Analysis

A lesson in perseverance

With 619 on the board for New Zealand, the third day was going to be one where the pitch would be taken out of the equation. It was going to be a day decided by mental and physical battles

28-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Let down by fielding and intensity

This Indian team has taken giant strides over the last year and a half, but when the pitch is flat, and when the batsmen are hard to dislodge, they seem to switch off

27-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

One man's instinct, or a vote?

26-Mar-2009•Dileep Premachandran

India forced to play 'catch up'

It had all the makings of a dramatic day for India. In fact, things started happening too quickly last afternoon

26-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Wairarapa boys punish India

In a summer of gloom, the two silver linings for New Zealand cricket shone bright on a lovely sunny day in Napier today

26-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Bullish India shed 'conventional' methods

Not only are they making a mockery of the jinxes that have haunted Indian cricket for long, Dhoni's men are also breaking long-standing traditions

25-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Vettori promises hard fight

Daniel Vettori knows the public deserves better than what happened in Hamilton, a tame defeat in four days. It's not the loss that hurts them as much, but the manner in which they lost

25-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

A great advertisement for women's cricket

The pitches, slower at the end of Australia's summer season, aided spin but did not let the bowlers to dominate the batsmen; the two-week format allowed each side a minimum of four games

24-Mar-2009•Nishi Narayanan

Harris leaves 'buffet bowler' tag behind

The Australians must have been waiting for table service at Newlands, where they failed to handle what Harris dished up in a Man-of-the-Match performance that earned him his best match figures of 9 for 161

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Centurion Johnson morphs into an allrounder

The Mitchell Johnson allrounder debate is over. His captain says he's an allrounder. He says he's an allrounder. The figures from this tour back them up

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

England's win could be a lesson to other boards

England's win will send a message to the other boards that investment does pay off. Women are traditionally keen students of the game and often to be elite athletes requires a good deal of career sacrifice and understanding employers

22-Mar-2009•Jenny Roesler in Sydney

Sublime de Villiers repays Arthur's faith

AB de Villiers' contribution of 163 continued his brilliant series, which had been the intention when the coach Mickey Arthur declined to push him up to open

21-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Defiant Prince returns with a bang

Ashwell Prince's return century was also an innings of defiance, not so much against a limp Australia attack but against the shabby way he had been handled by the selectors

20-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Sachin evokes his prime

Bring back Shane Warne, Shaun Pollock and Wasim Akram because we have a conundrum here that only they can solve. The way Sachin Tendulkar has batted on this tour, and in the matches leading up to it, it seems he has hit the kind of patch he did in the mid

20-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Hamilton

Unbalanced Australia pay the price

There was just one problem for Australia - five spare bowlers, no extra batsmen - which meant there was no one to cover for an injured batsman

19-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Bates smashes her way into England's concerns

Suzie Bates' total was the highest for a female New Zealand batsman, beating Karen Le Combers' 135 not out against Ireland in 1996

19-Mar-2009•Jenny Roesler in Sydney

Wish you were here

It was an exhilarating day's play. Six wickets in the first session, followed by two superb centuries, a good comeback by the bowling side and a blazing start by the visitors

18-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga at Seddon Park

The drama around Ryder's maiden century

The hapless Chris Martin came in to bat with five balls to go in the Harbhajan over, with Ryder looking on from the non-striker's end, two short of a maiden Test century.

18-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Hamilton

Dangerous underdogs

A tough series will maintain the credibility of New Zealand's Test side, a win will set them forward by leaps, but they can't afford to get outplayed

17-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Hamilton

Buoyant India unfazed by dismal record

They may not have a Test win in New Zealand since 1976 but India are focused on winning the series instead of worrying about past performances

17-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Hamilton

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