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The one bowler Dravid couldn't master

A stats review of the four-Test series between West Indies and India

05-Jul-2006•S Rajesh

Misfiring big guns

Marks out of 10 for the West Indies squad

04-Jul-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Four Tests, one result

04-Jul-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Ramdin's spunk, and Kumble the matchwinner

In the end India finally delivererd the knockout punch and sealed a series victory, but it was much closer than Rahul Dravid would have anticipated when West Indies had slumped to 128 for 6 and then 144 for 7

03-Jul-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

Leading from the front ... again

It's as if this Test match is being played on two different pitches - one on which Rahul Dravid is batting, and the other on which the rest of the 21 players are battling it out

02-Jul-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

Taylor's dream performance

Jerome Taylor's first five-wicket haul in Test cricket was based on the extremely sound principles of bowling an excellent line and length, and doing it so consistently that the batsmen are ultimately forced into mistakes

01-Jul-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

Where the fast men rule

Stats preview of the fourth Test between West Indiesand India

29-Jun-2006•Stats preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran

A day of ebbs and flows

The target of 392 in 88 overs meant that India required an asking rate of 4.45 per over, and while at certain points it seemed they were on track, a draw was always the most likely result

26-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

Laxman's hard graft

Under pressure to keep his place in the side, VVS Laxman produced an uncharacteristic but vital knock under pressure

25-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

How West Indies lost the plot

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels did their team no favour with their inexplicable go-slow tactics on the third day

25-Jun-2006•Vaneisa Baksh in St Kitts

Stoic Ganga proves a point

If patience and stoicism were not deeply ingrained in Daren Ganga, he would have already lost hope in his career as a West Indian Test player

23-Jun-2006•Vaneisa Baksh in St Kitts

Sarwan gets his groove back

Ramnaresh Sarwan's 116 wasn't his best hundred, but it was a welcome return to form for a classy batsman

23-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

The perfect launching pad

Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga made good use of an excellent batting pitch, putting West Indies in a strong position after the first day

22-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

Eddies from the past

Vaneisa Baksh on a historic moment at Warner Park in St Kitts

22-Jun-2006•Roving Reporter by Vaneisa Baksh in St Kitts

A model of restraint

Brian Lara's 120 was an innings unlike a regular Lara knock - it had few flourishes, and hardly any extravagant strokeplay

14-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

India's other offspinner

Virender Sehwag has ensured that India haven't felt the absence of a second specialist spinner so far in the St Lucia Test

12-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

Munaf's control, and India's go-slow

When India were batting the pitch looked quite placid, but Munaf Patel showed just how to bowl on it

11-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

Sehwag's early blast

The first day of the second Test was mostly about one outstanding individual performance: Virender Sehwag destroyed the West Indian attack with his magnificent 180 which put India on course for a huge first-innings total

10-Jun-2006•On the Ball with S Rajesh

The other side to Gayle

A comparison of Chris Gayle's half-centuries at Antigua

07-Jun-2006•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The West Indian Energizer Bunny

Bradshaw bowled 40 overs in the second innings and 25 of them on the trot on the fourth day, beginning before lunch and ending after tea

05-Jun-2006•George Binoy

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