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Bright end of a dark street

Suresh Raina looks back at his worst year, 2007, as a blessing in disguise

11-Jan-2009•Sriram Veera in Hyderabad

Stats but no story

Gulu Ezekiel's biography of Dhoni is a handy ready reckoner, but don't expect any insights into the book's subject

11-Jan-2009•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Knock knock

Indian cricket's next big thing seems to be a 20-year-old from Rajkot determined to break the selectors' door down by producing triple-hundreds on demand

10-Jan-2009•Nagraj Gollapudi

Partnerships and Smith win it for SA

Stats review of South Africa's 2-1 series win over Australia

08-Jan-2009•Siddhartha Talya

Flickering talent discovers the limelight

The story of Shivakant Shukla, who batted for821 minutes to take Uttar Pradesh through to the final of the Ranji Trophy, embodies Uttar Pradesh cricket

07-Jan-2009•Sidharth Monga in Nagpur

The bravest man in world cricket

South Africa own the bravest man in world cricket, but having Graeme Smith was not enough to secure the most dramatic of draws

07-Jan-2009•Peter English at the SCG

Waiting for a turning point

Who is Pritam Gandhe? To people who follow domestic cricket - especially the Plate League - through scorecards (there's no other way really), he is a Vidarbha offspinner who is one of only three bowlers to have taken more than one hat-trick in the Ranji T

06-Jan-2009•Sidharth Monga

Dead-rubber syndrome hits SA

South Africa have done some fabulous impersonations of previous Australian teams while winning this series, but over the past four days they have also copied the dead-rubber syndrome that afflicted sides led by Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor

06-Jan-2009•Peter English at the SCG

Time for Marshall to be a 'big man'

Xavier has the makings of the star player West Indies cricket sorely needs but it comes with a volatile temperament not uncommon to those blessed with a touch of genius

06-Jan-2009•Tony Cozier

A hundred and a 99, a hundred and a duck

Falling one short of two centuries in a Test, the biggest last-innings scores to lose, and the highest current overall batting average

06-Jan-2009•Steven Lynch

Looking out for No. 1

Series wins in England and Australia - could 2008 have been any better for South Africa?

06-Jan-2009•Colin Bryden

Bussing in the coaches

Peter Moores is on the brink as England coach after a very public falling-out with his captain, Kevin Pietersen. Cricinfo takes a look at five possible candidates to replace him

05-Jan-2009•Andrew Miller

South Africa crack on difficult pitch

Cracks have been forming all over the place during this series. For two Tests the brittleness was Australia's, but in Sydney the fault lines have been shaking South Africa

05-Jan-2009•Peter English at the SCG

The Sehwag and Gambhir of Tamil Nadu

In a way M Vijay and Abhinav Mukund have been to Tamil Nadu what Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have been to India. They are a right-hand-left-hand combination who score fast and run well between the wickets

05-Jan-2009•Sidharth Monga in Nagpur

The crash of 08

After over a decade of unstinting dominance, Australia were finally brought down to earth

05-Jan-2009•Peter English

Bowlers 4, Batsmen 1

Cricinfo's senior editors on the best passages of cricket they watched in 2008

05-Jan-2009

A welcome change

The 2009 first-class competition will feature "return" matches, will run for 14 successive weekends and will allow teams 12 matches in the season, the most in regional history

04-Jan-2009•Haydn Gill

Two up, four down

Ireland and Scotland fared well, while Bermuda, Kenya, Canada and Netherlands plumbed the depths

04-Jan-2009•Will Luke

Mixed bag

Funding has never been better, but ironically, it is now harder for the Associates and Affiliates to join cricket's elite than before

04-Jan-2009•Martin Williamson

New year but same old problems

A new year comes with the same problems despite all the resolutions and promises of change

03-Jan-2009•Peter English at the SCG

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