Dileep Premachandran

Yuvraj powers India to victory

A Virender Sehwag-led Indian side decimated Sri Lanka by seven wickets with 91 balls to spare

09-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

The gleam of bone

Rare display of spine sees India wrest a draw

08-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Warne of old and the new Zulu

After Michael Vaughan's serial scampers between slip and leg-slip in blatant contravention of Law 41, Duncan Fletcher comes to his defence

06-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran

West Indies crash to 379-run defeat

Brett Lee and Nathan Bracken produced an exhilarating display of sheer pace and controlled swing that routed West Indies on the fourth day at the Gabba

06-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Ponting and Hayden flay West Indies

Ricky Ponting declared on Australia's overnight total of 2 for 283 to give West Indies a near impossible chase of 509 for a first-Test victory at the Gabba. Heavy rain hit Brisbane overnight but play started on time with the home side in total control

05-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Methodical McGrath melts Windies

Devon Smith cracked a stroke-filled 88 but West Indies were undone by a characteristically immaculate spell from Glenn McGrath, who ended with 4 for 58 and also took his 100th wicket against West Indies

04-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Ponting's ton gives Aussies the edge

Ricky Ponting's 24th Test century spared Australia the blushes as Shivnarine Chanderpaul's gamble of inserting the opposition paid dividends on the opening day of the series at the Gabba

03-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Demolition job

It took India just 56 overs to follow up the resounding 152-run victory at Nagpur with an even more emphatic demolition job in Mohali

28-Oct-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Dravid and Tendulkar state intent

As victories go, this was as emphatic as they come. Having pulverised Sri Lanka with the bat, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik then decimated a strong line-up on a pitch where the ball turned and bounced as though it was the fourth day of a Test match

25-Oct-2005•The Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

India search for Sri Lankan formula

Apart from the fact that both coaches hail from the land under the Southern Cross, there is little in common between India and a Sri Lankan side whose upward mobility in recent times has been in stark contrast to Big Brother's fall from grace

24-Oct-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Ganguly, Shoaib and a Waugh salvo

We take a look at the week that was, highlighting the star performers, the flops, and the stories that sent headline writers into a tizzy

23-Oct-2005•Dileep Premachandran

The perils of selective selection

Dileep Premachandran cites a few glaring selection blunders as reasons for the World XI surrendering so meekly

18-Oct-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Warne and MacGill demolish World XI

Stuart MacGill and Shane Warne combined to destroy World XI as Australia swept to victory by 210 runs in the Super Test

16-Oct-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

World XI lose early wickets in quest of 355

Australia struck twice with the new ball as World XI struggled to 25 for 2 when play was play was called off due to bad light

16-Oct-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Spinners put Australia in control

Andrew Flintoff biffed 35 from 36 balls, but it was Stuart MacGill that stole the show after tea, picking up all three wickets to fall as the World XI were bundled out for just 190

15-Oct-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Hayden and Gilchrist take the honours

Australia ended the first day of the Super Test on 331 for 6

14-Oct-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Australia seal supremacy

Australia pulverised World XI by 156 runs in the third one-day international to seal the series 3-0

09-Oct-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Australia seal supremacy

Australia pulverised World XI by 156 runs in the third one-day international to seal the series 3-0

09-Oct-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Easy pickings, e-mails and a Kiwi legend

We take a look at the week that was, highlighting the star performers, the flops, and the stories that sent headline writers into a tizzy

26-Sep-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Future in a foreign field

With an unwanted monkey off their backs, the challenge for Greg Chappell and his wards is now to start winning consistently away from home

22-Sep-2005•Dileep Premachandran

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