Although faced with a massive challenge, visiting teams will take confidence from the fact that home teams have lost five Boxing Day Tests in the last four yearsMadhusudhan Ramakrishnan23-Dec-2011Hosts' dominance on the waneThe Boxing Day…
It is difficult to pinpoint whether it is the bowlers that MS Dhoni doesn't trust, whether he is out of his depth tactically, whether he is not fresh enough on tours, or whether his strength…
The Durham pace bowler, playing a Test he thought may never happen for him, produced a performance to highlight England's depthGeorge Dobell at Edgbaston09-Jun-2012When Graham Onions underwent back surgery in the autumn of 2010, he…
The teams comprising Group C in the Under-19 World Cup in Queensland are a microcosm of the disparity among the 16 participating countriesGeorge Binoy in Brisbane10-Aug-2012Hanuabada is a coastal village on the outskirts of Port…
Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in MelbourneAndrew Fernando at the MCG26-Dec-2012The poor strokeSri Lanka's top order played several awful shots during their first-innings…
On the occasion of Harbhajan Singh's 100th Test, a look back at five of his most memorable spells in the formatNitin Sundar21-Feb-201313 for 196 v Australia, Kolkata, 2001Matthew Hayden was at his best in the…
I woke this morning with an increasingly unusual feeling in my cricketing belly – one of genuine anticipationAndy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013I woke this morning with an increasingly unusual feeling in my cricketing belly – one of genuine…
Laxman's technique is marked by little footwork and a tendency to hang back in the crease that fosters an air of vulnerability around his batsmanship. Perhaps, it is this apparent susceptibility that creates a sense…
Plays of the Day for the match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in ChennaiAbhishek Purohit06-Apr-2013The gamesmanship chroniclesMS Dhoni went after Kieron Pollard in the 18th over of the chase, crashing a six and…
ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the third day at The OvalGeorge Dobell at The Oval23-Aug-2013Award of the dayKevin Pietersen was awarded a silver bat by Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, on the…