Happy New Year to all my readers on Line & Length. I hope 2009 is a happy and prosperous year for you, although given the global economic crisis maybe I should just say "good luck". As ever, I appreciate your continued custom as this blog enters its fourth year and would be grateful to...

Paul Weaver England will reap the benefits of their decision to return to India following the Mumbai terrorist attacks when they announce a ground-breaking agreement between the two countries this month which will include an Ashes-like five-Test series. The partnership, which will take further shape...

Thanks to everyone who emailed me with their answers to the Christmas quiz. Hope you enjoyed it. The regular weekly quiz (not for prizes) resumes next Monday. If any of our most devout quizzers fancies setting some tough questions for their fellow blog-readers then drop me a line. Answers to the Chr...

Whether you are a Bah Humbug type or someone who trots around humming God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, it is hard to get away from the fact that Christmas is just around the corner and all good boys and girls will be hoping for a present from Santa. Well, this year Santa has sent Line & Length five ...

Uber cool list compiled by Zishaan Get high on qawwali at Haji Ali Spot a celebrity at Juhu PVR Sit down on the steps of Asiatic Society library Crane your neck to see the Bombay Stock Exchange building Spot a leopard in IIT Bombay campus. If you can’t, then settle for an IITian girl Enjoy a p...

Middlesex should have been playing in the IPL Champions League this weekend and my plan had been to use that as a peg for running the following Ashes Top Ten of players who have turned out for Middlesex, written by Ged Ladd at the unofficial Middlesex Supporters Club. Even though Middlesex's tour wa...

From Vinu’s pretty live coverage of the bombings India is one of the few bright spots in the coming global clusterfuck to the poor house. I’ve been reading the business news from there for some ray of light. Things there, however, seem to have gotten mara fucked up, what with the terrori...

To the present England team, money is becoming a bit like sex was to an earlier generation - the great unmentionable. First there was the Stanford week, which was not about the prize-money of a million bucks a man, but preparation for an important winter of cricket. Now there's the Indian Premier Le...

India 3875 v England An unbeaten 138 off just 78 balls from Yuvraj Singh leaves England with a huge run chase at Rajkot....

Happy Diwali to all the readers that celebrate it. What is Diwali without some fireworks - NK Sreedhar has a thought-provoking post that may provide some fireworks. Please fire away your comments. — I am game to holding people to a higher standard, especially those snarly ruthless politicians ...