Once upon a twinkle-toed debut

Feb 21, 2013: A little over eight years ago, a young Australian made a dream debut in Bangalore. Now he returns as captain

Growing up with Sachin

Dec 24, 2012: How Tendulkar helped a generation of Indians make sense of their lives

West Indies v India, 4th Test, Jamaica, 2006

Thou shalt not pass

Mar 14, 2010: Rahul Dravid gives a lesson in the art of defence on a minefield of a pitch with the series at stake

Whatever happened to context?

Jan 4, 2010: Cricket has become a victim of the culture of fun. Now there are no sub-plots, no drama and no rivalries; it's difficult to gauge the value of players, and hard to get excited about all but a few match-ups

No. 37

Ganguly takes his shirt off

Aug 30, 2009: A brattish upstart brings the tone of Lord's down a notch or two

Curtly Ambrose

'Pride is essential'

Jun 8, 2009: His Highness was fast, he was tall, he was proud, he didn't care for the batsman's well-being

A keen contest on the cards

May 4, 2009: We flash back nearly 80 years to the very first edition of the IPL: big hitting, big money, and an epoch-making headline

Martyn Moxon

The laugh's on Hacker

Nov 17, 2008: Joy to the world, it's a catch off a no-ball

Losing my religion

Nov 7, 2008: The change of guard in Indian cricket has pulled the rug out from under the feet of a generation of cricket watchers

A bold withdrawal

Jul 9, 2008: Dhoni pulling out of the Sri Lanka Test series is significant for a number of reasons

Indian cricket

Grip that got Chandra

Jun 30, 2008: India has been mourning the death of Field Marshall Manekshaw, the hero of the 1971 Bangladesh war

Indian Premier League

Test cricket should learn from Twenty20

Jun 15, 2008: Far from killing the five-day game, cricket’s newest format can have a positive impact on Test-match tactics and techniques, writes John Stern in the Sunday Times .

Indian Premier League

Selling cricket’s soul for thirty pieces of silver

Jun 15, 2008: Rahul Dravid, who symbolises everything precommercial cricket stood for, is reduced to one among many cricketer mercenaries who have joined the IPL, writes Nissim Mannathukkaren in the Tehelka magazine

New Zealand cricket

Bracewell must go

Jun 15, 2008:

India v Pakistan, final, Kitply Cup, Mirpur

Butt and Younis inspire Pakistan to title

Jun 14, 2008: Salman Butt and Younis Khan inspired a downcast bunch to brave the odds and hand Pakistan their first multi-nation title for more than five years

Twenty20

Is cricket selling its soul?

Jun 11, 2008: In the Guardian Brian Close and Tony Lewis debate whether Twenty20 is destroying the soul of cricket

India v Pakistan, 2nd match, Kitply Cup, Mirpur

India rout Pakistan by 140 runs

Jun 10, 2008: India showed how the hectic pace of Twenty20 cricket could be replicated in ODIs, pounding 330 on a sluggish pitch before their bowlers rounded off a thumping win in their opening match of the tournament

India v Pakistan, 2nd match, Kitply Cup, Mirpur

Form book points to India

Jun 9, 2008: Overworked v Undercooked probably sums up the state of the two title contenders in the tri-series

Pakistan cricket

A criminal waste?

Jun 5, 2008:

Indian cricket

Kapil speak

Jun 5, 2008: Despite having been embroiled in many controversies; the man who still is a folklore hero, has not lost his bearings

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