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A kid, a beach and a repairman: How Shahid Afridi helped unearth the 2010 spot-fix

In an excerpt from his autobiography, the former Pakistan captain opens up on his role in uncovering the scandal, and alleges that a management wracked by apathy did nothing to stop it

04-May-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

An absorbing tournament with few watchers

The 2010 edition of the Asia Cup remained unexceptional due to haphazard organising and, despite some striking on-field battles, did not provide too many pointers to the World Cup preparations of the top teams

25-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Ashish Nehra sets an example for India's struggling quicks

India's fast bowlers, and Ashish Nehra in particular, raised their performances against Sri Lanka to secure their first Asia Cup title in 15 years

25-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Maharoof's nightmare, and a security guard's close call

Plays of the Day for the Asia Cup final between India and Sri Lanka in Dambulla

24-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

India look to improve finals record

India seek to improve their appalling recent ODI record in non-bilateral series against a Sri Lankan team whose only chink seems to be a lack of batting depth

23-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

History favours Sri Lanka

A stats preview of the Asia Cup final between India and Sri Lanka in Dambulla

23-Jun-2010•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Hat-trick hero Maharoof overcomes the odds

Farveez Maharoof's hat-trick was a testament to his will to bounce back after fighting several injuries over the last 18 months

22-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Randiv does a Rhodes

Plays of the day from game six of the Asia Cup, between India and Sri Lanka

22-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Three-and-a-half hours of torture

Bangladesh's decision not to go for the win against Pakistan exposed the biggest flaw in the one-day format and goes against the spirit of the competitive sport

22-Jun-2010•Sidharth Monga

Afridi blitzes, Kayes plods

Plays of the day from game five of the Asia Cup, between Bangladesh and Pakistan

21-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

A face-off in Dambulla

This Indian fan gets interviewed on TV and tells everyone Pakistan are going to win, while secretly hoping for quite the opposite

20-Jun-2010•Jai Mirpuri

Emotions hit fever pitch in iconic rivalry

India and Pakistan played out a bare-knuckle brawl that had all the intensity of the more famous matches of the illustrious rivalry. All that was lacking was a capacity crowd to witness it

19-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

A face-off but no slip-ups

Plays of the day from game four of the Asia Cup, between India and Pakistan

19-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Dilshan fires, Ashraful mis-fires

Plays of the day from game three of the Asia Cup, between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Dambulla

18-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Sehwag on fire, floodlights on the blink

Plays of the day from game two of the Asia Cup, between Bangladesh and India in Dambulla

16-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

The limping Afridi, and lucky Lasith

Plays of the day from game one of the Asia Cup, between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Dambulla

15-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Shoaib Akhtar makes a respectable return

The biggest point of conversation going into the match was which Shoaib Akhtar would turn up; as it transpired, he settled for the middle ground between the extremes only he is capable of

15-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Advantage Sri Lanka

Home conditions could give Sri Lanka the edge in the Asia Cup, a tournament in which they have been the best team in the last 15 years

14-Jun-2010•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

A wake-up call for Yuvraj Singh

There is no way India can have thrown Yuvraj out of their World Cup plans, but if a message was to be sent it had to be sent early enough

07-Jun-2010•Sidharth Monga

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