India tour of West Indies, 2006 news from Cricinfo.com

Shouldering the responsibility

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Lowdown on Denesh Ramdin

Maturing with every match

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He might be just 26 but Harbhajan Singh has seen some turbulent times. Siddhartha Vaidyanathan caught up with him

The one bowler Dravid couldn't master

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A stats review of the four-Test series between West Indies and India

Standing on guard

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He might not have made the mountain of runs that Gavaskar manged, but Dravid, throughout the series, was outstanding. In the final Test at Kingston he was plain awesome

Misfiring big guns

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Marks out of 10 for the West Indies squad

Four Tests, one result

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ramdin's spunk, and Kumble the matchwinner

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the end India finally delivererd the knockout punch and sealed a series victory, but it was much closer than Rahul Dravid would have anticipated when West Indies had slumped to 128 for 6 and then 144 for 7

'The main focus is cricket'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the fringes of the Jamaica Test Siddhartha Vaidyanathan spoke to Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Leading from the front ... again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It's as if this Test match is being played on two different pitches - one on which Rahul Dravid is batting, and the other on which the rest of the 21 players are battling it out

Taylor's dream performance

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jerome Taylor's first five-wicket haul in Test cricket was based on the extremely sound principles of bowling an excellent line and length, and doing it so consistently that the batsmen are ultimately forced into mistakes

Has the follow-on gone out of fashion?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Once upon a time, the follow-on used to be enforced whenever the opportunity arose. Of late, though, it is being used far more sparingly

Where the fast men rule

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stats preview of the fourth Test between West Indiesand India

West Indian pace troika: A SWOT analysis

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ian Bishop, the former West Indian fast bowler, assesses the three West Indian quicks who bowled in St Kitts

A day of ebbs and flows

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The target of 392 in 88 overs meant that India required an asking rate of 4.45 per over, and while at certain points it seemed they were on track, a draw was always the most likely result

Adding patience to panache

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan rediscovers the joy of a Laxman innings

Lara defends follow-on decision

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Vaneisa Baksh's take on the fourth day's events in St Kitts where Brian Lara chose not to enforce the follow on after West Indies had gained a first-innings lead of 219

Laxman's hard graft

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Under pressure to keep his place in the side, VVS Laxman produced an uncharacteristic but vital knock under pressure

How West Indies lost the plot

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels did their team no favour with their inexplicable go-slow tactics on the third day

India's turn to welcome the rain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan sums up a frustrating day for India in the field as West Indies piled up 420 for 5 at stumps

Stoic Ganga proves a point

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

If patience and stoicism were not deeply ingrained in Daren Ganga, he would have already lost hope in his career as a West Indian Test player

Sarwan gets his groove back

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ramnaresh Sarwan's 116 wasn't his best hundred, but it was a welcome return to form for a classy batsman

The Gayle-Ganga opening act, and England's profligacy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Why Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga deserve more time as an opening combination

The perfect launching pad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga made good use of an excellent batting pitch, putting West Indies in a strong position after the first day

Eddies from the past

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Vaneisa Baksh on a historic moment at Warner Park in St Kitts

A Dravid decade: Tears and trophies

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

June 20, 2006. Not until someone in the press reminded him, did Rahul Dravid realise that he'd just completed ten years as a Test cricketer.

Second innings blues for the bowlers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Over the years the Indian bowling attack has been found wanting, especially when there's an opportunity to finish off a team in the second innings

A model of restraint

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brian Lara's 120 was an innings unlike a regular Lara knock - it had few flourishes, and hardly any extravagant strokeplay

Demolition man

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Anand Vasu on how, to Virender Sehwag, caution remains something akin to perdition

India's other offspinner

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virender Sehwag has ensured that India haven't felt the absence of a second specialist spinner so far in the St Lucia Test

A rendezvous with the 'electrified tarantula'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan chats with Lance Gibbs, one of the greatest spinners the game has seen, as West Indies do battle with India in St Lucia

Munaf's control, and India's go-slow

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When India were batting the pitch looked quite placid, but Munaf Patel showed just how to bowl on it

Sehwag's early blast

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The first day of the second Test was mostly about one outstanding individual performance: Virender Sehwag destroyed the West Indian attack with his magnificent 180 which put India on course for a huge first-innings total

Sehwag - a victim of double standards?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virender Sehwag must be wondering what he has done to be subjected to such blatant double standards

The other side to Gayle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A comparison of Chris Gayle's half-centuries at Antigua

The West Indian Energizer Bunny

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Bradshaw bowled 40 overs in the second innings and 25 of them on the trot on the fourth day, beginning before lunch and ending after tea

Gearing up for the World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan visits the new Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua

Reggae with Big Bad Dread and the Baldhead

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan catches up with Curtly Ambrose, Richie Richardson and their band

The King's brother

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan meets Mervin Richards, Viv's brother, and, according to his mother, the more talented one

Sehwag's short ball malaise

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Edwards had a short-leg and leg-slip in place and angled the ball into Sehwag's ribs - a form of bodyline - and had Sehwag hopping all over the place in extreme discomfort

The inability to control Gayle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Indian bowlers allowed Gayle to free his arms by bowling too wide or too full, and because of their inexperience they couldn't find an alternative strategy to control him

Keeping it in the corridor

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The West Indians didn't blow India away with devastating pace, nor did they deceive them with guile and swing. Instead, they kept plugging away in the channel outside off stump and India kept edging at regular intervals

Expect a run-fest

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A lowdown on Antigua, the venue of the first Test between West Indies and India

Enter the tadpole

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indies' new spin hope in focus

A wakeup call for India

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

While West Indies had a plan for each Indian player, the Indians adhered to a predictable pattern

Leading the invincibles

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Clive Lloyd speaks to Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on captaincy, slow West Indies pitches and having the right attitude

'We have a good chance of winning the World Cup'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He's known as the joker in the pack but Dwayne Bravo has proved to be a serious threat against the Indian side in the one-day series

When Sehwag couldn't do a Bravo

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Four batsmen scored fifties in the fifth ODI at Trinidad, and the factor that won the game for West Indies was that they had three of them, whereas India had only Virender Sehwag

Lara's mastery against spin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lara scored 53 runs off 63 balls against spin and only 16 runs off 37 balls against the fast bowlers. At every opportunity, Lara used his feet to smother the spin and bounce

The next Lara?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ramnaresh Sarwan has outstanding ODI stats, but his Test numbers need some work

'I will never forget the Barbados Test' - Laxman

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Raw promise starts to mature

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Lowdown on Jerome Taylor, the young West Indian quick who is making promising strides on his return to international action

Pipped at the post

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

From a batting point of view, West Indies and India were uncannily similar. Both teams lost early wickets; both had fifth wicket partnerships of over fifty; both teams had top-scorers in the nineties

India's amazing middle order

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The key to India's wins in run-chases has been the manner in which their middle order has reacted to the pressures of getting to a target

A tale of two hundreds

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There were two lead stars in the first one-day international between India and West Indies and once their roles ended the plots unravelled fast

Numbers point to India

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indies hold a 46-30 advantage in all ODIs, but one look at the current form and you'd have to put your money on India to triumph in the five-match series which starts on Thursday

That maan Courtney - the pride of Jamaica

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:50:45 GMT

On India's 2006 tour of West Indies, our correspondent learns more about Courtney Walsh, one of Jamaica's most famous sons

Dravid can repeat 1971 - Ajit Wadekar

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ajit Wadekar recalls the victorious 1971 tour and thinks Dravid and his boys can repeat it

Work in progress at Sabina Park

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on the state of affairs at Sabina Park and its readiness to host the World Cup matches