IPL 2018

The Sunil Narine journey, from pinch-hitter to allrounder

May 22, 2018: How did the nothing-to-lose experiment of 2017 turn into a vital part of Kolkata Knight Riders' strategy? Varun Shetty investigates

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2018, Hyderabad

Allrounder Sunil Narine tops both innings in playoffs test

May 19, 2018: Sunil Narine was by far the most valuable player on the night as Kolkata Knight Riders made a smooth passage into the playoffs

IPL 2018

Smart Stats: Conceding runs in the negative

May 18, 2018: A negative Smart Economy Rate essentially means a bowler has saved more runs than he has conceded. Five bowlers have managed such a feat this IPL season

Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2018, Indore

When Narine's swing took Mujeeb out

May 12, 2018: The impulsive pull is his calling card. Of late, Narine has added another layer to his batting: the ability to hold shape and use his wrists to pick runs

Kings XI v KKR, IPL 2018, Indore

KKR flatten Kings XI with season-topping 245

May 12, 2018: Sunil Narine's 36-ball 75 and Dinesh Karthik's 23-ball 50 outdid KL Rahul's 29-ball 66 in a match that produced an aggregate of 459 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2018, Bengaluru

RCB's plans go awry as Narine, Lynn live on the edge

Apr 29, 2018: Royal Challengers' bowlers caused discomfort and created chances early in their defence of 175, but they had nothing to show for it in the end

Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2018, Delhi

What's with the around-the-stumps tactic?

Apr 27, 2018: Shivam Mavi got smashed for 29 runs when he went around the wicket in the 20th to Shreyas Iyer, and he's not the first bowler to suffer

Which match in Australia featured eight umpires over three days?

Apr 17, 2018: And which bowler has taken the most wickets for a single IPL team?

Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2018, Kolkata

Talking points: A trick missed against Narine, and bizarre umpiring

Apr 8, 2018: Should Royal Challengers have bowled more pace in the Powerplay, and did the umpires fail to call a number of bouncers?

Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2018, Kolkata

Narine's uncomplicated manner works against spin again

Apr 8, 2018: Sunil Narine stuck with his nonchalant swinging and proved effective against the odds yet again

Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2018, Kolkata

Sunil Narine ambushes Royal Challengers again

Apr 8, 2018: The Trinidadian smashed a 17-ball half-century to kickstart Knight Riders' chase after Nitish Rana's part-time offspin took out AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli to help restrict RCB to 176

Kolkata Knight Riders news

'Pretty confident' with Narine's bowling action - Katich

Apr 5, 2018: The Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach also suggested his team was well equipped to deal with the absence of Gautam Gambhir as top-order anchor and captain

PSL 2018

Sunil Narine's bowling action reported in PSL

Mar 16, 2018: Offspinner placed on PSL's watch list, but can continue bowling in the tournament unless reported a second time

Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators, PSL 2018, Sharjah

Fakhar Zaman's blitz topples Quetta Gladiators

Mar 14, 2018: The opener scored 94 off 50 balls, the highest this season, to give Lahore Qalandars their third successive win

The briefing

How much dying can Test cricket do?

Mar 1, 2018: Plenty, and then some more, as we found out in February

Statsguru awards, 2017

Kohli, Smith and Rabada take top honours

Feb 19, 2018: Virat Kohli was superb in all three formats, Steven Smith had an unbelievable year in Tests, while Kagiso Rabada showed once again that he is the real deal

West Indies news

Playing for West Indies the 'ultimate goal' - Narine

Feb 5, 2018: The offspinner has dismissed suggestions that he is not interested in playing for West Indies; it is just a matter of not rushing back to ODIs with his remodelled bowling action, he said

West Indies news

Narine, Russell, Pollard, Darren Bravo pick PSL over WC Qualifiers

Jan 26, 2018: Jason Holder is the captain and Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels are the senior members of the 15-man squad for the World Cup Qualifiers

T20I bowling nominees

Short format, big returns

Jan 20, 2018: Between them, our T20I bowling nominees took 36 wickets for 201 in their nominated spells

West Indies in New Zealand 2017-18

Samuels, Joseph ruled out of New Zealand ODIs

Dec 15, 2017: Sunil Narine has also made himself unavailable for the T20s due to personal reasons. Ashley Nurse was drafted in as his replacement.