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Narrow-minded mavericks

Narrow-minded mavericks

You can give them all the benefit of doubt you want, but the officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India rarely fail to disappoint

11-Jul-2005•Commentary by Anand Vasu

Unconditional destruction

Unconditional destruction

One sure sign of a top-class batsman is the ability to score consistently off good deliveries

11-Jul-2005•Wisden CricInfo staff

Tuffey's off-theory worked a treat

Tuffey's off-theory worked a treat

Daryl Tuffey cut down on pace, and concentrated on off-stump accuracy to embarrass India on the final day at Mohali

11-Jul-2005•Dileep Premachandran

The Visionary

The Visionary

Punjab's cricketing visionary speaks about cricket in the state, and more

08-Jul-2005•Interview by Rahul Bhattacharya

Sachin and the leg-side blues

Sachin and the leg-side blues

Sachin Tendulkar's tendency to play across the line into the on side got him in trouble against the New Zealanders

08-Jul-2005•Amit Varma

Great expectations

Great expectations

The expectations are so high that many of us are already bracing to be disappointed

07-Jul-2005•Amit Varma

Drawing inspiration from Benaud

Drawing inspiration from Benaud

A detailed history of Australia's previous tours to India

07-Jul-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Why Richardson's 2000th makes him special

Why Richardson's 2000th makes him special

Mark Richardson - a very special batsman © AFP Mark Richardson's delayed start to Test cricket hasn't prevented him from jointly achieving the record of being the fastest player to score 2000 runs for the country

07-Jul-2005•Lynn McConnell

The V for Victory

The V for Victory

If Lou Vincent and Mark Richardson prospered yesterday by swatting deliveries to midwicket and square leg constantly, Scott Styris followed a different drummer

07-Jul-2005•Samanth Subramanian

The birth of a spin quartet

The birth of a spin quartet

The hosts, despite being defeated, were far from disgraced

06-Jul-2005•Partab Ramchand

Back-foot glory

Back-foot glory

Lou Vincent and Mark Richardson played the percentages well, while the Indian seamers erred in not making the batsmen play enough

06-Jul-2005•S Rajesh

The optional and the mandatory

The optional and the mandatory

India's bowlers must get the credit for bowling the West Indies with guile and accuracy to bundle them out for 157.

05-Jul-2005•Wisden CricInfo staff

The Indian magician

The Indian magician

SK Sham pays tribute to Eknath Solkar

26-Jun-2005•SK Sham

How Vettori saw off India's quick men

How Vettori saw off India's quick men

Daniel Vettori's dogged innings of 60, off 129 balls, ensured that New Zealand sailed well past the follow-on target

25-Jun-2005•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

India's greatest bowler

India's greatest bowler

When a bespectacled and studious-looking Anil Kumble made his debut at Old Trafford in 1990, he was still a few months short of his 20th birthday

25-Jun-2005•Dileep Premachandran in Bangalore

The 400-wicket club

The 400-wicket club

When Anil Kumble sneaked through Simon Katich's defences on the opening day of the Bangalore Test, he became only the ninth bowler in the history of Test cricket to reach the 400-wicket landmark

25-Jun-2005•S Rajesh

My India Tour

My India Tour

Players from New Zealand look back on their tours to India

23-Jun-2005•Wisden Cricinfo staff

'It was like a sauna'

'It was like a sauna'

I was 25 years of age and had to be the strike bowler as Richard Collingewas struggling

23-Jun-2005•Richard Hadlee

'Everyone wanted a part of me'

'Everyone wanted a part of me'

John Bracewell looks back on his 1988-89 tour to India

22-Jun-2005•John Bracewell

The seamier side of Mohali

The seamier side of Mohali

Conditions at Mohali are supposed to be more seamer-friendly than most Indian venues, but statistics reveal that fast and medium-fast bowlers have not performed particularly well

22-Jun-2005•S Rajesh

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