Old-school Clarke can be vital in ODIs
Michael Clarke does not hit big sixes, or switch hits, and has a strike-rate well below 100. But in an age of two new balls and lively pitches, his conservative style could be successful in…
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Now it's Lyon's turn
No longer a country boy and a groundsman, Nathan Lyon is now a professional conjurer, seeking to fool international batsmen for a living on his travelsDaniel Brettig at Queen's Park Oval18-Apr-2012On Nathan Lyon's first afternoon…
Rookies, vets, and the forever unfulfilled
More players who have the potential to catch your eye at the World Twenty20Andrew Fernando, Firdose Moonda, Abhishek Purohit, Andrew McGlashan, Umar Farooq05-Sep-2012Akila Dananjaya Sri Lanka When 18-year-old spinner Dananjaya was named in Sri Lanka's…
India's last bit of pride at stake
The home side enter the final in hope rather than expectation and need either a massive improvement, or a lot of luck, to draw the seriesSidharth Monga12-Dec-2012After India lost the Kolkata Test, the first time…
Lalit Modi v Kent
From Jojy John Alphonso, India My heartfelt sympathies for Kent, the county team snubbed by Lalit Modi and his cronies for the Twenty20 Challenger tournament to be held later this yearCricinfo25-Feb-2013Jojy John Alphonso, India My…
The devastating self-restraint of Monty Panesar
In which the turbanned one fails to present Andy Flower with a cake frosted with sarcasmAndy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013A dramatic, series-swivelling day in Mumbai featured some of the best batting imaginable, and some considerably less good than…
A massage for Raina
Plays of the day from the IPL game between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab in ChennaiSiddhartha Talya02-May-2013The dismissalThe IPL speedometer hasn't been the most accurate on some occasions this season, one Piyush Chawla…
Good but not great
Although the Ashes are almost within their grasp, there are obvious areas in which this England side can improveGeorge Dobell at Old Trafford04-Aug-2013It is probably an odd time to find fault with England. Barring a…
Wahab grabs some laughs
Plays of the Day from the first ODI between Pakistan and South Africa, in SharjahAndrew Fidel Fernando30-Oct-2013The laughable misfield Not content to let an inept South African top order inspire all the derision in the…
'A coach in the Caribbean must understand all facets of the game'
West Indies A coach Junior Bennett talks about mentoring a young Chris Gayle, and the challenges of training Caribbean cricketers at the grassroots levelInterview by Sidharth Monga22-Nov-2013You are a highly successful coach without any first-class…