Dileep Premachandran

The price of passion

There are many high-profile coaching jobs in sport but none carries with it quite the pressure of coaching a subcontinental cricket team.

18-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Niall's jewel lets Ireland sparkle

There was absolutely nothing perfunctory about this Irish win

18-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Woolmer apologises on Inzamam's worst day

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Bob Woolmer refused to speculate about their futures after this humiliating defeat

18-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Shamrocks turn Pakistan green

For a few agonising moments, it appeared as though a St Patrick's Day that had promised so much might end up delivering nothing but heartbreak

18-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Elvis lives and Ireland plan a long Caribbean stay

Plays of St Patrick's Day

17-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran

Stage set for St Patrick's Day showdown

The sudden spurt of interest in cricket in Ireland will push the side to perform creditably against Pakistan

17-Mar-2007•The Preview by Dileep Premachandran in Kingston

'We did our best to throw it away, but we fought back'

It may be a horrible cliché, but you just can't look past the luck of the Irish

16-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran

A toast to the fighting Irish

16-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

All set for an even battle

While Zimbabwe will be trying to prove the doubters wrong, Ireland may just want to enjoy their first World Cup appearance at Jamaica

14-Mar-2007•Preview by Dileep Premachandran at Kingston

Inspired Ireland confront confident Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe ridiculed the notion that they might be underdogs for Thursday's encounter against an Irish team that nearly upset South Africa in a warm-up game last week

14-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran at Kingston

Lara keen to build on winning start

Brian Lara refused to look too far ahead - "It's just one match" - but there was no denying his pleasure at the manner in which West Indies stormed to a 54-run victory in their opening game at the World Cup

14-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Step one completed in quest for consistency

14-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Fine legs and dying swans

Dileep Premachandran on the highlights of West Indies' World Cup opening win

14-Mar-2007•Short Cuts by Dileep Premachandran

Expect another World Cup classic

Pakistan and West Indies generally don't do boring World Cup games

13-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Jamaica

Spin, bounce and turn - what we can expect from the 2007 World Cup

The slow bowlers who could star in the tournament

12-Mar-2007•Dileep Premachandran

Need for speed

How a top-edged six made Shoaib a star

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Well begun is half the job done

The importance of openers is reflected in the fact that the top two sides have established, performing pairs

07-Mar-2007

Steve Waugh's finest hour

When the chips were down at Headingley, Australia's captain turned it on

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'We played some poor cricket today' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene had no excuses after a shoddy performance with both bat and ball that cost Sri Lanka the chance to win a bilateral series in India for the first time.

17-Feb-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Visakhapatnam

Yuvraj and Sehwag allay some fears

Virender Sehwag's poor form and Yuvraj Singh's failures since returning from injury were both concerns ahead of this game, but both men struck form and eased some of India's main worries ahead of the flight to the Caribbean

17-Feb-2007•The Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

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