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Dravid returns to where it all began

Lord's operates on the same characteristics that have defined Rahul Dravid's career: discipline, order, balance, elegance, simplicity and respect

19-Jul-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi at Lord's

The India I remember

A veteran cricket writer looks back a couple of India's earliest visits to England, featuring an incompetent prince-captain, a colossal allrounder, and more

19-Jul-2011•John Woodcock

'I'm really glad I was left out of the side'

One of India's brightest young talents looks back on what he regards as the key formative experience of his career, how he got his act together, and the West Indies tour

16-Jul-2011•Interview by Sriram Veera

Scene set for first battle of the Indian summer

India's opening tour match against Somerset will give a first glimpse of what could become one of the most intriguing battles of the summer: Andrew Strauss versus Zaheer Khan

14-Jul-2011•Andrew McGlashan at Taunton

Ruthlessness lacking in India's win

Although India won the series quite comfortably in the end, there will be concerns about the back-up batting strength and the inability to force results

11-Jul-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Chances grabbed and missed

ESPNcricinfo reviews the performances of the India players in the Tests against West Indies

11-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera

Opportunity lost for India in hard-fought series win

ESPNcricinfo reviews the Test series between West Indies and India

11-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera

Chanderpaul saves the day yet again

Under immense pressure when he walked out in the morning, he won redemption with a battling century

10-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera at Windsor Park

'Sometimes the right tactic is doing what the batsman doesn't want'

India's bowling consultant is happy that his charges are one tight unit, working together, and he expects them to do well in England no matter what combination gets picked

10-Jul-2011•Interview by Sriram Veera

Rope-a-dope day for West Indies

The home side showed a big heart in a stirring second session and seemed to be shutting the door on defeat in the evening before Harbhajan Singh intervened

09-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera at Windsor Park

Spotty jottings

This behind-the-scenes look at the 2011 World Cup is interesting, and has a good background score, but lacks a narrative

09-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra

Weakened Windies show fight

To see the home side battle on a day where many expected them to just roll over and surrender must have warmed the hearts of the fans

08-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera at Windsor Park

A career of highs and lows

Harbhajan Singh has had his share of difficult moments in international cricket, but he has handled them all to become only the fourth spinner to reach 400 wickets in Tests

08-Jul-2011•S Rajesh

Baugh shows character in battle with Munaf

Carlton Baugh's battle with Munaf Patel stood out as the contest of the day. Baugh played a rumbustious knock to lift West Indies out of a hole, and also managed to ruffle Munaf

07-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera at Windsor Park

Feisty Harbhajan joins elite club

There have arguably been better spinners than Harbhajan Singh in Test history but on Thursday he became the 11th bowler to take 400 wickets. And that's no mean achievement

07-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera at Windsor Park

Five of his best

On the occasion of Harbhajan Singh's 400th Test wicket, a look back at five of his most memorable spells in the format

07-Jul-2011•Nitin Sundar

Is the IPL still a summer blockbuster?

Experts agree that the World Cup and the shuffling of IPL teams could be problems unique to 2011, but will viewership return to previous stratospheric levels in 2012?

07-Jul-2011•Tariq Engineer

'I was trying to copy Zaheer's action'

Having lost his way after a sparkling start, Ishant Sharma has returned stronger, wiser and more effective. He credits his senior partner, among others, for his comeback

06-Jul-2011•Interview by Sriram Veera

Dhoni wants runs, Chanderpaul needs them

While both unorthodox batsmen have had a string of low scores, MS Dhoni's position is under no threat while Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be wondering whether he'll go the same way as Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan

05-Jul-2011•Sriram Veera in Dominica

Understanding the biz

There has been far too little analysis of the economics of the game in India, its financial nerve centre. This book makes a start

02-Jul-2011•Ashok Malik

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