A match that transcended the ordinary
A fan hears "the sound that will live on in my memory for the rest of my life" during the India-Bangladesh game Siddharth Bannerjee25-Mar-2016Choice of gameThis was the only World T20 game India were playing…
Watto signs out with a blinder
Plays of the day from the World T20 match between India and Australia in MohaliBrydon Coverdale27-Mar-20163:54Chappell: Watson did a terrific job for AustraliaThe catchShane Watson entered this match not knowing if it would be the…
Arjun Nair, the YouTube kid
Australian cricket has unearthed its first carrom-ball spinner, a teenager inspired by watching clips of Sunil Narine and R Ashwin in the IPLDaniel Brettig15-Apr-2016Next summer will mark ten years since Shane Warne retired from Test…
Hazlewood's five, and Marsh's six
Stats highlights from Australia's 58-run win in the tri-nation series final in BarbadosS Rajesh27-Jun-20165-2 Australia's win-loss record in ODI tournament finals since the start of 2012. Their only defeats were against South Africa in the…
The misery of Misbah's funkless grind
Faced with an England team who love to attack, Misbah-ul-Haq applied the handbrake to their ambitions with two sessions of dour attritional dot-ball cricketJarrod Kimber at Edgbaston06-Aug-2016Misbah is jogging. Well, it looks like jogging. He…
Bangladesh name a squad for extremes
ESPNcricinfo discusses five talking points after Bangladesh's first Test squad announcement in more than 14 months.Mohammad Isam in Chittagong16-Oct-2016A squad for all conditions Bangladesh's 14-man squad for the first Test includes four specialist spinners, two…
The obstructing jinx, and the best first-class farewells
Also: players who have taken part in the most Test wins, and the highest scores by openers carrying their batSteven Lynch27-Sep-2016I was looking at a list of unusual dismissals, and noted that a player called…
India concede lead at home after four years
Bharath Seervi12-Nov-201613 Number of consecutive home Tests in which India took the first-innings lead before failing to do so in Rajkot. The last time they conceded the lead was also against England, at Nagpur in…
Kumara's youthful energy turns heads
As a fast bowler you need a big heart to sustain your career in Sri Lanka, so perhaps it's a good thing the 19-year-old has experienced so little of itAndrew Fidel Fernando at Newlands02-Jan-20171:15Lahiru Kumara:…
The mysterious mobile phone at Newlands
Upul Tharanga's double delight, Faf du Plessis' sprinkling of luck and a mysterious mobile phone feature in the plays of the day from the fourth ODI in Cape TownFirdose Moonda07-Feb-2017The one that stuckSri Lanka have…