Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Vol. XII · No. 174 · The Long-form Issue
● Now reading: The Long Quiet of a Goalkeeper
Contributor / Since 2023
Priya Raman
Contributing Writer, Cricket & Tennis
Priya writes about the arithmetic of cricket and the loneliness of tennis. She files from wherever the Test match is.
Based in
Chennai / London
Stories filed
3
Selected work
The bylines
TennisA Profile
The Line Judge Who Remembered Everything
For twenty-nine years, Colette Martel called lines at Roland-Garros. She is retiring with a notebook full of every close call and one unresolved grudge.
Raman28 Mar 20269 min
CricketOn Attention
The Wicketkeeper Who Counts Birds
Jyoti Balan has taken 412 catches at the international level. She also keeps a life list of every bird she has seen from behind the stumps.
Raman05 Mar 202610 min
CricketA Conversation
The Umpire’s Sabbatical
Stephen Wren officiated 241 Test matches and then, without explanation, walked into the woods of Cumbria for ten months.
Raman30 Jan 202611 min