Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

'We have set the benchmark' - Dhoni

At 4:31 pm local time, the public announcement system at the Basin Reserve confirmed that the New Zealand weather had had its final say in the series. It didn't alter the final outcome of the series, but there was no mad rush for the stumps that would be

07-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Harbhajan a revelation

India ensured they would win their first Test series in New Zealand in 41 years - that probably hadn't been in doubt at the start of the day's play or from the time India bowled New Zealand out for 197 to get a lead of 182.

06-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Jugglers, bluffmasters, and collisions

The Plays of the fourth day of the third Test between New Zealand and India in Wellington

06-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Grinding the opposition

It was like watching a Ranji Trophy knockout game. India had taken a huge first-innings lead, and went about batting New Zealand out of the game ruthlessly.

05-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Hungry Gambhir wants more

Gautam Gambhir has been the most consistent Test batsman since he made his permanent comeback to the Indian team, in Sri Lanka last year. And dare we say, the best too, Shivnarine Chanderpaul excepting

05-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Wily McCullum out-thinks Dravid

Plays of the day for day three of the third Test between New Zealand and India in Wellington

05-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Harbhajan plays ideal second fiddle

Harbhajan Singh bowled an unbroken 23-over spell for 43 runs and bagged three wickets. All 23 overs were bowled into the wind. What more can the quick bowlers ask for

04-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

A bowler on a hunt

Zaheer Khan has the air of a man on the prowl. When on the field, his every step is measured. He saves his energy for the final act - the kill

04-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Munaf and O'Brien face off, and Tom tees off

Plays of the day for day two of the third Test between New Zealand and India in Wellington

04-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Wellington boys exploit the conditions

James Franklin and Iain O'Brien put pressure on India with testing spells

03-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Harbhajan rides his luck

Harbhajan Singh has scored five Test fifties since the start of 2008 and India have lost only one of those games. Four of those have come against Australia. Coming in at 204 for 6 today after a good start had been wasted on the first day of a series-decid

03-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Fascinating cricket

Down here at the Basin Reserve a wide swinging delivery in the fourth over was crashed over point for six; the fifty was brought up in the 10th over

03-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

The costly over-step

Plays of the Day from the first day of the Wellington Test between New Zealand and India

03-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

New Zealand ready to go for broke

It's not too much of a surprise that New Zealand are prepared to risk going down 2-0 in an attempt to level the series at Wellington.

02-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Final Test, final frontier

It has been 42 days since India arrived in Christchurch - on February 20, exactly 41 years to the day they first won a Test in New Zealand - to set right what they believed was an aberration

02-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

India face tour's toughest Test

Any team aspiring to be the best team in the world should visit the Basin Reserve in the first week of April

01-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

One man against the mob

Nearly 20 years ago Mark Greatbatch produced a back-to-the-wall classic as Australians snarled and spat around him

31-Mar-2009•Interview by Sidharth Monga

Vettori hails team effort but not the pitch

Daniel Vettori was happy with his team's fightback, and praised his bowlers, but felt the pitch should have deteriorated much more on the last day

30-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Unshaken and unstirred

The greatest test that Gautam Gambhir passed was not only to survive the fourth day, but to come back on the fifth and renew the battle with complete concentration

30-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Assured Laxman walks the talk

There is such assurance and positivity about whatever Laxman does

30-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

173 174 175 176 177

Showing 3481 - 3500 of 3800