Dileep Premachandran

Flattering to deceive

At the end of this topsy-turvy game, you didn't know whether to acclaim Australia for their resilience or bemoan a West Indian collapse that made a house of cards look sturdy.

12-Sep-2006•Verdict by Dileep Premachandran at Kuala Lumpur

Rusty reflexes and reputations to defend

Rustiness could well play a part. India and West Indies last played in early July while Australia last got their flannels dirty on their tour of Bangladesh in April

11-Sep-2006•Preview by Dileep Premachandran

Dravid upbeat at the end of camp

Dinesh Mongia has praised India's training camp which has seen Greg Chappell use a range of new coaching methods

07-Sep-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Bangalore

Mongia praises new methods

Dinesh Mongia has praised India's training camp which has seen Greg Chappell use a range of new coaching methods

06-Sep-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Bangalore

Cross-border hero

Dileep Premachandran remembers Wasim Raja

24-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran

India-Sri Lanka one-dayers cancelled

The three-match series between Sri Lanka and India, which has seen all of 22 balls of action, has been cancelled and will be played at a later date

20-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

'The Asian psyche is more resilient'

Three senior Sri Lankan players reflect on the damage done by the South African pull out

20-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

'The world we live in is an imperfect place' - Sonn

Percy Sonn speaks to the media during his visit to Sri Lanka

20-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Chappell ends speculation on coaching Australia

On Sunday evening, India's coach Greg Chappell addressed a news conference where he once again clarified that links with the Cricket Australia job were just speculation.

19-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Match abandoned after more rains

Another torrential downpour has forced the umpires to call off the first one-day international between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club

19-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Angry South Africans deny rumours of split

South Africa's cricketers reacted angrily to suggestions that senior players had bullied the younger ones into going along with the decision to return home from the tour of Sri Lanka

17-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Teams likely to go with four-man pace attack

The pace bowlers on both sides will also appreciate the extra bounce, and we could witness a truly unusual sight, two teams having four-man pace attacks in a game played on the subcontinen

17-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

It was always a question of when not if

South Africa's decision to withdraw from the tri-nation series had all the inevitability of the monsoon showers that have lashed the city over the past week.

16-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Play called off due to wet outfield

Though the rain kept away, hopes of the Unitech Cup getting off to a delayed start were stymied again by the wet outfield, as the ODI between Sri Lanka and India was called off

16-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Formidable Sri Lanka face rejuvenated Indians

Sri Lanka, always formidable opponents on their own soil, start as favourites

15-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Assurances galore but the anxiety remains

The South African cricket team are not happy campers tonight, with the news that an independent security evaluation will decide whether they stay on to play a tri-series or head home

15-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

South Africa to remain in Sri Lanka

The South African team has decided to remain in Sri Lanka till an independent security evaluation decides whether it's safe for them to stay or not.

15-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Sri Lanka and India prepare for tomorrow's clash

The first match of the Unitech Cup, between Sri Lanka and South Africa, has been called off

15-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

South Africa ready to pull out of tri-series

A tournament billed as a clash between three of the teams most likely to wrest Australia's crown at next year's World Cup will now in all probability give way to a bilateral one-day series between Sri Lanka and India.

14-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Blast casts doubts over tri-series

The fate of the Unitech Cup - a triangular tournament involving Sri Lanka, South Africa and India - remained uncertain after a bomb blast in central Colombo killed seven and injured 17 this afternoon despite an assurance of "maximum security" from the Sri

14-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

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