Analysis

Flabby in the middle

India's heavyweight middle order is full of flab, not muscle, as its record in the past three years shows

23-Jul-2007•Sambit Bal at Lord's

Stardust with substance

Pietersen's showmanship hides a liking for the battle and a rare talent for winning matches

22-Jul-2007•Sambit Bal at Lord's

Zak gets Cook-ed and the missing banner of the day

Dileep Premachandran presents the plays of the day

19-Jul-2007•Dileep Premachandran at Lord's

Once again, stung by the tail

India's tour-opening draw against Sussex was marked by the familiar inability to finish off the tail and win the match

11-Jul-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in London

Breaking the mould

The selectors have made a good start in picking the 30, but they could easily regress when it comes to pruning down the squad to 15 and leave out many of the really young ones, settling for safety instead

07-Jul-2007•Anand Vasu

Time takes its toll on Tendulkar

Whereas the Tendulkar of old would have tried to impose himself, here he seemed almost passive

26-Jun-2007•Andrew McGlashan in Belfast

Back with a vengeance

It was the naked hunger and opportunism of Vandort that was the most compelling story of the day

25-Jun-2007•Charlie Austin

England seek the shoots of recovery

Paul Collingwood has been unveiled as England's new one-day captain, at the head of a new-look squad that contains two uncapped players in Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott and the Hampshire allrounder, Dmitri Mascarenhas

22-Jun-2007

Wrong place, wrong time

Too many things went wrong for the Afro-Asia Cup, from the weather to the shirt sponsorship, but the cricket was of a high standard

13-Jun-2007•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Graham Ford's to-do list

Graham Ford's things to do list

10-Jun-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

A happy venue for Vaughan and Harmison

Old Trafford has been the most draw-friendly venue in England, with 47% of the Tests here ending in stalemates

06-Jun-2007•S Rajesh

One for posterity

There was nothing fancy about Shaun Pollock's sensational 130, just orthodox shots from an orthodox batsman, writes Jamie Alter

06-Jun-2007•Jamie Alter at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Not the kind of domination India expected

Occasional brilliance has failed to mask that Bangladesh have a long way to go before they can consistently challenge bigger teams in Tests, like they have started to in the one-dayers

28-May-2007•Sidharth Monga in Dhaka

Ashraful's blitz, and Zaheer's rise

Stats highlights from India's thumping three-day win in the second Test against Bangladesh

27-May-2007•S Rajesh

No first-day dismissals

It was also the first time India hadn't lost a wicket on the first day - on a complete day's play - of a Test

26-May-2007•S Rajesh

A paradise for seam bowlers

In Tests at Leeds since 1995, fast bowlers have taken 279 wickets at 31.07, while spinners have only managed 34 at nearly 46 apiece

23-May-2007•S Rajesh

Monty emulates Bedi

Monty Panesar became the first spinner to take six wickets in a first-innings of an opposition's batting at Lord's since Bishan Singh Bedi took 6 for 226 in 1974

20-May-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

More than just another hundred

Before today, it had been over 17 months, 10 Tests and 17 innings - the longest interval in terms of chances to bat - since Sachin Tendulkar's last Test century

19-May-2007•Sidharth Monga in Chittagong

Prior's dream debut

Matt Prior became only the third wicketkeeper to score a hundred on debut, and the fifth batsman to do so at Lord's

18-May-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

India play to their plan

The gameplan was to bat once and bat big, and with some sensible, yet often exciting, batting, India took a long stride towards that

18-May-2007•Sidharth Monga in Chittagong

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