From proud start to mild abuse, the tragedy of the cricket ball

While watching the cricket ball being ill-treated with such consistency in the IPL we could forget that cricket is meant to be a form of conversation. It would be a pity if one side stopped speaking. A total of 300 seems to be just around the corner, with nearly every side capable of that score.

As often happens in sport, once a barrier is broken by one performer, others quickly follow. It took just 46 days for Roger Bannister’s first sub-four minute mile record to be broken.