Country Reviews 2016

From No. 1 to now what have you done

From the top of the world, Pakistan came crashing down

04-Jan-2017•Osman Samiuddin

Showing 'em the money

Several boards improved the contracts structure for their female players, and the new franchise tournaments brought more money into the game

03-Jan-2017•Raf Nicholson

New dawn follows disaster

Five consecutive Test defeats derailed a good start to 2016, but Australia finished strongly to inspire hope for the year ahead

03-Jan-2017•Daniel Brettig

Joy, distress, and a passing of the baton

It was an up-and-down year for New Zealand, marked by a change of captaincy, the death of a legend, and a couple of impressive debuts

01-Jan-2017•Andrew Alderson

Top of the pops

The most-read pieces of content on the site in 2016

31-Dec-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dhaka dream, Bangalore nightmare

Bangladesh did not have a packed 2016, but they made the most of it for the most part

31-Dec-2016•Mohammad Isam

Well begun is half-done

England's bid for the No. 1 Test ranking failed after the second half of their year was spent sliding to defeat in challenging conditions

30-Dec-2016•George Dobell

The golden boys

Just about everything came up roses for India in 2016

29-Dec-2016•Sidharth Monga

The rebound specialists

South Africa's year started badly and got worse, before taking a decisive turn for the better

28-Dec-2016•Firdose Moonda

From farce to fierce

Sri Lanka provided laughs with their slapstick incompetence in the first half of the year, then came storming back with a whitewashing of Australia

27-Dec-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Three steps forward, three steps back

West Indies' year began brightly with a trio of world titles, but then predictable bad blood between players and administrators affected results

26-Dec-2016•Garth Wattley

Some sparks, mostly gloom

Their results showed that there is still talent within Zimbabwe's ranks, but how can cricket flourish while the country grapples with larger problems?

25-Dec-2016•Liam Brickhill

A gulf between the Associates

Afghanistan and Ireland received support and some success, but the rest were left to fight over meagre scraps this year

24-Dec-2016•Tim Wigmore

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'All good things must come to an end' - Pujara retires from all Indian cricket

24-Aug-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Stats - Records tumble in Mackay as Head, Marsh and Green batter South Africa

24-Aug-2025•Namooh Shah

'Always put his mind, body and soul for the country' - colleagues react to Pujara's retirement

24-Aug-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cheteshwar Pujara: Australia's scourge, Karnataka's villain, India's rock

24-Aug-2025 • 23 hrs ago•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Pretoria Capitals name Ganguly head coach, Pollock assistant coach in SA20

24-Aug-2025 • Updated 5 hrs ago•ESPNcricinfo staff

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Country Reviews 2016

Alex Malcolm

Danyal Rasool

Karthik Krishnaswamy

Andrew Miller

Sidharth Monga