South Africa start clear favourites
South Africa and West Indies head into a five-match ODI series at Centurion tomorrow, and the hosts’ recent record at home surely makes them favourite
Most runs against West Indies, and most wickets against anyone
The most prolific against the men from the Caribbean, most runs without a duck, and English teenagersSteven Lynch15-Jan-2008 Jacqu
Adapting to the conditions
On a dodgy pitch where strokeplay wasn’t easy, Yuvraj Singh’s scintillating 76-ball 103 was the difference between the two sidesOn the Ball with S Raj
Sri Lanka's defective Plan B
What went wrong for Sri Lanka on the first day at Lord’s12-May-2006 A pace attack with Nuwan Kulasekera and Farveez Maharoof just was
Watching Tendulkar was embarrassing
The fourth wicket stand produced 24 runs in 15 overs, to which Tendulkarcontributed 9 in 45 balls. It was worse than tentative and diffident, itwas su
The need for nurture
As many as four players who have never played Test cricket were named in the Indian squad for the Mumbai TestAnalysis by Amit Varma27-Jul-2005Parthiv
Third-session fireworks
How Pakistan wrested the initiative in the final sessionOn the ball with S Rajesh and Arun Gopalakrishnan21-Jan-2006Going into the tea break, Pakistan
Out Of My Comfort Zone
A review of Steve Waugh’s latest book, Out Of My Comfort ZonePeter English24-Nov-2005Steve Waugh, Viking, A$49.95Steve Waugh’s career was an epic so i
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Nearly a decade on, the tournament that keeps landing on its feet is a festival of the New India. This is a dummy two-line summaryAlagappan Muthu and
Depth over daredevilry: Suryakumar's solo show saves the day for Mumbai Indians
He didn’t get off to his usual quick start, yet ended up with an unbeaten 73 on a slow wicket to secure MI’s playoffs dreamSidharth Monga22-May-20252: