Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Fast bowlers thrive after North century

The Australians continued their dominance of the warm-up match against the Board President's XI in Chandigarh by producing another powerful performance on the second day

26-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga in Chandigarh

Watson, Katich power Australians

The Australians had a satisfactory first day of cricket on their tour of India. Two of their batsmen scored centuries without much fuss, and two others seemed on the way

25-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga in Chandigarh

Mitch and Mitch, which is which?

Mitchell Starc, the 20-year-old from New South Wales, is almost a Mitchell Johnson clone

24-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga in Chandigarh

Chance for Australia to test bench strength

The tour game against Board President's XI is important for Australia from a selection point of view, and will help India gauge the form and fitness of players like Sreesanth and Gautam Gambhir who are returning from injury

24-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga in Chandigarh

Australia's inexperience not a worry - Tim Nielsen

The Australian team believes the upcoming two-Test series against India will be really tough, but its inexperience shouldn't hurt its chances

23-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga in Chandigarh

Responsible Johnson looks to step up

Mitchell Johnson, the Australia fast bowler, is keen to put behind him the hugely unsuccessful tour of England and do justice to his leadership role

22-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga

Kohli, Kumble take Bangalore to semis

Virat Kohli avoided a repeat heartbreak of a nearly successful chase, making Royal Challengers Bangalore the first IPL team to have made it to a Champions League T20 semi-final

21-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Lions target another big-money scalp

Lions have four points, but a slightly poorer net run-rate than Royal Challengers Bangalore, their opponents and the other contenders for the remaining semi-final slot from Group B

20-Sep-2010•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

Domestic run-machine gets Test ride

Cheteshwara Pujara has spent the last four seasons ticking almost every possible box that could be ticked from outside the Test squad

20-Sep-2010•Sidharth Monga

Mumbai prevail in last-ball finish

Mumbai's bowlers just about hung in to prevail in a last-ball finish, but their team was knocked out of the tournament

19-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

David Hussey gives Victoria win in Super Over finish

Twenty20 was at its chaotic best - or worst, if you look at some of the shots played - in giving Champions League T20 its first Super Over, one that Victoria Bushrangers won emphatically

18-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Slow starters Victoria face dominant Chennai

Victoria Bushrangers and Chennai Super Kings, Australian and Indian champions, now stand at the cusp of a delicate stage in what could become a three-team race in Group A.

17-Sep-2010•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

South Australia ease into semis with three in three

Delightful fast bowling from Shaun Tait, solid back-up medium-pace from Daniel Christian, and a near-perfect chase from Daniel Harris and Michael Klinger took South Australia to the semi-finals

17-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Raina, Vijay maul their way to massive win

Suresh Raina and M Vijay absolutely mauled the hapless-looking Wayamba attack to score 155 off 90 balls between them, 52 more than the whole Wayamba side managed

15-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Victoria look to rebound against Central Districts

Victoria against Central Districts Stags should have the passion of any Australia-New Zealand sporting clash

14-Sep-2010•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

Mumbai seek better strategy against South Australia

Mumbai have everything that it may take to become a top Twenty20 side, yet in three years they have no silverware to show for their efforts. The game against South Australia could be the first step towards correcting that

13-Sep-2010•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

Captain Klinger leads South Australia to facile win

In what turned out to be a battle of captains, Michael Klinger's 48-ball 78 for South Australia Redbacks outweighed Alviro Petersen's 35-ball 56 for the Lions

12-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Efficient Warriors seal easy win over Wayamba

Theron was anything but Rusty, taking two wickets in the first over of the match, and one in his first over back, hurting both Wayamba's start and comeback

11-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

High-flying Wayamba take on improving Warriors

Wayamba Elevens and Eastern Cape Warriors, two sides that have taken different routes to qualification to the Champions League, begin the fun in the competitive group A on Saturday

10-Sep-2010•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

Charged-up Lions stun sloppy Mumbai

Sachin Tendulkar the batsman nearly made up for Sachin Tendulkar the captain, but a charged-up Lions side completed a feel-good underdog win in a tense finish to kick off the Champions League T20

10-Sep-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

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