Dileep Premachandran

India embark on a rocky road to ODI renewal

Just 15 moths ago the sky, it appeared, was the limit. But as soon as the team left the subcontinent, the hot air started to leak out of the balloon

22-Jun-2007•Dileep Premachandran

Another day, another crisis

By not advertising for the post or sending out feelers as soon as Greg Chappell left for Australia, the board overestimated its own hand

11-Jun-2007•Dileep Premachandran

Tale of the tape

Cricinfo does a head-to-head on the two contenders for the post of India coach

08-Jun-2007•Dileep Premachandran

India clinch series with 46-run win

Gautam Gambhir's second one-day century, and a promising three-wicket debut for Piyush Chawla were the highlights as India sealed the one-day series against Bangladesh with a comprehensive 46-run victory in a match

12-May-2007•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Squashing glory

How a humble little squash ball played its part in one of the great batting efforts of our times

04-May-2007

Ricky Ponting: 'We've dominated this tournament like no team has'

What Australia did in the Caribbean was annihilate the opposition

29-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

Gilchrist genius takes centre stage

What can you say of a man that makes 149 in a World Cup final?

29-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

Success of '96 drives tough Sri Lankans

The fact that Sri Lanka would be playing on a hard and bouncy pitch expected to favour the Australians didn't bother Mahela Jayawardene

27-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

The Murali and Mahela show

Few will write off Sri Lanka's chances of emulating the heroes of a decade ago

25-Apr-2007•The Verdict by Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

When Sabina woke up to Mahela

Dileep Premachandran on Mahela Jayawardene's Sabina Park epic

25-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Jayawardene peaks at perfect time

Mahela Jayawardene has the opportunity to emulate Arjuna Ranatunga, who led Sri Lanka to a final and victory at Lahore in 1996

23-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Sri Lanka boosted by Malinga's return

Familiarity often breeds contempt, but in the case of Sri Lanka and New Zealand, it's also given rise to considerable mutual respect

23-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Lara looks to the future

According to Lara, a press conference wasn't the right forum to debate whatever had gone wrong behind the scenes, though he did say that the new captain would need "whole-hearted support from the board and the selectors.

20-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

Lara to quit international cricket

West Indies captain Brian Lara has announced his retirement from international cricket.

19-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

The run-out that never was

Brian Lara's 33 spanned just 27 balls, and the undoubted highlight was a quite stunning six over point off Mashrafe Mortaza

19-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

Pride on the line, no more

Dileep Premachandran's preview of Bangladesh's game against West Indies

18-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

South Africa's go to man

Top Performer: Andrew Hall would be the first to admit that there's much more to life than a century or a five-wicket haul

18-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran

'We were superb' - Smith

As a Liverpool fan, Graeme Smith knows a thing or two about epic comebacks and though this wasn't in the Istanbul category, the nine-wicket pasting of a sorry England side was an emphatic riposte from a team that took umbrage at the Battle of the Bottle h

17-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

Ntini given a wake-up call

A glance at the South African team-sheet first thing in the morning was enough to remove any lingering cobwebs of sleep

17-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

Smith and the last chance saloon

Whatever the billing, it's a contest that South Africa simply have to win, and Smith was certain that it would be "a very explosive game"

16-Apr-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Barbados

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