The key to India's wins in run-chases has been the manner in which their middle order has reacted to the pressures of getting to a target

Rahul Dravid's well-paced century built the platform from which the Indian middle order completed the victory in the final over of the first ODI at Sabina Park

West Indies hold a 46-30 advantage in all ODIs, but one look at the current form and you'd have to put your money on India to triumph in the five-match series which starts on Thursday

For all the talk about an overkill of cricket in the last few years, it's interesting to note that 2005 wasn't by any means the busiest in the calendar over the last ten years

Spinners have only taken 6% of wickets in Lord's Tests in May

Is the average lower-order batsman today better than his corresponding number from yesteryear?

Averages are a good measure of a batsman's calibre, but here's method which attempts to combine big scoring with consistency

How averages are not so much a matter of getting starts but converting them, and the batsmen who thrive on not-outs

Robin Uthappa's knock ensured that what might have been a tough run-chase turned out to be a walk in the park

With an aggregate approaching 8000 and an average of more than 56, Jaques Kallis is easily one of the giants of contemporary cricket, and the most prolific batsman that South Africa have ever produced

He has been South Africa's answer to Glenn McGrath with the ball, and has contributed more than usefully with the bat over his ten years in international cricket

Which are the teams that are most affected by the pressures of batting in the second innings, and for which sides does it not matter much

For the first time in the series, England's bowlers got a pitch which had some pace and bounce in it, and they made excellent use of the track

The first day of Test cricket at Fatullah produced a quite remarkable batting performance from the home side, with Shahriar Nafees being the standout performer

Makhaya Ntini has shown over the last 15 months that he can crank it up against the best batsmen in the world, while Pakistan's ability to come back from the dead was confirmed at Kandy

On a dodgy pitch where strokeplay wasn't easy, Yuvraj Singh's scintillating 76-ball 103 was the difference between the two sides

As a crowd-puller, Justin Langer doesn't rank among the top names in a star-studded line-up, but his contribution to the juggernaut called the Australian cricket team has been immense

The pitch was affording of assistance to the spinners, but Harbhajan Singh still had to pitch them at the right areas to fox the batsmen, and that he did superbly

Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Adam Gilchrist have all been struggling for runs for a while now. Is this their worst slump in international cricket?

Rahul Dravid admitted that his decision to field first was a mistake and also defended the decision to go in with five bowlers