Australia count the cost
Michael Clarke has a tough task to pick up his players in time for the Perth Test and his bowling attack may need to be reshaped after the efforts in AdelaideDaniel Brettig at Adelaide Oval26-Nov-2012For…
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How the mighty were felled
From Brendan Layton, Australia The hotly anticipated India v Australia test series is now over, and strangely the future of Test cricket is now under more scrutiny than ever following a series featuring bland pitches,…
Gamechanger's back but game itself has changed
He will, now, not be judged on his past as India's most influential cricket administrator but on how he handles two opposing factions led by the same people who ousted him in 2005Sharda Ugra02-Jun-20134:15Srinivasan's authority…
Fair result for a middling ODI team
Fight carries Sri Lanka far into tournaments, but they lack the ruthless edge that winning titles requiresAndrew Fidel Fernando in Cardiff20-Jun-2013Sri Lanka have made for pretty bridesmaids in recent years. They have known, in past…
Too many passengers for West Indies
ESPNcricinfo looks back at which West Indies players emerged with any credit from the 2-0 drubbing by New Zealand and who are facing an uncertain futureAndrew McGlashan23-Dec-20138Darren BravoHis nine-hour double hundred was the high point…
An exorcism on paper
Martin Crowe's autobiography is an admirable, and brutal, effort at self-assessmentAndrew Alderson02-Nov-2013One word screams from the 303 thoroughly readable pages of Martin Crowe's second autobiography : cathartic.Crowe has laid his soul bare, grappling with the…
KP questions deserve answers
The abrupt discarding of England's highest international run-scorer appears to have been the result of catastrophic mismanagement. The ECB owes us all an explanationGeorge Dobell05-Feb-20140:00'The ECB has to be more accountable'It is no coincidence that…
Starc's crazy catches
The Australians in this IPL season seem to love challenging gravityNandakumar Ganesh29-Apr-2014Choice of gameI was back at the Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium in anticipation of a run fest, given the match featured Chris Gayle,…
The father-son trap, coin-tosses, and the baseball cricketers
Bizarre numbers, massive mismatches and a dose of trivia from the Asian Games 2014Bishen Jeswant03-Oct-20140 Number of matches* that Kuwait men's team won to qualify for the quarter-finals of this Asian Games. They lost to…
WI's ticking clock of missed chances
West Indies' bowling attack was expected to be their stronger suit on the tour but they wilted on the first day of the series, unable to build on quick strikes and powerless against the precision…