Plays of the day from the match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders in MumbaiArun Venugopal16-May-2015The surprise saveShane Watson and Ajinkya Rahane were carving up everything that was served up outside off stump. In…
Mustafizur Rahman might be barely audible even with three microphones, but his bowling made a loud statement Mohammad Isam in Mirpur19-Jun-2015The Bangladesh players couldn't quite figure out what to do with Mustafizur Rahman after each…
He doesn't know how he bowls the arm-ball and doesn't want to either. Arafat Sunny is content in plying his skills gleaned from years on the domestic circuit. The only hitch - the loss of…
Rain-marred Tests which had even less play than the Bangalore Test between India and South AfricaESPNcricinfo staff03-Aug-2015Match: India v New Zealand, Chennai, 1995Overs played: 71.1Trivia: This was Sachin Tendulkar's only Test Man-of-the-Match award between February…
Despite a rousing display from the middle order England's position might have been stronger had Alastair Cook stuck to his natural gameGeorge Dobell08-Jul-2015Do you remember when Leonard Cohen released an album of acid funk because…
Plus: youngest bowlers to take five-fors, and batsmen dismissed on overnight score twice in a Test Steven Lynch03-Nov-2015In the second Test against England, Misbah-ul-Haq was not out overnight twice, but dismissed without adding to his…
Alex Hales and James Taylor have both had to battle preconceptions about their game, but both are now in England's Test squad and desperate to prove they belongGeorge Dobell16-Sep-20154:10'I was a bit worried' - HalesThere…
ESPNcricinfo marks the India players out of 10 following their 3-0 series win against South AfricaSidharth Monga08-Dec-20155:41The emergence of a stronger R Ashwin10R Ashwin (31 wickets at 11.12, 101 runs at 25.25)Man of the Series…
R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have taken the bulk of India's wickets against South Africa, but Amit Mishra has played an important role too, chipping in with key strikes at important juncturesSidharth Monga in Delhi01-Dec-2015On…
India Women had a lot to prove in Australia, having slid down the rankings in recent years. Lack of match practice only made their task more difficult, but the team's resolve came through in the…