Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

'We needed to show character and did that'

There is a resilience about this Indian team that makes people think twice before writing them off, and that quality came to the fore again on the fourth day in Napier

29-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

A big moment for 'little' Gambhir

The Napier Test has not yet been saved, but Gambhir has been instrumental in India taking that big step towards doing it, and he has made sure he is there to try and take the final steps as well

29-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Dravid's 15th six

Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the Napier Test between New Zealand and India

29-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

The case of the brittle Kiwi

Why does New Zealand produce so many fast bowlers who promise the moon and then break down with injury and vanish off the scene?

29-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga

150 reasons to smile

After struggling through the domestic season and missing the home series against West Indies, the good times are back for Chris Martin

28-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

We can save the Test - Laxman

Rahul Dravid will be one ticked-off man today. He certainly didn't hide it. After playing almost flawlessly throughout, and making another Test century look a certainty, he threw it away with a careless shot to a part-timer, two overs before the new ball

28-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

A lesson in perseverance

With 619 on the board for New Zealand, the third day was going to be one where the pitch would be taken out of the equation. It was going to be a day decided by mental and physical battles

28-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

The no-ball that wasn't

Plays of the day from the third day of the Napier Test between New Zealand and India

28-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

'It has been a long time coming' - McCullum

It's funny what runs on board can do. It may not have been comprehensive, but there was a reversal of roles here in Napier. It was India who dropped on to the defensive too early, spilled the catches and struggled to stay alert

27-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Let down by fielding and intensity

This Indian team has taken giant strides over the last year and a half, but when the pitch is flat, and when the batsmen are hard to dislodge, they seem to switch off

27-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Yuvi shines, Ryder fumes, and Munaf runs

Plays of the day for day two two of the second Test between New Zealand and India in Napier

27-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Mark's men on top

It was lunch time and New Zealand had recovered from 23 for 3, but one man was not moving from his position to the right of the sightscreen. Mark Greatbatch didn't want to move because he was superstitious. His boys, Ross Taylor and Jesse Ryder, were doin

26-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

India forced to play 'catch up'

It had all the makings of a dramatic day for India. In fact, things started happening too quickly last afternoon

26-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Wairarapa boys punish India

In a summer of gloom, the two silver linings for New Zealand cricket shone bright on a lovely sunny day in Napier today

26-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Dhoni injury not serious

MS Dhoni, who missed the Napier Test because of a back spasm he sustained on the eve of the match, is likely to return for the Wellington Test

26-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

What are you doing here?

Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between New Zealand and India in Napier

26-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Bullish India shed 'conventional' methods

Not only are they making a mockery of the jinxes that have haunted Indian cricket for long, Dhoni's men are also breaking long-standing traditions

25-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Vettori promises hard fight

Daniel Vettori knows the public deserves better than what happened in Hamilton, a tame defeat in four days. It's not the loss that hurts them as much, but the manner in which they lost

25-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Ten-year ache

Shane Bond wasn't the first exciting New Zealand fast bowler who struggled with injuries through a truncated career

25-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga

Struggling Mills hopes for a turnaround

When India came to New Zealand, the hosts were desperate to get the injured Kyle Mills back. He was their best and most experienced new-ball operator then

24-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga

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