Match Analysis

Rahane's rescue act built on untypical restraint

Curbing his template of an early counterattack, the India batsman stayed away from risk to help his team out of a precarious situation

23-Aug-2019•Sidharth Monga

Australia ride their luck, but only so far

Tourists thankful for David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne staving off the potential of a 2015 Trent Bridge horror show

22-Aug-2019•Daniel Brettig at Headingley

Jofra Archer rampage evokes Jonah Lomu on 'frightening' debut

For the second time in as many days Jofra Archer produced a display that sent shock waves through the game

18-Aug-2019•Andrew Miller at Lord's

Super sub Marnus Labuschagne steps into the breach for Australia

The first concussions substitute in the history of Test cricket did more than his bit to help stave off an Australia defeat

18-Aug-2019•Daniel Brettig at Lord's

Chris Gayle signs off (not) in vintage Gayle fashion

A specially made jersey, a guard of honour (of sorts) from the opposition, and, then an announcement of his availability "until further notice"

14-Aug-2019•Sidharth Monga

Akila Dananjaya: Resilience, guile, and a bit of elbow grease

Plenty of spinners, particularly those from Sri Lanka, have faded away after remodelling their actions. It's still early days, but Akila Dananjaya seems to be bucking that trend

14-Aug-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Shreyas Iyer sticks to the nuts and bolts of middle-order ODI batting

Don't speculate on his road ahead. Simply sit back and watch him do his thing

12-Aug-2019•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Virat Kohli puts Deepak Chahar's new-ball skills on par with Bhuvneshwar Kumar's

Set up by an incisive opening over from senior colleague Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar swung his way to match-winning figures

07-Aug-2019•Hemant Brar

Justin Langer places 'best problem-solver' Steven Smith above Virat Kohli

It was not only great skill but enormous character, enormous courage, says the Australia coach about the batsman twin centuries at Edgbaston

06-Aug-2019•Daniel Brettig

For Edgbaston 2019 read Headingley 1989

Thirty years ago, an Australian side with a questionable record in England won at the venue they feared most

05-Aug-2019•Daniel Brettig at Edgbaston

Krunal Pandya, making a case to be India's second T20I allrounder

With another accomplished performance with bat and ball, he may have leapt above Jadeja, Vijay Shankar and Washington Sundar in the T20I pecking order

05-Aug-2019•Sruthi Ravindranath

Dobell: When England desperately needed their spinner to stand up, Moeen Ali failed to deliver

First Test feels like an ending, for these are the days when spinners must earn their keep

04-Aug-2019•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Dobell: Four problems England must fix

A spinner under pressure, a batsman in a Test slump, an Australian hungry for runs and an irreplaceable star make for a tough to-do list

03-Aug-2019•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Brettig: Steven Smith too good for England, but also Australia

England play one intriguing Test against Smith and another rather different one against the rest of Australia

03-Aug-2019•Daniel Brettig at Edgbaston

Navdeep Saini belongs to this stage

The 26-year old picked up three wickets on debut, his captain's praise and a smile that just wouldn't stop as he was named Man of the Match

03-Aug-2019•Deivarayan Muthu

Hold the obits; save the send-offs - Stuart Broad isn't done yet

Left out of the side for three of England's most recent seven Tests, veteran fast bowler works harder than ever to improve

01-Aug-2019•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Steven Smith sculpts the stuff of dreams

A hostile English crowd, a dicey pitch, a batting collapse, a rearguard century and adulation for one of the greatest innings ever

01-Aug-2019•Daniel Brettig at Edgbaston

Nerve, skill, errors: how the greatest ODI finish played out

You couldn't have scripted the end of the World Cup final better and it will take a long time to make sense of it. But here's an attempt

15-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Lord's

What the luck! New Zealand, and the randomness of life (or a World Cup final)

The way the World Cup final ended highlighted the deep sense of New Zealand's loss and the cruelty of it all

14-Jul-2019•Osman Samiuddin at Lord's

Kimber: Maybe winning World Cups is not in Australia's DNA, perhaps believing they will is in ours

Most of our lives has been Australia winning, but that doesn't change the genuine problems of the team

11-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Edgbaston

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