A most special comeback
Hyderabad's first Test in more than two decades marks this fan's debutSatish Kumar Putcha13-Nov-2010Choice of game When Test cricket returned to Hyderabad after more than two decades, I had to go. My dad, who is…
Gayle turns umpire
Plays of the day from the fifth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies in GalleAndrew Fernando in Galle18-Nov-2010Bulls-eye of the day It's not easy being the captain of West Indies.…
Sloppy Punjab pay the price
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the IPL game between Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers in DharamsalaSiddhartha Talya21-May-2011The reprieve Part IHe went on to make 95, when he should have been run-out…
West Indies bank on Gayle factor
England have the superior head-to-head record against West Indies in recent times, but West Indies have Chris Gayle, who has been outstanding in ODIs in IndiaMadhusudhan Ramakrishnan16-Mar-2011Shock defeats against Ireland and Bangladesh, and Bangladesh's subsequent…
Hilditch still spinning his wheels
The selection of Nathan Lyon in Australia's Test squad continues the panel's haphazard approach to choosing spinners under Andrew HilditchBrydon Coverdale26-Jul-2011Five years ago, Andrew Hilditch began his tenure as chairman of selectors by throwing an…
Fiery, contradictory, all-too-human Fred
Trueman's latest biographer does a better job of fleshing out his subject than his more illustrious predecessors - perhaps because he didn't know him as wellRob Steen12-Nov-2011Five years ago, when the cricket correspondents, quotes this…
Ponting's century drought continues
The stage was set for Ricky Ponting to make his first hundred in almost two years, and while he looked fluent at the crease, in the end the wait continuedSambit Bal at the MCG26-Dec-2011On the…
Tarantino or Bollywood?
India may not have turned up for the series in Australia, but Indians are everywhereSidharth Monga01-Feb-2012January 11Mike Veletta. Western Australian of Italian origin. Played the most forgotten cameo in a World Cup final, 45 off…
Boult's attack, and a bonus for Kallis
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa in DunedinFirdose Moonda in Dunedin09-Mar-2012Fun of the day The morning was expected to start…
Five England horror shows in Asia
England's worst Test defeats in Asia over the yearsDavid Hopps28-Jan-2012Lahore 1987: Chris Broad was given out caught behind for 13. England were skittled for 130.•The Cricketer International Bangalore 1977, India won by 140 runs India…