Features

Revealing, damning and compelling

Malcolm Speed's memoir of his time in cricket is an unbiased and relevant eye-opener about what goes on behind the scenes in cricket

23-Apr-2011•Sharda Ugra

'It's now about gaining respect as a leader'

Fresh from the success of his first series as captain, Michael Clarke speaks about the challenges ahead of him as the first Australian leader since Allan Border to be handed a middling team

18-Apr-2011•Interview by Daniel Brettig

Master of the run-chase

A spate of records fell by the wayside as Shane Watson unleashed his fury on the hapless bowlers. A look at some of the major landmarks from Watson's 96-ball unbeaten 185

11-Apr-2011•S Rajesh

Lee's undiscovered country

Despite suffering what might have been career-threatening injuries, Brett Lee, was single-minded about not letting his epitaph be written, and he now has the milestone of 200 ODI matches to show for it

10-Apr-2011•Daniel Brettig in Mirpur

A smooth transfer of authority

Michael Clarke began his Australian captaincy in much the same manner Ricky Ponting ended his

09-Apr-2011•Daniel Brettig in Mirpur

Quick on the draw

Publishers may be keen to get their Ashes books out as fast as possible. Is that a bad thing? Not if the writer is Gideon Haigh

09-Apr-2011•Steve James

Cricket Australia eye the wrong ball

By turning to other sports for inspiration and ideas, the board may be diluting cricket rather than enriching it. Why not get help from other cricketing nations?

04-Apr-2011•Daniel Brettig

Starting from the basement

Circumstances dictated that Michael Clarke began his public duties as Australian captain in the basement of the Bradman Stand at the SCG

30-Mar-2011•Daniel Brettig

A fine but not flawless captain

Ricky Ponting's eight years in charge of Australia brought miserable lows but also unparalleled highs. It's those peaks that deserve to be remembered

30-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Records galore for Ponting the captain

No other captain has won as many international matches as Ricky Ponting

29-Mar-2011•S Rajesh

'Lots of runs still in him'

Reactions from former players, Cricket Australia members and the Australian Prime Minister about Ricky Ponting's resignation as captain

29-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Clarke is as ready as he'll ever be

Few captains have enjoyed an apprenticeship as lengthy as Michael Clarke's, and the coming months will reveal whether the apprenticeship has been as thorough as it has been longwinded

29-Mar-2011•Daniel Brettig

Where it all went wrong

Five ways Australia lost the World Cup

25-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Australia's loss heralds the end of an era

Ricky Ponting doesn't think Australia bowing out of the World Cup marks the end of an era, but it's impossible to come to any other conclusion

25-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale

India's bowling rises to the challenge

With Zaheer Khan on top form, R Ashwin proving a vital addition, Yuvraj Singh flighting the ball more and Harbhajan Singh bowling more aggressively, India's bowling attack has improved to the extent Ricky Ponting compared it with Pakistan's

24-Mar-2011•Sambit Bal at Motera

Ponting creates a template

It is no shame for a veteran to strip things back, and at 36, Ricky Ponting should consider his hook-less, pared-back knock against India as an example of the way he should play in his cricketing twilight

24-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale at Motera

India bank on small but brisk partnerships

A stats review of the second quarter-final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad

24-Mar-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Wasted reviews, and the perfect legbreak

Plays of the Day from the quarterfinal between India and Australia in Ahmedabad

24-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale and Nagraj Gollapudi at Motera

Time for India's batting to 'bring it'

Going by the numbers alone, India's batting line-up looks in great form; but three late-order collapses tell the story of a side who need their batsmen to fire as a unit if they are to progress to the semi-finals

23-Mar-2011•Sharda Ugra in Ahmedabad

Haddin aims for solid foundations

Brad Haddin is Australia's leading run scorer in the World Cup, and is confident that he is doing his job

23-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Ahmedabad

238 239 240 241 242

Showing 4781 - 4800 of 5669

Features

Karthik Krishnaswamy

Osman Samiuddin

S Rajesh

Alex Malcolm

Valkerie Baynes