The cricket's been prosaic rather than nail-biting, and some of the leading actors appear to have forgotten where the stage isCricinfo staff19-Oct-2008 If you'd told Australia Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh would have figures of…
How wide is the gulf between victory and defeat in a one-sided ODI? Today, its width was determined by the difference in the quality of bowling between India and Sri Lanka during the Powerplay oversSriram…
Andrew Flintoff was as hostile as ever, but England may already need a miracle to win this TestAndrew Miller20-Dec-2008 The smiling assassin: Andrew Flintoff smiles through another hostile spell © Getty Images As India demonstrated…
Why and when players feel under the cosh, what it does to them, and how to deal with itAakash Chopra08-Oct-2009Ever wonder why Chetan Sharma couldn't bowl a last-ball yorker in the Sharjah final against Pakistan…
Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the first Test between India and New Zealand in AhmedabadESPNcricinfo staff07-Nov-2010The escape of the dayThe clock had just ticked past 4 pm when it happened. Jeetan…
VVS Laxman's classy batting, and some inspired bowling set up another overseas win for India at a venue where they had a poor record Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan29-Dec-2010The 87-run win in Durban was yet another illustration of…
In Centurion the South African opener learnt how to combine Amla the one-day aggressor with Amla the anchor to set up a strong total Firdose Moonda at Supersport Park23-Jan-2011Hashim Amla took 30 consecutive singles to…
Rahul Sharma's astonishing success in the IPL has come on the back of an equally stirring recovery from a potentially career-threatening illnessAbhishek Purohit18-May-2011Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle, Adam Gilchrist and Paul Valthaty have scored hundreds in…
In an era that is hell-bent on spoiling its batsmen, pitches that offer bowlers some help are not necessarily a bad thingNitin Sundar at the MA Chidambaram Stadium02-Oct-2011The Champions League Twenty20 is doing its darnedest…
A decade and a half after he first started playing for South Africa, Boucher is ready to hang up his boots Firdose Moonda05-Mar-2012This year Mark Boucher will be home for Christmas.The thought made him smile.…