Analysis

Sunny in Indore but not in New Delhi

Cricinfo picks out the highlights of the first two rounds of the Ranji Trophy 2009-10

14-Nov-2009•Sidharth Monga

Honeymoon's over, the kids need help

The youngsters need to recapture the fearlessness and clear-headedness that drove India to an impressive one-day record over the past two years

12-Nov-2009•Sidharth Monga

A most Australian win

Australia's series win has been among their most characteristic - and least. And Ponting has been at the heart of it all

10-Nov-2009•Sidharth Monga

West Indies knocking on the big league

With West Indies' victory against England at St Kitts, has the women's game finally got another major player on the park? Are the Awesome Foursome now the Big Five?

05-Nov-2009•Jenny Roesler

Fighting Australia fall short

Though Australia lost, Ricky Ponting was proud of the manner in which his team battled in tough conditions

31-Oct-2009•Sidharth Monga at the Feroz Shah Kotla

A partnership made in batting heaven

Yuvraj is stylish and makes batting look easy; Dhoni works hard without bothering about aesthetics. And yet, when they combine, they produce something special

31-Oct-2009•Sidharth Monga at the Feroz Shah Kotla

When Dhoni's worlds collide

Dhoni has adapted his game superbly to the needs of his team over the last couple of years, and it was again evident in a blazing century

28-Oct-2009•Sidharth Monga in Nagpur

Teams exposed by batting Powerplay

In a close match, the one passage of play which exposed both teams' weaknesses was the implementation of the batting Powerplay

25-Oct-2009•Sidharth Monga in Vadodara

Defeated, but far from discouraged

They didn't win the tournament, but T&T got the cricketing world talking of the talent in the Caribbean

23-Oct-2009•Nagraj Gollapudi in Hyderabad

Indomitable Lee douses T&T's dream

Lee was colossal; with the bat his experience and maturity really told and with the ball he was lethal

23-Oct-2009•Dileep Premachandran in Hyderabad

Two spinners, one mould

Different in talent and stature they may be, but Kumble and van der Merwe spin a mean web

17-Oct-2009•Sriram Veera at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Don't ask, don't tell

A senior player has been given reason to feel slighted, while youngsters have been made to feel less sure of their aptitude. vision and transparency are conspicuous by their absence

15-Oct-2009•Sidharth Monga

Mesmeric Sehwag is the difference

Delhi's win wouldn't have been possible without a mighty innings from Sehwag

11-Oct-2009•Nagraj Gollapudi in Delhi

Katich leads sans fuss and frills

What Simon Katich has done in Twenty20 is understand his limits while playing to his strengths

09-Oct-2009•Nagraj Gollapudi in Delhi

England's unkickable habit

This time, there can be no way back for Steve Harmison. Surely?

08-Oct-2009•Andrew Miller

Staying alive

The Champions Trophy has shown that ODIs can still be a format in which many things pleasing and surprising may happen

06-Oct-2009•Osman Samiuddin in South Africa

New Zealand lack last-burst player

The side's only hope lay in a burst of genius but that goes against the very ethos of modern New Zealand sides

06-Oct-2009•Osman Samiuddin in Centurion

Pakistan powerless in Powerplays

If we are to dissect, it is the batsmen who lost it and nothing new is said in that

04-Oct-2009•Osman Samiuddin in Johannesburg

Vettori's value fully received

How well Vettori performed, and how well his team followed

04-Oct-2009•Sambit Bal in Johannesburg

Can England continue to surprise?

They came into this tournament as no-hopers, yet England now find themselves in the semi-finals. But, in many ways, that's just typical of them

01-Oct-2009•Osman Samiuddin in Centurion

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