Match Analysis

The 5467-day wait to beat Pakistan in UAE

Fifteen years, 5467 days on, Pakistan suffered a Test series defeat in the UAE at the hands of Sri Lanka, who pulled off a feat beyond Australia, South Africa and England

10-Oct-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

How Sri Lanka's fast bowlers have outdone Pakistan's

For the work they have put in against the heat, and the helpless pitches, Suranga Lakmal and Nuwan Pradeep deserve much praise

09-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin

Du Plessis impressed by Olivier's 'incredible effort'

South Africa will have tougher tests to come, but they wanted to learn more about their support pace bowling and Duanne Olivier took his chance well

08-Oct-2017•Firdose Moonda

Finch, Maxwell and a bad romance

Australia's batsmen have spoken a lot about having a gameplan to deal with India's spinners. On Saturday, they were undone by sticking to them so rigidly that they forgot to think on their feet

08-Oct-2017•Arun Venugopal in Ranchi

Bhuvneshwar outwits Warner, and Maxwell's legspin problem

Aakash Chopra takes a closer look at how some of the key moments and player match-ups panned out in the first T20I in Ranchi

07-Oct-2017•Aakash Chopra

'Tired' Yasir not interested in records

Yasir Shah has continued to be play the role of both workhorse as well as strike bowler ever since Pakistan started playing three fast bowlers more often

07-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Inside the heart of a Karunaratne classic

Being excluded from the ODI squad seemed not to bother the Sri Lanka opener, as he scored his seventh Test hundred to give his team control of the innings

07-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Memory of Amir clouds the new reality

The world has waited for the spells of 2010 from Mohammad Amir but - for a host of reasons - they have failed to really materialise. However, all is not lost

06-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Fear ruling Mushfiqur's mind

Bangladesh's captain didn't learn from his mistakes from the opening Test and the team's development overseas will continue to be hampered without braver decision making

06-Oct-2017•Firdose Moonda

Mustafizur stands out amid Bangladesh pace woes

Bangladesh's fast bowlers struggled, managing only five wickets over 108 overs in the first Test; only one of them went out of his way to try and break the cycle

03-Oct-2017•Mohammad Isam

The truth about Rangaiyya

To the rest of the world, Rangana Herath is a lovable teddy bear of a slow left-armer. To Pakistan, he's a mean-ass, conniving devil who has taunted and harassed them for over a decade

03-Oct-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

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

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