Choose your ESPNcricinfo homepage

We will not pretend this is a dazzling innovation. Even though ESPNcricinfo has run multiple homepages for years now, you have not had the option of choosing which one to set as your default

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
A question of cricket

A question of cricket

Introducing our latest series, The Jury's Out, which is a highly subjective exploration of the beautiful facets in the game of cricket

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Remembering Roebuck

Remembering Roebuck

Peter Roebuck's judgements were based not merely on the keenest understanding of the game but on a wider understanding of society, history and human behaviour, and his ability to connect the dots

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Record crowd for record Lord's Test

Record crowd for record Lord's Test

Never has a Monday morning at the ground been so busy, so urgent and so alive. Not even the prospect of a first Ashes victory in 75 years brought so many people to the ground in 2009

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Talking legspin with TJ

Talking legspin with TJ

If you like cricket, you had to like Terry Jenner. And if you love legspin you had to absolutely adore him. No one spoke more eloquently, knowledgeably, and passionately about legspin than him

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
A forgotten anniversary

A forgotten anniversary

While the senses are riveted on the World Cup, the 10th anniversary of a landmark day in Indian cricket - the famous Kolkata stand between Laxman and Dravid - has gone unheralded, unacknowledged even

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
The joys of watching cricket on HD

The joys of watching cricket on HD

Ireland and Kevin O'Brien provided the World Cup its most joyous day yet, and while I would have loved to be at the ground, I had the next best viewing option available

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Introducing ESPNcricinfo's iPhone app

Introducing ESPNcricinfo's iPhone app

As a long-time sucker for Apple's temptations, I have been waiting for this one with childlike anticipation. And now that it is on my phone, I can say, hand on heart, that ESPNcricinfo's iPhone app is a thing of beauty

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Evolving Tendulkar remains India's best

Evolving Tendulkar remains India's best

When you next hear Tendulkar talk about wanting to get better, he is not merely dishing out a quote

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
The bigger picture

The bigger picture

I am sure you haven't failed to notice the steady increase in video content on the site. We are committed to exploiting the inclusiveness of our medium and present to our readers any additional options for consuming our content

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Beyond boundaries

Beyond boundaries

At ESPNcricinfo we are always trying to expand our range. And the latest addition is a travel section that will allow you to explore the host countries before the World Cup begins

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
The best of the best

The best of the best

While it can be argued that picking fantasy XIs are ultimately exercises in futility, they also serve the worthiest of causes

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
New Facebook functionality for ESPNcricinfo

New Facebook functionality for ESPNcricinfo

Now, if you've already liked a certain individual on ESPNcricinfo.com, you'll receive any related stories which are published on the site - straight to your Facebook wall. It includes a summary of the story and a link

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Spirit now and spirit then

Spirit now and spirit then

For those still mulling over the spirit of the cricket and the severity of Suraj Randiv's crime in denying Virender Sehwag a hundred, here's a little story narrated with glee by Bishen Singh Bedi during his memorial lecture for the late Dilip

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Out of proportion

Out of proportion

I wonder if I am desperately out of sync with this but I am quite bemused by the colour Suraj Randiv's century-denying no-ball to Virender Sehwag has acquired

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
A new look for Cricinfo blogs

A new look for Cricinfo blogs

Not only does the blogs section now look better integrated with the rest of the site, we also believe it is more reader-friendly

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
Football, the occasional mistress

Football, the occasional mistress

Cricket is an enduring romance for me, but once every four years, when the World Cup comes around, I submit to the illicit pleasures of football

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
The most incongruous sight in cricket

The most incongruous sight in cricket

 

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
The best of Twenty20, in six balls

The best of Twenty20, in six balls

Being a relic, I am not a fan of the Super Over – I’d leave the tie, a rare and quite the prefect result, as it is – but I can see why it is so attractive to many, and I would even concede to succumbing to the thrill of the moment.

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
A touch out of place

A touch out of place

  It’s easy to understand Shane Warne needing a mate in the dressing room – Darren Lehmann in the first edition, Justin Langer in the second, and now Damien Martyn – but what Martyn stands to gain by hauling his retired bones to India

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal
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