Analysis

Priceless opening and the upar cut

Plays of the day from Sri Lanka's one-sided encounter against Zimbabwe in Pallekele

10-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Dhoni's spin on spinners is a googly

A case of Piyush Chawla's emotional career history keeping R Ashwin out of the XI

10-Mar-2011•Sharda Ugra

Pakistan in a bind over Kamran

Problems with the bat could prompt Pakistan to retain Kamran Akmal despite his wicketkeeping woes

10-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

India and Harbhajan on loop

India's performances against Associates Ireland and Netherlands have been worryingly similar, but perhaps most concerning is Harbhajan Singh's apparent inability to pick up wickets

09-Mar-2011•Sharda Ugra at the Feroz Shah Kotla

A wasted opportunity for Netherlands

Like fellow Associates Ireland, Netherlands play as a team and have belief, however, unlike Ireland, they do not have definite plans, as is evident from the number of dot balls they face while batting

09-Mar-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi at the Feroz Shah Kotla

Yuvraj's butter-fingers moment

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the World Cup, Group B match between India and Netherlands in Delhi

09-Mar-2011•Sharda Ugra and Nagraj Gollapudi

Morkel happy to be in the shadows

Despite a lack of wickets at the World Cup, South Africa's giant opening bowler isn't concerned and is happy to let the spinners take the limelight

09-Mar-2011•Firdose Moonda in Nagpur

Calamity Kamran seems undroppable

How to approach this politely? Ian Chappell was pretty polite. "If his batting was as good as Don Bradman's," he said on air, "he couldn't score enough runs to make up for what he costs them with his keeping."

08-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Canada learn from their mistakes

When they were in with a chance of upsetting Pakistan, Canada choked, but against Kenya, they used smart tactics and learned how to build partnerships

07-Mar-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi at the Feroz Shah Kotla

India's situation man

The stand-out feature of Yuvraj Singh's performance against Ireland was his adaptability. He proved more than a part-timer on a turning track, and a mature guide in India's tough chase

06-Mar-2011•Sharda Ugra at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

A bold and welcome move

By drafting in Michael Hussey, and keeping Dirk Nannes on standby, Australia's selectors have taken a gamble that's out of character but welcome and worth taking

06-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Mercurial England spring back to life

An inspired fightback against South Africa has revived a campaign that has been an emotional roller-coaster thus far

06-Mar-2011•Andrew Miller

Reversing the scales key in Bangalore clash

In a battle that is no longer David v Goliath, India need to focus on the minute details that almost cost them the England game while Ireland need to perform big

05-Mar-2011•Sharda Ugra in Bangalore

Sammy leads from the front

West Indies shouldn't get carried away after their huge victory over Bangladesh but there were promising signs as they hunt a quarter-final spot

04-Mar-2011•Sidharth Monga in Dhaka

Familiar failings for Zimbabwe

The game against New Zealand was a chance for Zimbabwe to show the world they were improving but their batting wasn't up to the occasion

04-Mar-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi in Ahmedabad

Pakistan's defensive tactics almost cost them

Taking the batting Powerplay with tailenders at the wicket; plans to bowl maidens when defending 184; five outside the circle when an Associate nation is eight down - surely Pakistan are being too cautious

03-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at the Premadasa Stadium

Awesome O'Brien laps up finest hour

On Wednesday night in Bangalore, an Irish legend was born

02-Mar-2011•Liam Brickhill in Bangalore

Easy as spit for O'Brien

The plays of the day from an epic contest between England and Ireland in Bangalore

02-Mar-2011•Liam Brickhill in Bangalore

Malinga's freakery wasted on Kenya

Kenya were such miserably unequal opponents, Lasith Malinga's hat-trick was too underwhelming

01-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Pollard the giant takes small steps

Kieron Pollard has still to convince that he is more than a Twenty20 slogger and he'll need to score runs against better attacks than Netherlands to sway opinion

28-Feb-2011•Firdose Moonda in Delhi

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