A father's duck to a son's century
Sat in the stands at Centurion, Jimmy Cook could understand what his son was going through but he had every faith that he would not be overawed Firdose Moonda in Centurion22-Jan-2016Stephen Cook should have been…
A great tournament for captains, a poor one for spinners
Stats review of IPL 2016, in which openers and captains had a great run, but spinners struggledBharath Seervi30-May-2016Click here for full graphic - Kohli and Warner's big year41-19 Win-loss record of teams chasing in this…
Gambhir stars in the mix-up menace, and Gayle strikes back
Plays of the day from the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden GardensVishal Dikshit16-May-2016The mix-up menace Manish Pandey and Gautam Gambhir had upped the scoring after Robin Uthappa's wicket, building…
Big-hitting overpowers Kohli's scampering
Regardless of how wet the ball became, India's self-inflicted errors were crucial as they could not halt West Indies' power-packed line-upKarthik Krishnaswamy in Mumbai31-Mar-20162:38Match Day - Ashwin no-ball the turning pointIf the World T20 has…
Wankhede gears up to usher in New Year derby
At the start of a new IPL season, two contrasting teams, a tournament favourite and an unseen force, look to act on their New Year resolutions after Arun Venugopal in Mumbai08-Apr-2016, the festival in the…
Sri Lanka's old commune with the new
In this win for Sri Lanka, the old communed with the new, the aged found refreshment, and the young reached back to what has come beforeAndrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele30-Jul-20162:26'Needed the win after tough six-eight…
Faiz Fazal – fluid strokeplay, fluid future
Faiz Fazal displayed an impressive catalogue of strokeplay on ODI debut, but the 30-year-old's international future is by no means certainKarthik Krishnaswamy15-Jun-20162:29'This is just the first step, hopefully' - FazalOn January 10, 2000, India played…
Chopra: Kohli's positive approach was infectious
An analytical look at some of the salient and noteworthy aspects of the third day's play in KolkataAakash Chopra02-Oct-2016Fast bowlers attack the stumps and thriveIn the first three days of play, 20 out of 28…
Another day of New Zealand toil
09-Oct-2016One of them, from Matt Henry, hit him on the side of the helmet•BCCIRahane couldn't be budged from the crease though. He raised his eighth Test hundred•BCCIVirat Kohli, having been 103 overnight, kept going too.…
A happy ending to a fairytale series
Australia had just returned from a humbling in Sri Lanka, and South Africa were hurt by their own subcontinental humiliation. Both took something out of how the series ended in AdelaideFirdose Moonda in Adelaide27-Nov-2016Once upon…