Matches (31)

SA20 (2)

BPL (4)

BBL (2)

Vijay Hazare Trophy (19)

Super Smash (2)

ILT20 (1)

IND-W vs SL-W (1)

SEC

188/6

(18/20 ov, T:189) 140

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Schedule Table Report Series

NOE

124/8

RJW

(17.5/20 ov, T:125) 125/4

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Schedule Table Series

Analysis

Ricky Ponting is still here to stay

With two centuries in this series, Ricky Ponting assured all that he was not retiring yet, and not off Adelaide Oval until he and the captain Michael Clarke have turned their stand of 251 into something truly gargantuan

24-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig at the Adelaide Oval

Marsh's migraine

A back injury, technical problems and a tendency to have big batting peaks and troughs have all contributed to his Test troubles

24-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig at the Adelaide Oval

Steely Smith silences dissident voices

Graeme Smith has had to prove himself to the public and media on many occasions in the last year. In the final game of the home season, he answered them in the best manner possible

22-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at the Wanderers

Yadav stands tall amid the rubble

On a disastrous tour, Yadav's good days have been overshadowed by other bigger events. Under the shadow of the bigger picture is India's rare positive from this tour

21-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga in Adelaide

Defeat could herald new era for England

England's coach Andy Flower has backed his team's ability to bounce back from severe setbacks to help them recover in the UAE

20-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Misbah hails 'confidence-building win'

Misbah-ul-Haq did not,after his side's crushing defeat of England, sound like a man about to get carried away with his success, and with good reason

19-Jan-2012•David Hopps

England have no answer to spin, again

England showed, for all the bluster about their improvement against spin, that it remains their Achilles heel

19-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Underperforming Strauss feels the heat

The form of Andrew Strauss is starting to cause concern. While the rest of the top seven - with the possible exception of Eoin Morgan - have enjoyed a year of feasts, Strauss is enduring something of a famine

19-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

England's perseverance overcomes conditions

With little pace, little turn, little bounce and little chance of any reverse-swing, England's bowlers had to dry up runs to take wickets, and their patience went some way in making up for the first day's batting failure

18-Jan-2012•George Dobell

Local players in line for jackpot in BPL auction

ESPNcricinfo previews the Bangladesh Premier League, on the eve of the player auction in Dhaka

18-Jan-2012•Mohammad Isam

England spooked by spin and pre-match talk

On a pitch that, initially at least, offered little assistance to bowlers of any type, England's top order folded as meekly as a shy kitten in a room full of alligators

17-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

First test for England's No. 1 status

For all England's success in recent years, they are yet to find consistent form in Asia. They meet Pakistan, who are rebuilding after the spot-fixing scandal and Misbah-ul-Haq could be the ideal man to guide them

16-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Sluggish match a return to old-school ODI cricket

A lifeless low-scoring match in East London did nothing to dispel the criticisms of 50-over cricket

14-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Buffalo Park

Australia's opening odd couple

Australia should continue opening with David Warner and Ed Cowan, even when Shane Watson returns to the team

14-Jan-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the WACA

Banter suggests India are resigned to defeat

Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma replied to sledges from Australia's openers by telling them things would be reversed when Australia tours India. That is indicative that India have already conceded this series

13-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga at the WACA

'I show intent and it came off today' - Warner

David Warner couldn't lay bat on ball in the net sessions leading up to the WACA Test, which makes his dazzling 69-ball century all the more special

13-Jan-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the WACA

Australia bowlers choke India with maidens

Discipline from the four-man pace attack meant the batsmen were forced to search for runs, and they perished in the process

13-Jan-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the WACA

No Johnson, no problem

The WACA is the one venue where Australia might miss Mitchell Johnson. But the way their pace attack has thrived this summer, they probably won't

12-Jan-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Perth

Shorter format, smaller gulf

After the wild swings of fortune in the Tests, the one-dayers should be a more tight contest

10-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Pietersen's jinx revived?

It was just Pietersen's luck that George Dockrell wasn't even meant to be bowling having only replaced the injured Hamid Hassan

09-Jan-2012•George Dobell

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Analysis

Andrew Miller

Shashank Kishore

Osman Samiuddin

Greg Chappell

Firdose Moonda