In April, Wisden held a blacktie dinner celebrating the release of its annual almanack. A week before, India had won its first World Cup since 1983, punctuating its rise as an economic powerhouse. The scenes from India were electric and fresh in everyone's mind as the English cricket establishment crowded the Long Room of the pavilion, watched by Victorian men in oil paintings, by Thomas Lord himself, in a black overcoat and a tall white collar.Then they tried a record points tally, Man City END OF. What makes these defeats most telling? ALL OCCURED AT THE SWAMP. Why would Januzaj choose England over Belgium.

Every year on college campuses across the country unforgettable relationships are forged. Some extend beyond commencement. Others eventually fade.Sometimes a 'cricket sighting' needn't be so direct. It may be a mere reference to the game in a noncricketing context. On my old cricket blog, Eye on Cricket, I had started to put together a collection of references to cric