50 Magic Moments

Flintoff rocks Australia

The old faithful cranks it up one last time

29-Nov-2009•Andrew Miller

Pakistan win the World Twenty20

When it all came together, thrillingly, dangerously, solidly, for a team, a country, that needed it badly

22-Nov-2009•Osman Samiuddin

Ntini takes 10 at Lord's

At the home of cricket, a young South African makes a statement

12-Nov-2009•Neil Manthorp

Rajasthan Royals win the first IPL

With a wave of the wand, Warne takes his boys home

08-Nov-2009•Dileep Premachandran

Mendis arrives

The man who made every ball compelling

01-Nov-2009•Sidharth Monga

Malinga takes four

World Cup 2007: the wild-haired slinger nearly does a coasting South Africa in

25-Oct-2009•Telford Vice

Flintoff consoles Lee

In the heat of battle, Fred shows he cares

18-Oct-2009•Peter Roebuck

Bangladesh beat Australia

With a shot for six over midwicket, the most improbable scoreline in cricket comes to pass

11-Oct-2009•Andrew Miller

West Indies win the Champions Trophy

In the creeping dark, a miracle spreads radiance

04-Oct-2009•Vaneisa Baksh

Dravid conquers Adelaide

With a perfect square-cut, an epic is sealed

27-Sep-2009•Dileep Premachandran

Gilchrist walks

An Australian giving his wicket away? At the World Cup? Truth is often stranger than fiction

20-Sep-2009•John Stern

Tendulkar smacks Shoaib around

First came a six, then a four, then divine magic

13-Sep-2009•Rahul Bhattacharya

Waugh gets a last-ball hundred

Against the old enemy, the old buzzard times it to a nicety

06-Sep-2009•Sambit Bal

Ganguly takes his shirt off

A brattish upstart brings the tone of Lord's down a notch or two

30-Aug-2009•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Kumble bowls with a broken jaw

Lionheart grits his teeth and shoulders the load

23-Aug-2009•Suresh Menon

A win in the dark

Thorpe steers the ship home in the gloom

16-Aug-2009•Andrew Miller

Dravid gets a hundred at Eden

India's go-to guy steps up and answers the doubters

09-Aug-2009•Boria Majumdar

Shoaib strikes twice

India get hit midships by the Rawalpindi Express

02-Aug-2009•Osman Samiuddin

Chennai applauds Pakistan

It was heartbreak for India, but the crowd at the Chidambaram Stadium saw it differently

26-Jul-2009•Sambit Bal

Tendulkar goes after Warne

Two titans at the height of their powers come up against each other

19-Jul-2009•Boria Majumdar

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