He is hard and sweet in the right measure. And, Kane Williamson just restored the world’s belief in the gentleman’s game
Long before Kane Stuart Williamson became the darling of the cricketing world, long before the fateful World Cup final, Jofra Archer had called it. “Nice guys finish 2nd,” the English pacer had tweeted in 2013. Among all of Archer’s old tweets that the twitterati were able to dig out and give context to at this World Cup, none seemed more fitting. The 28-year-old nice guy from the coastal city of Tarangua had to settle for the second place.
Williamson was born in 1990, minutes before his twin brother, Logan, to a family that loved sports. His father was a club cricket player, his mother played basketball at the university level and his three elder sisters played volleyball at different levels. Little is known about Logan, who was into sports but chose to be an accountant.
The boys played rugby, volleyball, basketball and football and quietly excelled in all of them. Kane’s childhood coaches remember his ability to amass runs at will while showing respect for the game and for opponents. Josh Syms, his school coach, once told a newspaper: “He had a thirst to be phenomenal, but not at anyone else’s expense. It was more ‘This is what I love, this is what I’m good at, so I’m going to do that’.” Another coach said that the boy would always compete with himself, not others.
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William Dalrymple goes further back
Indian readers have long known William Dalrymple as the chronicler nonpareil of India in the early years of the British raj. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a striking departure, since it takes him to a period from about the third century BC to the 12th-13th centuries CE.
The bleat from the street
What with all the apps delivering straight to one’s doorstep, the supermarkets, the food halls and even the occasional (super-expensive) pop-up thela (cart) offering the woke from field-to-fork option, the good old veggie-market/mandi has fallen off my regular beat.
Courage and conviction
Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case
EPIC ENTERPRISE
Gowri Ramnarayan's translation of Ponniyin Selvan brings a fresh perspective to her grandfather's magnum opus
Upgrade your jeans
If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.
Garden by the sea
When Kozhikode beach became a fertile ground for ideas with Manorama Hortus
RECRUITERS SPEAK
Industry requirements and selection criteria of management graduates
MORAL COMPASS
The need to infuse ethics into India's MBA landscape
B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH
INTERVIEW - Prof DEBASHIS CHATTERJEE, director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
COURSE CORRECTION
India's best b-schools are navigating tumultuous times. Hurdles include lower salaries offered to their graduates and students misusing AI
