Match Analysis

Decisions, drops and dead balls

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test at Headingley

02-Aug-2012•George Dobell and Firdose Moonda at Headingley

Kohli in a zone of his own

Every day, Virat Kohli's young batting colleagues are seeing a live manual on how to manage their careers

01-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Colombo

West Indies' chances reduce on flat pitch

On a placid surface, the West Indian bowlers could not make deep inroads into the New Zealand batting line-up before the lead was wiped out

29-Jul-2012•Subash Jayaraman in Antigua

Rahul Sharma holds up under scrutiny

Rahul Sharma played his first ODI after news of his alleged recreational drug use, and he seemed to be coping quite well

29-Jul-2012•Abhishek Purohit at the Premadasa

New Zealand refuse to break

New Zealand found wickets hard to come by and at times struggled to control the run-flow. Their effort in the field did not flag though

28-Jul-2012•Subash Jayaraman in Antigua

Gayle returns in terrific style

Chris Gayle returned to the West Indies side with a century in his first innings, a performance that has put them ahead in the Antigua Test

28-Jul-2012•Subash Jayaraman in Antigua

Welcome back, Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle made a successful return to Test cricket after an 18-month absence, leading West Indies with a half-century in Antigua

27-Jul-2012•Subash Jayaraman in Antigua

Glimpses of a glorious past

Ravi Rampaul and Kemar Roach hustled the New Zealand batsmen with the second new ball, rekindling memories of great West Indian fast bowling

27-Jul-2012•Subash Jayaraman in Antigua

Dhoni's dilemma: Rohit or Tiwary?

Manoj Tiwary may just have caught up with Rohit Sharma after staying on his heels for sometime

26-Jul-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Colombo

Guptill battles the Narine threat

Martin Guptill batted with lots of patience and application against Sunil Narine for most of the day, before giving it away three short of a hundred

26-Jul-2012•Subash Jayaraman in Antigua

Perera's day to remember

Plays of the Day from the first ODI between Sri Lanka and India in Hambantota

24-Jul-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hambantota

Losing at their own game

England were hammered playing attritional cricket in their own backyard - a defeat that may have signalled a power shift in Test cricket

23-Jul-2012•George Dobell at The Oval

Regularity brings rewards

Gary Kirsten has carefully developed the environment for South Africa to flourish, through consistency and togetherness

23-Jul-2012•Firdose Moonda at The Oval

England No. 1 status hanging by a thread

After another chastening day, the alarm bells that sounded for England in the UAE are now roaring in their ears as their fallibility on slow, low pitches becomes evident again

22-Jul-2012•George Dobell at The Oval

The silent triumph of Hashim Amla

He has long been an icon in South African cricket and now Hashim Amla has touched new territory for the country and secured a place in history

22-Jul-2012•Firdose Moonda at The Oval

Kallis dedicates great day to Boucher

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth day at The Oval

22-Jul-2012•George Dobell and Firdose Moonda at The Oval

Kohli keeps raising the bar

He continues to pile on the hundreds and whatever the situation in a game, he appears to be in control

22-Jul-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hambantota

Blunted England facing pitch battle

England's main bowling weapons proved ineffective on a sluggish track and, although they have been in this position before, they must fight now to save the Test

21-Jul-2012•George Dobell at The Oval

Smith and Amla a study in contrasts

Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla both scored centuries on the third at The Oval but that is where the similarities stop for two vastly different batsmen

21-Jul-2012•Firdose Moonda at The Oval

Remove Smith, but it's Kallis next

Plays of the Day from day two of the first Test between England and South Africa

21-Jul-2012•George Dobell and Firdose Moonda at The Oval

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