For the first time in Australia this summer, two international teams played and understood each otherPeter English at the Gabba05-Feb-2008 As Gautam Gambhir charged towards his century, the seats in the top tier of the…
Boyd Rankin forsook a potential rugby career for his first love, cricketDileep Premachandran12-Apr-2007 Vital scalp: Boyd Rankin gets Michael Vaughan © Getty Images In March, when the star-studded rugby team came agonisingly close to Ireland's…
Memories of India's 1970-71 tour of the Caribbean from Ajit Wadekar20-Apr-2006My fear before the 1971 tour was that I might not be picked; I certainly hadn't thought I'd be the captain. I reckoned the captaincy…
Almost throughout his 12-year Test career, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has played second fiddle to Brian Lara, but in the second Test at Multan, the spotlight will deservedly be on himS Rajesh19-Nov-2006 Shivnarine Chanderpaul becomes only the…
India seemed to get everything right on an action-packed fourth day but the Australia captain ensured his bowlers were in with a chanceSidharth Monga at the Chinnaswamy Stadium12-Oct-2010The Australians wouldn't exactly have been craving it,…
From draining Test duel with India to the Hundred, in-form batter looks ahead to Ashes tour unburdened by captaincy, and answers David WarnerValkerie Baynes14-Aug-2025Joe Root's relief was right there on his face when he declared…
A match that began with the pitch bringing the teams together on the first two days ended by showing the gulf between themPeter English at the Gabba23-Nov-2008 Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor appear to be…
Punjab's first win of IPL 2009 came in their full game of the tournament - both previous games had been affected by rainKarna S24-Apr-2009Sixty runs were required from thirty balls when Ravi Bopara hit 19…
Shortly before tea the opening day was running away from Pakistan, then the momentum changed in seven balls from Mohammad AsifNagraj Gollapudi at Lord's13-Jul-2010This was the only way the Test was going to be interesting.…
The rare failure of the Indian batting line-up in the finals of the tri-series is acceptable, but that it happened in batsman-friendly conditions is notSriram Veera at the Shere Bangla National Stadium13-Jan-2010On a mildly overcast…