Analysis

A win to savour for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka were totally written off after their innings defeat in the first Test. Their response in Durban has got the team celebrating with joy

29-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

Australia make for compelling viewing

Michael Clarke's side is not a great one, but just about everything Australia have done in their past five Tests has made for compelling viewing. Whether good or bad, it has been impossible to look away

29-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Serene Sangakkara leads Sri Lankan dominance

Sri Lanka's dominance on the third day was not brutal but calm and smooth. No one exemplified this more than Kumar Sangakkara

28-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

'The best bowling attack I've played with' - Sehwag

India's bowling department has been over-reliant on Zaheer Khan in recent times, but Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav's impressive performances in Melbourne have given the attack a sense of completeness

28-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Experienced hands rescue Australia

Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey have both been under pressure, but their recovery act, on a day when the other batsmen continued to show frailties, will reinforce the selectors' faith in them

28-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

The Durban jinx continues to baffle

Why do South Africa keep stumbling to low scores at Kingsmead? It is a question that makes even the usually sage-like Hashim Amla nervous

27-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

Tendulkar's promise of a glorious summer

Sachin Tendulkar batted with fluency and control to help India break the trend of batting failures that had blighted their start to overseas tours in recent times

27-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Australian seamers show mettle against the best

India were undoubtedly on top, but James Pattinson and his fast-bowling colleagues showed a willingness to toil hard against the best batsmen in the business

27-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Not a bad first day for poor starters

It was a day when both teams' weaker suits - Australia's batting and India's bowling - came face to face, and India didn't come out looking out of place

26-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Patient Cowan earns the MCG's respect

It is to Cowan's credit that in his first Test innings, he played his way and was not caught up in the occasion, nor the quick tempo set by his partners David Warner and Ricky Ponting

26-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Can India overcome the first-Test ghost?

On three of their last four tours, they have lost the first Tests, all rain-affected games. The weather in Melbourne doesn't promise anything different

25-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Jury awaits on revamped Australia

They were stuck in a rut for several summers before the last one, but it is impossible to comprehend how much Australian cricket has been transformed in the past year

25-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Stiff challenge for openers on South African tracks

Pitches in South Africa have given openers, especially those from the subcontinent, a hard time, and the track at Kingsmead promises to make life difficult for the Sri Lankan batsmen

24-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda

Bangladesh doomed by paucity of first-class cricket

Bangladesh need to work on building their skills in the longer formats of the game, but the next four months will see their domestic season dominated by 50-over and T20 games

23-Dec-2011•Mohammad Isam

Time to call for Cowan

Ed Cowan has scored hundreds against the touring Indians and New Zealanders this summer. He should play in the Boxing Day Test

20-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Punjab, Baroda lead race for quarter-final spots

What the Elite teams need to do to make the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy

20-Dec-2011•Nitin Sundar

Show about 'nothing' gets record ratings

The teams are mixed, the crowds underwhelming, inter-state rivalries absent, and yet, the BBL has generated a record TV audience in its opening round

19-Dec-2011•Alex Malcolm

South Africa starting to gel dangerously

South Africa are bringing together all areas of their game and producing a dangerous combination

17-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at SuperSport Park

Manner of defeat more concerning for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's struggles on the field are compounded by their issues behind the scenes

17-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at SuperSport Park

Lack of runs hinders Sri Lanka fight

Sri Lanka kept up a competitive spirit for large parts of day two but their lack of first-innings runs saw their comeback wilt away

16-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at SuperSport Park

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