Match Analysis

Bangladesh yet to decode T20 format

ESPNcricinfo on five takeaways for Bangladesh from their 2-0 defeat in the T20I series against South Africa

08-Jul-2015•Mohammad Isam

Inexperienced Sri Lanka loosen chokehold again

Sri Lanka's mistakes on the fourth day in Pallekele were only minor but one complacent hour turned into two, allowing Pakistan a way back into the match

06-Jul-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Pakistan left to ponder another batting failure

Pakistan's series began with a batting fightback in Galle to win the Test. In the third match, inconsistency has left them scrambling to save the series

05-Jul-2015•Umar Farooq in Pallekele

Mathews' mopping act salvages Sri Lanka again

This was almost as timely a knock for Angelo Mathews as it was for his team, because in comparison to his mind-melting 2014, his returns across formats this year had been a little underwhelming

05-Jul-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

South Africa edge spin battle

On a slow, low Mirpur surface, Bangladesh lost the key battle of how well their batsmen could handle the opposition's slower bowlers

05-Jul-2015•Mohammad Isam in Mirpur

Tectonic shift in Sri Lanka's gameplan?

Sri Lanka's quicks have now taken 24 wickets in this series, to the spinners' combined tally of 13. Is a little revolution taking place in Sri Lanka's Test cricket? Is their gameplan fundamentally changing?

04-Jul-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Pakistan's new go-to bowler

Yasir Shah is only in his tenth Test match, but is already becoming Misbah-ul-Haq's man for all situations

03-Jul-2015•Umar Farooq

Karunaratne's lone march leaves SL with deja vu

A Sri Lankan left-hand batsman made a big score amid a batting collapse, and at the end of the day, his team was somehow still heading towards an underwhelming total. Sounds familiar?

03-Jul-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Post-rehab Junaid not the same

For four years Junaid Khan was Pakistan's best bowler after Saeed Ajmal, but he is now struggling to regain the pace and accuracy he had before the knee injury in October

29-Jun-2015•Umar Farooq in Colombo

Pakistan's comeback stirring but incomplete

Azhar Ali's ninth Test hundred laid the platform for Pakistan to overturn a 177-run deficit, but both he and his team ended day four feeling like they could have accomplished a lot more

28-Jun-2015•Umar Farooq in Colombo

Prasad 2.0, up and running

Injuries have been a regular occurrence throughout his career, but each time, Prasad has come out stronger. Now fit and firing, he gives Sri Lanka what they have often missed in the recent past - a fast bowler with attitude

28-Jun-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Sri Lanka's caution sleep-inducing, but effective

Their slow-burning brand of cricket might not be the most exciting, but it certainly appears to be the team's most logical approach

26-Jun-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Shehzad stumbling after promising start

Pakistan's search for a stable opener seemed to have ended with Ahmed Shehzad, but he hasn't done enough to cement his spot in recent months

25-Jun-2015•Umar Farooq in Colombo

Tharindu Kaushal's charismatic inception

Tharindu Kaushal's ripping, wrist-spun offbreak and self-belief were on full display as he spun his way to a five-wicket haul that promised good things for Sri Lanka in years to come

25-Jun-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will finisher Raina find lasting success?

Notwithstanding Suresh Raina's utility in ODIs, he has never quite been a full-fledged match-winner. MS Dhoni will hope Raina can change that in his new role at No 6

25-Jun-2015•Alagappan Muthu in Mirpur

Nasir shines with ball, but team wants more with bat

Nasir Hossain has returned a more confident player as a bowler and a fielder, but Bangladesh need him to flourish in his primary role as a finisher

22-Jun-2015•Mohammad Isam

Rahane needs more versatility in ODIs

MS Dhoni said Ajinkya Rahane was left out of the second ODI because he tends to struggle in the middle order on pitches that are slow, and there are no vacancies in the top order

22-Jun-2015•Alagappan Muthu in Mirpur

Mustafizur shows he's no one-trick pony

Mustafizur Rahman's record-breaking exploits were watched by his family all over Bangladesh, and it proved he was not going to be easy to read

21-Jun-2015•Mohammad Isam

Sri Lanka enact a B-grade horror film

They had Pakistan by the collar, but at the end of the Test, it was somehow the hosts who ended up pants-less

21-Jun-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Misbah encouraged by Pakistan's Test future

Misbah-ul-Haq said the victory in Galle was a great result, especially because the result was built on the performances of the less-experienced players in the team

21-Jun-2015•Umar Farooq in Galle

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