Match Analysis

Herath and his fourth-innings heists

Sri Lanka have defended scores of less than 250 only four times in their Test history. Every single time, Rangana Herath has been at the centre of it all

02-Oct-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Liton proves himself a keeper

While Bangladesh have a long way to go to save the Test, the attitude and skill of wicketkeeper Liton Das has given them something to rally around

01-Oct-2017•Firdose Moonda in Potchefstroom

Haris Sohail leaves his hell behind

Despite the talk that came with him being selected over the perpetually in-form Fawad Alam, and with the added pressure of Pakistan being in trouble, Haris Sohail astutely put together the "best day of his career"

01-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Potchefstroom offers something for everyone

The first Test has not produced great drama over its first three days, but it has given both South Africa and Bangladesh reasons to feel good about themselves

30-Sep-2017•Firdose Moonda

Hello again, Sami Aslam

Dropped after scoring tough runs on tough tours, Sami Aslam is back, and in his comeback innings scored a half-century that highlighted both his strengths and his puzzling inability to convert his starts

30-Sep-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Mixed feelings for Elgar after 'anticlimactic' day

An "amateur moment" with the bat and "blunders" at slip left the South Africa opener less than satisfied on a day when his 199 helped his side take control of the Potchefstroom Test

29-Sep-2017•Firdose Moonda in Potchefstroom

Nine hours of captain Chandimal

This wasn't a madcap dash like his 169-ball 162 in Galle two years ago. It was, instead, a quiet epic, the innings of an extravagantly gifted batsman adapting to leadership

29-Sep-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Can Jadhav go from useful to indispensable?

Middle-order innovation and a uniquely low-and-slow style of offspin have earned Kedar Jadhav plenty of goodwill within India's ODI line-up, but he might need to make bigger batting contributions more often to carve a permanent spot for himself

29-Sep-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Zampa wins the latest battle against Pandya

The Australian legspinner successfully figured out how to counter the Indian big-hitter after he had smashed him around earlier in the series

28-Sep-2017•Alagappan Muthu

What makes Kedar Jadhav the spinner different?

From subtle changes in line to aid the spinners to fields that did not help the fast bowlers, Aakash Chopra breaks down the Bengaluru ODI for us

28-Sep-2017•Aakash Chopra

Why did Bangladesh bowl on this Potchefstroom track?

How did the visitors read the pitch so badly as to bowl first, especially since the numbers are traditionally stacked against them when they choose to do so

28-Sep-2017•Mohammad Isam

Karunaratne shines as Sri Lanka savour unremarkable day

Amid tumult, Dimuth Karunaratne has been Sri Lanka's lynchpin; he is the team's leading Test scorer this year, and fifth in the world

28-Sep-2017•Osman Samiuddin

Lewis helps West Indies find their groove

Evin Lewis' masterful innings could signal the way for a West Indies revival in the 50-over format

27-Sep-2017•Nagraj Gollapudi

How India tamed the Maxwell monster

Over the course of the first three ODIs, Glenn Maxwell has managed only 58 runs while falling three times to the same bowler, Yuzvendra Chahal. What are the cunning plans behind India's success against him?

25-Sep-2017•Alagappan Muthu and Gaurav Sundararaman

Pandya proves his skill of building an innings

Aakash Chopra dissects Aaron Finch's well-paced century, Hardik Pandya's growth as a batsman, and Australia's new-ball tactics

24-Sep-2017•Aakash Chopra

Rohit's Superman-like, six-hitting transformation

No other batsman has come close to the rate at which Rohit Sharma has cleared the boundary over the last four years. On Sunday, his stand-and-deliver style helped him dominate Australia

24-Sep-2017•Alagappan Muthu in Indore

Nadeem leaves imprint on spinners' day

The highest wicket-taker in the 2016/17 Ranji Trophy season, Shahbaz Nadeem was India A's best performer on the opening day of their unofficial Test against New Zealand A

23-Sep-2017•Shashank Kishore in Vijayawada

Does he have an ODI hat-trick?

Who among these bowlers has an ODI hat-trick, and who doesn't? Take a shot at our quiz

21-Sep-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kohli's trigger movement negates Australia's plans

From Steven Smith's field to Bhuvneshwar Kumar's set-up, Aakash Chopra analyses play in the second ODI in Kolkata

21-Sep-2017•Aakash Chopra

Pandya's six-hitting ability is special

Former India opener Aakash Chopra looks at five talking points from the series opener

18-Sep-2017•Aakash Chopra

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