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Missing a trick

The New Zealand seamers erred in continually bowling short-of-a-length deliveries to Akash Chopra

08-Oct-2003•S Rajesh

Not quite a spinners' paradise

Slow bowlers haven't found conditions at the Sardar Patel Stadium completely to their liking

07-Oct-2003•S Rajesh

Balaji to make Test debut at Ahmedabad

The Indians have announced their team for the first Test against New Zealand which starts at Ahmedabad tomorrow

07-Oct-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

'Tendulkar can be a match-winner with the ball' - Wright

Two days before the start of the first Test between India and New Zealand at Ahmedabad, John Wright looks ahead to the challenges confronting the team

07-Oct-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Sun, sweat and plenty of fluids

Is John Wright the hardest-working man in Indian cricket

07-Oct-2003•Samanth Subramanian

Ready to battle in the heat

The scorching sun at Ahmedabad could be a huge factor over the next five days as India and New Zealand prepare for the first Test

07-Oct-2003•Samanth Subramanian

Fleming apologises for liquor photo shoot

Stephen Fleming has clarified that his photo shoot for a liquor firm in Rajkot was part of a contract, and that he had no intention of causing offence to the people of Gujarat, a state where liquor is prohibited

07-Oct-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

'Once I am on the field I will be calm'

Akash Chopra's selection as an opener for India's first Test against New Zealand gives rise to optimism and simultaneously raises some questions.

06-Oct-2003•Nagraj Gollapudi

Schooling Ranji, meeting Bradman

In many ways, Rajkot is the unlikeliest city to have a thriving cricket culture

04-Oct-2003•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu

Chopra and Yuvraj find favour with the selectors

Akash Chopra, Yuvraj Singh and Sairaj Bahutule were the surprise picks, while Sanjay Bangar and Ajit Agarkar were among those to miss out

04-Oct-2003•Dileep Premachandran

Badani makes 127 as match meanders to a draw

Badani makes a century as tour match drifts towards its inevitable drawn conclusion.

04-Oct-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

India A forge strong reply as Ramesh strikes 110

Sadagoppan Ramesh staked a strong claim for a national team recall with a fluent century as India A progressed to 216 for 4 at stumps on the second day against the New Zealanders at Rajkot

03-Oct-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Ganguly retained as captain for Test and ODI series

As expected, Sourav Ganguly has been retained as captain for India's Test series at home against New Zealand, as well as the following one-day international triangular series involving New Zealand and Australia

03-Oct-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Give Sadagoppan Ramesh more cricket

Sadagoppan Ramesh divides Indian cricket followers like no other man

03-Oct-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Samanth Subramanian

Oram: 'This tour is huge for me'

Jacob Oram showed an effective technique to score the second first-class hundred of his career

03-Oct-2003•Anand Vasu

Ramesh in the runs

When Sadagopan Ramesh square-drove Jacob Oram to the fence early on the second day, it was a shot that released two years of frustration

03-Oct-2003•Anand Vasu

Munaf makes his mark

Leonardo di Caprio's histrionics in the movie, Titanic would have won far greater acclaim from critics had it not been for the spiel that a well-oiled public relations machine dished out in the weeks and days preceding the release of the movie

02-Oct-2003•Anand Vasu

From a watery mess to dry heat

To arrive in the heart of Gujarat on the birthday of the most recognisable Indian (no, not Sachin Tendulkar silly - his birthday is on April 24) and find little or no fanfare was disarming

02-Oct-2003•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu

Richardson hundred puts New Zealanders in control

Munaf Patel gave a tantalising glimpse of what India's quick-bowling future may hold, but it was Mark Richardson who dominated proceedings on the opening day of the three-day tour match at Rajkot

02-Oct-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

`We're here to make history' - Ashley Ross

Ashley Ross, New Zealand's coach, is a man on a mission

01-Oct-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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