Features

Mastering Ajmal - a guide

Saeed Ajmal played for Worcestershire in the 2011 season and several players managed to score runs against him. ESPNcricinfo gets the thoughts of two of them of how to play the Pakistan spinner.

24-Jan-2012•Alex Winter

Ishant, unlucky or incomplete?

It is argued that it is too simplistic to label Ishant Sharma an unlucky bowler who will get the proverbial rub of the green one day, but it might be too simplistic a view

24-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga at the Adelaide Oval

Ricky Ponting is still here to stay

With two centuries in this series, Ricky Ponting assured all that he was not retiring yet, and not off Adelaide Oval until he and the captain Michael Clarke have turned their stand of 251 into something truly gargantuan

24-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig at the Adelaide Oval

A Ponting-Clarke show again

Stats highlights from the first day of the Adelaide Test, which was once again dominated completely by Australia's batsmen

24-Jan-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Marsh's migraine

A back injury, technical problems and a tendency to have big batting peaks and troughs have all contributed to his Test troubles

24-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig at the Adelaide Oval

The not-obstructing-the-field saga

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the fourth Test between Australia and India in Adelaide

24-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga at the Adelaide Oval

Ajmal's lbws, and better first-day hauls

And an away losses record that India will hope not to equal

24-Jan-2012•Steven Lynch

From SA to NZ: Kruger van Wyk chases Test dream

If Kruger van Wyk makes the XI for New Zealand in the Napier Test, it will complete a journey that started in Centurion and ended at Central Districts as he traversed continents to make his international debut

23-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda

Akmal the answer for Pakistan

After long periods of change behind the stumps, Adnan Akmal's solid work could provide Pakistan with a settled wicketkeeper

23-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Consistent Rajasthan dominate stats

Rajasthan, who sealed their second consecutive Ranji Trophy title, led the way with both bat and ball this season

23-Jan-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Rajasthan's very own Captain Cool triumphs

Fastidious in his ways, yet instinctive on the pitch; 37 years old but still hard working, Hrishikesh Kanitkar's biggest asset is his ability to instill calm, and that is what has brought his team consecutive Ranji titles

23-Jan-2012•Nagraj Gollapudi at Chepauk

Can the inviting Adelaide Oval revive India?

Apart from wondering why the series did not begin at the friendly Adelaide Oval, there will be much more running through Indian minds as they try to avoid a second straight overseas whitewash

23-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga in Adelaide

'I never feared the ball'

At a time when batsmen the world over broke into a sweat at the thought of the West Indies' quicks, Graeme Wood relished the challenge

23-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga

'Players have been challenged and have stood up well'

The recommendations of the Argus review are beginning to be put in place. Pat Howard, Cricket Australia's general manager, talks about achieving these goals

23-Jan-2012•Interview by Daniel Brettig

Steely Smith silences dissident voices

Graeme Smith has had to prove himself to the public and media on many occasions in the last year. In the final game of the home season, he answered them in the best manner possible

22-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at the Wanderers

AB masters the scoop

Plays of the Day for the fifth ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa

22-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at the Wanderers

When seven finals in 10 years wasn't enough

Rajasthan ran into Bombay seven times in the Ranji Trophy final, and the title continued to elude them

22-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit

One crowded hour in Adelaide

Batting first is the way to go at the Adelaide Oval but the opening exchanges at the venue can be more influential on the outcome of a Test than almost anywhere else in the world

22-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig

Venue may provide respite for India

Towards the end of a series in which India have been totally flattened, Adelaide's batting-friendly conditions and their past record will give the visitors some hope

22-Jan-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Cape crusaders

Pathbreaking figures from over a century of Western Province cricket fill the pages of a vital new reference work

22-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda

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