This might be the first men's Test between the two nations, but their cricketing trajectories have many surprising intersectionsJarrod Kimber11-May-2018Immy and the signed roof tileMichael Halliday, the former Ireland captain, has a broken pub roof…
Marrying magic with temperament, control with flair, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav stemmed a free-flowing South African innings, and sounded out a warning to teams around the worldSidharth Monga in Durban02-Feb-20180:44'Doesn't matter whether I play…
The South African ace has frequently been forced to score tough runs in recent times, through injury or circumstances. Against Daredevils, he seemed to shed all that weight off his shouldersNikhil Kalro22-Apr-2018In January 2017, AB…
Regardless of his acquittal, hanging around a nightclub at 2.30am was not the behaviour of an international sportsmanGeorge Dobell15-Aug-2018That was quite a hangover.Almost 11 months after a few England players popped out for "a couple…
For the first time in their history, India have four bowlers of high ability, making for a formidable quick-bowling unitAakash Chopra06-Sep-20180:47Agarkar: Pace bowling has been the big positive for IndiaRight from the days of Kapil…
The New Zealand fast bowler should be coming into his prime and an extended spell with Derbyshire allows him the chance to impress with the red ballMatt Roller28-Aug-2018His second ball in international cricket was clocked…
The perennial underperformers must find a way to transfer on-paper potential to on-field performancesSruthi Ravindranath20-Mar-20198:40Will Delhi's young India players lead them to the IPL playoffs?Where they finished in 2018 With just five wins in 14…
Genuine on-field progress remains hard to gauge, but Root comes through personal test of leadership, in words and deedsGeorge Dobell in St Lucia13-Feb-2019It would be nice to report that England's win in St Lucia shows…
Even though the modern game calls for the role, the players available to be picked by teams are usually significantly stronger in one skill than in the otherJarrod Kimber28-Jun-2019"I think he's got a bit of…
For the third time this season, a batsman got away thanks to the bails refusing to fall off the wicketKarthik Krishnaswamy and Srinath Sripath07-Apr-2019Less pace, more spin and cuttersThe Sawai Mansingh Stadium usually offers a…