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Mendis factor works in Murali's favour

How India's 'Fab Four' handled spin was always going to be a central focus of this match, and of the series

25-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Kirsten disappointed with poor shot-making

Gary Kirsten has expressed disappointment at the way India batted on the third day, on which they finished at 159 for 6 in response to Sri Lanka's first-innings total of 600

25-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Bugs in the system

A few questions emerged on the day when for the first time a player challenged the umpire's decision

24-Jul-2008•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

A leap of faith in technology

Cricket is about to take a leap of faith in technology with the trial of a system that allows players to challenge the decision of the on-field umpires

22-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

A test for India's big guns

A team that loves playing at home is to play three Tests against a team that has performed well overseas in recent years - except that India are hardly a visiting side when in neighbouring Sri Lanka

22-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Building on the learning curve

He has an uncomplicated technique, an assured defence, a range of strokes, and the rare gift of being able to play the ball late - and now an opportunity to display them on the biggest stage.

08-Jul-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi

A spinner comes of age

How a chubby left-armer made it from Orissa via Hyderabad into the India side

08-Jul-2008•Sriram Veera

Twenty numbers

Cricinfo brings to you twenty key numbers from the recently-concluded Asia Cup held in Pakistan

07-Jul-2008

Blighted by bad timing, dead pitches

For two weeks in Karachi almost everyone talked about cricket, but none bothered to turn up at the National Stadium

07-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

We never had a reply for Mendis - Dhoni

Dhoni was mesmerised even at the press-conference. For every question demanding explanations for the defeat, he the same answer: Mendis

07-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

The old hand shows how it's done

A great knock is one that can be seen independent of the situation, irrespective of the result, yet one that contributes to the team cause. Some times a great knock looks effortless compared to batsmen. Jayasuirya, today, satisfied all the above criteria

06-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

A veteran and a rookie steal the show

Sri Lanka equalled India's mark of four Asia Cup wins with their 100-run triumph in the final in Karachi. A few statistical highlights from the game

06-Jul-2008•Cricinfo staff

Mendis' challenge begins now

The mystery is now out in the open and every batsman is out to solve it. The real challenge for Ajantha Mendis, of uncertain categorisation, to maintain that secrecy, begins now

06-Jul-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Triple threat for India's batsmen

A statistical preview to the Asia Cup final between India and Sri Lanka

05-Jul-2008•Mathew Varghese

Priceless effort from precious little

On pitches where the bowlers can do very little, such as at the Asia Cup, the little they manage to do is priceless

03-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Bowling India's worry ahead of crucial clash

All of a sudden the favourites going in to the tournament find themselves one defeat short of being ousted from the event.

02-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Mercurial Pakistan continue to confound

Some strife, considerable friction within the side, a run of bad results and a boggling glut of off-field controversies seems to be what spurs Pakistan on

02-Jul-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Subcontinental lessons for India's bowlers

For all the flaws in the Asia Cup, there lies a positive for India: it provides their fast bowlers with a constructive challenge

01-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Pakistan in need of another bounce-back

For Pakistan, this is not so much do-or-die as do-or-don't be around. The equation is now simple: beat India, hope Sri Lanka beat India, beat Bangladesh, all the while with an eye on a better net run-rate

01-Jul-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Raina rekindles the early promise

There has been a sense of unfulfilled promise about Suresh Raina for more than two years now, and his last two innings are perhaps signs of a coming of age

26-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

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