The Cricket Keeper

Of Players, Words, and What We Choose to See 29.03.2026 In a world not too far removed from our own, a single writer held the attention of an entire society. Lady Whistledown did not need a stage, or a title, or even a face. All she needed were words. Carefully chosen, deliberately placed, and sent out into the world with the quiet certainty that they would land exactly where they were meant to. People trusted her. They reacted to her. They changed because of her. And perhaps most interesting...

Recently, seeing the career of Alyssa Healy being celebrated reminded me of another wicketkeeper who left a huge impression on me growing up: Sarah Taylor.

#Part3 of Behind the Stats 27.02.2026 In the freezing dawn of January 1978, a handful of young Indian women stepped off a rattling train onto the platform of Eden Gardens in Calcutta. They clutched battered kit bags and geometry textbooks alike. Some were barely out of high school, others held bank clerk jobs, but all were charged with an impossible task: represent India at its first-ever Women’s Cricket World Cup. For Diana Edulji – a 22-year-old clerk with Western Railways – it felt as if...