Being an aggressive spinner is not about bowling flat and fast. Quite the opposite, and you only have to look at veteran bowlers operate in Twenty20 to see thatAakash Chopra14-Apr-2011Grounds are getting smaller, wickets flatter,…
In Mirpur, Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell joined a long list of wet-behind-the-ears openers who have taken advantage of an old Bangladesh problem, stringing together a century opening standMohammad Isam in Mirpur29-Oct-2011In Mirpur, Kraigg Brathwaite…
It may be the internet age, but with Cook at the controls, England reverted to a tempo last seen in the steam-age as they subjected India to a resounding marmalisationAndrew Miller at Edgbaston12-Aug-2011There is a…
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first ODI between Bangladesh and Pakistan in MirpurGeorge Binoy01-Dec-2011Stat of the dayBangladesh doubled their score in the eighth over of their innings. It wasn't especially hard…
With no money and no major home ground, Lancashire battled against the tide to secure their first Championship title in 77 yearsAndrew McGlashan16-Sep-2011It wouldn't have felt quite right if Lancashire had ended their 77-year wait…
Marks out of ten for India following their 0-4 loss to Australia Sidharth Monga29-Jan-2012Virat Kohli was the only India player who would have merited a place in the Australia side•AFP6.5 Virat Kohli The whole world…
He hasn't scored an international hundred for a year, a Test century for close to two. Of the five men who are certainties in India's batting order, it is to Gambhir that the Australia tour…
In the 1980s, a young fast bowler from Denmark set out to play cricket for an English county. He was fierce, disciplined, popular, and lived to regret bouncing Sylvester ClarkeScott Oliver07-Jun-2012If Carlsberg made reliable seamers…
Analysis of individual batting and bowling performances so far in IPL 2012Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan16-Apr-2012Ajinkya Rahane, the leading run-getter in IPL 2012, has taken both the first and third positions on the list of top IPL batting…
Stephen Chalke's book on Micky Stewart is neither a biography nor an autobiography, but it works because it tells fascinating stories about its very likeable subject Paul Edwards14-Oct-2012Micky Stewart's father, Hector, was a professional gambler.…