Dileep Premachandran

Kumble's hour of glory

With the exception of cantankerous old men tormented by jealousy and blinded by nostalgia, most of us recognise that we live in a golden age of spin bowling

02-Dec-2004•Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

'I considered myself a pioneer'

Omar Henry was nearly 41 when he made his Test debut against India at Durban in 1992-93, after representing South Africa in a few rebel Tests in the mid-1980s

01-Dec-2004•Dileep Premachandran

The attacking intent

With the series at stake, South Africa's bowlers summoned up reserves of grit and discipline that they have often lacked in recent forays abroad

30-Nov-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran at Eden Gardens

Reviving a lost tradition

The Baroda firm of Zaheer and Pathan can revive the legacy of fast bowling in India

28-Nov-2004•Dileep Premachandran at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata

A cavalier spirit

A great innings can often be compared to a magnificent edifice, with runs the building blocks and slices of luck the thin lines of cement

28-Nov-2004•Dileep Premachandran

A terrible indictment of Indian cricket

South Africa will undoubtedly leave Green Park the happier of the two sides after a mind-numbingly tedious game illuminated only by the incandescence of Virender Sehwag's strokeplay

24-Nov-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Playing on a different pitch

This has been a Test match of two pitches - one for Virender Sehwag, and one for everybody else

23-Nov-2004•Indian View by Dileep Premachandran

Pitches and plodders

As the day wore on, you wondered whether it would have made the slightest bit of difference if right-wing vandals - who desecrated the Wankhede Stadium pitch in 1999 to kill off hopes of an India-Pakistan Test being played there - and their pick-axes

21-Nov-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Gambhir whets India's appetite

After a summer and autumn of discontent, India's cricket team can put their feet up this evening, safe in the knowledge that the opening-batting conundrum appears to be nearer a solution - on placid home pitches at least

21-Nov-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Short-sighted tradition

Guileful slow bowling and attractive shotmaking have been the leitmotifs of Indian cricket since the halcyon days of Palwankar Baloo and CK Nayudu, but there have been times when the adherence to tradition has prevented the national side from

20-Nov-2004•Analysis by Dileep Premachandran

The last step to greatness

India just couldn't cope in a contest that never quite lived up to its exalted billing as Australia won on all counts

06-Nov-2004•Series Review by Dileep Premachandran

Harbhajan helps India clinch a thriller

Australia's mighty batting line-up capitulated for just 93 in the face of some magnificent bowling from Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik, as India pulled off a scarcely credible 13-run victory in the final Test at the Wankhede Stadium

05-Nov-2004•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran at Mumbai

Australia ahead on difficult track

On a pitch where strokeplay was difficult and survival was an achievement, Australia eked out a 99-run lead after dismissing India for 104 at the Wankhede Stadium

04-Nov-2004•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Damp start to the Mumbai Test

On a day blighted by unseasonal and intermittent drizzle, India struggled to 22 for 2 in the 11 overs possible after Rahul Dravid had won the toss and elected to bat

03-Nov-2004•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Decline and fall

The strength of character that India showed in Australia, and then again in Pakistan, proved to be as fleeting as winter sunshine

29-Oct-2004•Indian View by Dileep Premachandran in Nagpur

'We can tick-mark the India box,' says Gilchrist

As Australian cricket soaked up its finest hour in India since the days of the moon landings, Adam Gilchrist, the stand-in captain, didn't forget Stephen Waugh, who "had shown the way"

29-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran in Nagpur

The flavour of success

Truman Capote once wrote, "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour", and when Australia's cricketers savour a series victory in the land of spices, as appears inevitable now, many minds will hark back to the misadventures of 2001 that

28-Oct-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

`We didn't allow India any momentum': Buchanan

John Buchanan is not a complacent man, not after what happened to Australia on their last tour here

27-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran in Nagpur

Verdict from Nagpur

The Verdict

26-Oct-2004•The Verdict by Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

Verdict from Nagpur

The Verdict

26-Oct-2004•The Verdict by Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

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