Features

Cricket braces for a rollercoaster ride

Over the next few weeks the world of cricket will be dominated by the Indian Premier League, a radically new tournament that could change the game forever

15-Apr-2008•Jayaditya Gupta

Pakistan's bowlers continue to struggle with discipline

Osman Samiuddin on Pakistan's recurring problems with extras in the ODIs against Bangladesh

15-Apr-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Chanderpaul shows his class again

Tony Cozier on the West Indies left-handers recent exploits, including his match-winning last-ball six in the first ODI against Sri Lanka

15-Apr-2008•Tony Cozier

A six to win, and out on 299

Finishing with the maximum, hundreds at the beginning and end of a career, and three nineties in a row

15-Apr-2008•Steven Lynch

The beauty of the bulge

Jesse Ryder steamrollered his way through England recently, adding to the rich tradition of the larger cricketer. We celebrate cricket's rotund heroes

15-Apr-2008•Marcus Berkmann

Only more hard work to end the drought

Fazeer Mohammed on why West Indies must not take the third ODI against Sri Lanka lightly, despite having clinched the three-match series

14-Apr-2008•Fazeer Mohammed

Sing when you're winning

Bangladesh finally show some fight

13-Apr-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Lahore

One hour that made the difference

After matching India blow for blow on the most alien of surfaces and conditions for two days, South Africa slipped up - decisively - in the first hour of the third day

13-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Operational gaffes cloud lofty vision

Repeated bunglings by WICB officials have embarrassed West Indies cricket

13-Apr-2008•Tony Cozier

'Play the ball, not the pitch'

It is fitting that Graham Thorpe is part of the TV commentary team covering the Kanpur Test: he was always a tough nut to crack, even on a difficult pitch

12-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Laxman and Ganguly master a meanie

Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman put India in a state from where they could have evened out the disadvantage of having to bat last

12-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Reality bites

It probably helps if you are coaching Bangladesh to be both grimly realistic and cautiously optimistic. Luckily for Bangladesh, Jamie Siddons is able to do both

11-Apr-2008•Osman Samiuddin at the Iqbal Stadium

Cracking contest on a cracking pitch

A first-day Kanpur pitch provided the first close-to-even contest of the series between bat and ball

11-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Settling down Malik

Though series against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh might not test Pakistan, it does offer Shoaib Malik and his side the time and space to settle down

10-Apr-2008•Osman Samiuddin in Faisalabad

Surface tension before series decider

Kanpur has a lot to thank Ahmedabad for. Had India come into this match leading the series, a draw would have been as likely as the haze in the Kanpur winter

10-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Superb venue for openers

Stats preview to the third Test between India and South Africa in Kanpur

10-Apr-2008•S Rajesh

Six-eight and rising

Middlesex's brightest new fast-bowling hope is a tall 19-year-old possessed of a confidence that belies his age

10-Apr-2008•Will Luke

Seize the day

After four years on the fringes, Neil McKenzie is older, wiser, and back where he belongs. "I try and grab every occasion as my last," he says

09-Apr-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi

Splendid Sarwan turns it around

Stats highlights from the two-Test series between West Indies and Sri Lanka

08-Apr-2008•S Rajesh

Turning Goliath

Michael may have been the one in focus till now, but the younger Hussey is storming to the fore on the back of some smashing Twenty20 performances and an IPL valuation to match

08-Apr-2008•Brydon Coverdale

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