Features

'New Zealand batsmen don't treasure their wickets enough'

Compared to other international batsmen, New Zealand's struggle to make their starts count

13-Sep-2012•Andrew Alderson

Visitors' inconsistency masks India's shortcomings

Although India completed a comfortable series win, their job was made far easier by the New Zealand batsmen who often failed to capitalise on starts

04-Sep-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

New Zealand's reasons for hope

In Bangalore, the visitors showed pluck and glimpses of the skills in their possession. Now, they must sustain their desire to do well in Test cricket

04-Sep-2012•Andrew Alderson

Bowlers' day at the cricket

Just the way to spend a Sunday

02-Sep-2012•Santhana Krishnan

NZ's batting fragility bails India out

On a placid Bangalore wicket, visiting batsmen contrived to lose nine wickets against India's listless bowling

02-Sep-2012•Siddarth Ravindran in Bangalore

How Southee outsmarted India

Using his height, action and intelligence, Tim Southee has set himself to become New Zealand's long-term leader of the pace pack

02-Sep-2012•Aakash Chopra

Classy shots, acrobatic saves

Just the way to spend a Saturday

01-Sep-2012•Manish Achuth

Fragile openers a worry for India

The recent failures of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are a reminder of the bad old days of 10-15 years ago when the No. 3 Rahul Dravid was virtually opening the innings after the openers flopped

01-Sep-2012•Siddarth Ravindran in Bangalore

Taylor serves statement of intent

After a string of low scores, Ross Taylor scored a high-quality century to prove to team-mates and fans that New Zealand can compete

31-Aug-2012•Siddarth Ravindran in Bangalore

Be bold, decisive: How NZ should play Indian spin

A quick course on playing spin in the subcontinent

29-Aug-2012•Aakash Chopra

India's fielding set to play bigger role

India may have lost years of slip-fielding experience with Dravid and Laxman's departure, but younger players promise new energy

26-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hyderabad

An increasingly threatening partnership

R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha have an excellent record bowling together at home and could play a critical role in tougher tests ahead

26-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hyderabad

New Zealand grit goes missing

New Zealand have given a decent account of themselves on recent tours of India, but haven't shown that scrapping ability in this Test yet

25-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hyderabad

Patience the key for Ashwin

Still only 25, Ashwin needs to show more patience to be successful. So do the others who expect him to deliver each time

24-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hyderabad

The delight of keeping it pure and simple

The uniqueness of Cheteshwar Pujara's century lay in its understated approach

23-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hyderabad

'You can play your natural game at No. 3'

Cheteshwar Pujara has shown he is willing and able to take Rahul Dravid's position in India's Test batting line-up

23-Aug-2012•Nagraj Gollapudi

Time to take the plunge

India's new middle order has the ideal opportunity to test itself - against New Zealand at home ahead of tougher challenges

22-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hyderabad

A surfeit of draws

India start the series as overwhelming favourites, but New Zealand should be encouraged by the number of draws they've managed in India

22-Aug-2012•S Rajesh

Headache and questions for selectors

Laxman's decision to retire 'with immediate effect' leaves one wondering about the job done by India's national selection panel

19-Aug-2012•Sharda Ugra

Selections pose more questions than answers

While fans anticipated some response to 0-8, the selectors gave it all a farcical turn with strange picks for reserves

10-Aug-2012•Sidharth Monga

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