Samanth Subramanian

Rain forces Sabina Park one-dayer to be abandoned

Lashed by rains ever since the conclusion of the final Test, Sabina Park, despite the excellent facilities for draining the ground, remained water-logged enough for the first one-dayer between India and the West Indies to be abandoned very early

25-May-2002•Samanth Subramanian

The long and short of it

Merv Dillon against VVS Laxman - India first innings at Jamaica © CricInfo For a bowler groomed to be the spearhead of the West Indian pace attack, Merv Dillon went an unusually long time without a fivewicket haul

23-May-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Styris inspires New Zealand to thrilling victory at Sharjah

Sri Lanka will not often lose games when Muttiah Muralitharan takes five wickets for nine runs, but they did lose one such match against New Zealand at Sharjah on Tuesday.

09-Apr-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Jamaica win by seven wickets to advance to Busta final

The semi-final between Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago may have been a low-scoring affair all around, but when Jamaica ended the third day needing 102 runs to win and nine wickets in hand, few doubted that they would achieve their target

19-Mar-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Williams double-hundred in vain as Guyana advance to final

A truncated fourth day's play saw a Stuart Williams double century go in vain as Guyana marched into the final of the Busta Cup, where they will face Jamaica

19-Mar-2002•Samanth Subramanian

India level series with convincing win at Hyderabad

India always seem to do spectacularly well in must-win situations - round-robin games needed to be won for qualification, matches needed to keep a series alive, targets to be obtained to maintain a qualifying run-rate

16-Mar-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Railways steamroll Baroda to lift maiden Ranji Trophy title

If a team had to win the Ranji Trophy title for the first time, they would no doubt choose to do it by a comprehensive margin on home turf, in front of their staunchest supporters, and against a team that rudely deprived them of the title the year

09-Mar-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Railways push Ranji Trophy out of Baroda's reach

With each addition to the runs column of the scoreboard, with each walk back to his mark by a Baroda bowler, with each passing minute, Baroda's players must have been aware that, on the third day of their Ranji Trophy final against Railways, the

08-Mar-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Railways take crucial first-innings lead on second day

Sleepless nights are an integral part of a Ranji Trophy final, and Railways must have had one after their dismal batting performance on the first day at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi

07-Mar-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Zimbabwe face massive task on final day

A statistics student with an interest in demography could have taken it on as a case study

24-Feb-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Flower regains ominous touch in Zimbabwe reply

Rahul Dravid may not have been the most positive batsman in the world during his tenure at the crease yesterday, but declaring the Board President's XI innings closed on the overnight total of 361/3 was a move that promised to transform the tour

16-Feb-2002•Samanth Subramanian

Gautam Gambhir presses claims to national opening slot

Despite the success of Deep Dasgupta, the Indian selectors must be only too aware that his presence as an opener is merely an ad hoc solution and that a more permanent solution has yet to be found

15-Feb-2002•Samanth Subramanian

The light-handed Mr Lindsay

04-Feb-2002•Samanth Subramanian

His own book of world records

Image, today, is everything, and Sachin Tendulkar's agents have painstakingly fabricated an effective persona for their ward

13-Dec-2001•Samanth Subramanian

England dominate India 'A' at Jaipur

Had someone suggested to Nasser Hussain that he would encounter in India a pitch that was virtually undistinguishable from the outfield, the English skipper would probably have scoffed and asked him to get his head examined

27-Nov-2001•Samanth Subramanian

As Barmy as they come

It is easy for an English cricketer, forlornly fielding at third man and watching the runs flow during an overseas tour, to let weary shoulders sag, but this is precisely what he must not do

15-Nov-2001•Samanth Subramanian

A sorely needed tour match

Still smarting from the nine-wicket loss at Bloemfontein, the Indian team will take the field at Buffalo Park, East London, on Saturday hoping to iron out some glaring flaws in a first-class match against South Africa A

09-Nov-2001•Samanth Subramanian

Inzamam, Naveed Latif take Pakistan to victory

A courageous century from Naveed Latif and an antithetically sparkling hundred from Inzamam-ul-Haq shepherded Pakistan to a victory that will give them a massive boost when they take the field against Sri Lanka on Sunday

02-Nov-2001•Samanth Subramanian

After much confusion, Dravid cleared for Test series

A diagnosis by Dr Joe de Beer, a shoulder specialist practicing in Cape Town, has cleared Dravid to play in the forthcoming three-Test series against South Africa

01-Nov-2001•Samanth Subramanian

It is Red Stripe time again

In the Trinidad and Tobago squad list for the Red Stripe Bowl,innocuously slotted between D Ramnarine and LA Roberts, is acombination of six letters that, oddly enough, spells a five-letterword.The six letters are BC Lara, and the five-letter word is

01-Oct-2001•Samanth Subramanian

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