What drives Indian domestic cricket's warhorses, who turn up year on year, match after match?Siddhartha Vaidyanathan07-Feb-2006 What keeps journeymen like Hirwani going? © Getty Images On 29 December last year, Madhya Pradesh recorded a superb…
The Indiansbowled out a fairly strong Rest of South Africa side for 138 and 224, butthe manner in which their own top order capitulated in both innings iscause for tremendous worry heading into the Test…
The master offspinner's greatness lies in his ability to hasten batsmen to their doom even as they see it comingSuresh Menon04-Dec-2007 To Sri Lankans, Murali has gone beyond being merely a sporting hero; he is…
There is a significance to Derek Underwood's succession to MCC president that reflects the new niche that the world's oldest cricket club is carving for itselfAndrew Miller01-Oct-2008 Derek Underwood: the latest in a line of…
Such has been the vicissitudes of this is Test that the third day would have been a letdown without a last-minute twistSambit Bal in Galle02-Aug-2008 Ball-by-ball, over-by-over, Rahul Dravid extricated himself from the spell that…
Sriram Veera explains some Twenty20 tactics, lifts the veil on some common misconceptions, raises some questions - and sticks his neck out answering themSriram Veera18-Apr-2009Sriram Veera explains some Twenty20 tactics, lifts the veil on some…
At long last, England care passionately about a tournament that, for vast swathes of the build-up and even for the first week, they were little more than dispassionate bystandersAndrew Miller at Lord's14-Jun-2009So now we know…
Even as wickets tumbled today it felt that something was missing, which would have made it a really satisfying day of watching for a cricket tragic. It wasn't Bangladesh who pulled the trigger, yet India…
It's difficult to know quite how good England were in the opening Super Eight game because Pakistan were so poor, but there is no doubt they are a vastly improving Twenty20 teamAndrew McGlashan in Barbados06-May-2010It's…
Davey Jacobs had one of those games when everything he did turned to goldSriram Veera in Port Elizabeth13-Sep-2010There were 6513 people in the stadium tonight. By the end, all of them were singing "Bye Bye…