Match Analysis

How'd you like a bit of Fakhar Zaman then?

In a country that is used to seeing openers who build by attrition rather than fire, Fakhar Zaman is a raging strokemaker who doesn't allow himself to get tied down by circumstances

17-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Australia undone by familiar challenges

Yet another abject first-innings performance against top-class opposition has left the team management with more headaches

17-Oct-2018•Daniel Brettig in Abu Dhabi

Brooding Sarfraz Ahmed cuts loose to rediscover his groove

With the pressure "coming from all corners" and his side 57 for 5, Sarfraz Ahmed produced the sort of punchy innings that used to be his trademark

16-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Lyon nails his moment, and Pakistan

Starting with the steady envelopment of Azhar Ali, it was the sort of spell occasionally delivered by great bowlers at moments of import

16-Oct-2018•Daniel Brettig in Abu Dhabi

Big Jase shines bright for beleaguered West Indies

From not getting places to train to losing key players, it has been a difficult tour for West Indies but their captain has stood up to the challenges on and off the field

14-Oct-2018•Alagappan Muthu In Hyderabad

Umesh Yadav, India's go-to pacer at home

Along with his incisiveness, Umesh showed his ability to shoulder extra load in the absence of Shardul Thakur, producing a career-best performance against West Indies

13-Oct-2018•Alagappan Muthu in Hyderabad

Rahane tames his demons, Rahul revisits them

In Rahane's bloody mindedness was a lesson for Rahul in turning around his form and confidence

13-Oct-2018•Alagappan Muthu in Hyderabad

Roston Chase masters spin and shows the way

While the other batsmen struggled to score runs or played reckless shots, West Indies' No. 6 rescued them with a near-spotless 98 not out

12-Oct-2018•Alagappan Muthu in Hyderabad

Dangerous times for Sarfraz Ahmed

Sarfraz, and as a result his bowlers, couldn't stick to anything long enough to know whether it would work or not

11-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Sweat, sweeps and salvation for Australia

In the year of ball-tampering and bans, a weakened team found a way to survive more overs than any Australian side before them to snatch a dramatic draw

11-Oct-2018•Daniel Brettig in Dubai

Samiuddin: Don't tell Bilal Asif he's not a Test cricketer

Before the first Test there were a lot of questions around why Bilal Asif shouldn't be in the Pakistan side. In one spell he showed why he should be

09-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin

New team writes fresh chapter of old story

Australia's issue surrounds the production line of talent, and the way young players are schooled. They once led the world in this respect, and now lag behind many

09-Oct-2018•Daniel Brettig in Dubai

Haris Sohail breaks through with innings of unhurried intelligence

He learned plenty about batting at Test level during Pakistan's tour of the UK without quite making the big scores to show for it. Now, in Dubai, he made all that learning count

08-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Marnus Labuschagne's leggies re-open an old question

Australia's fingerspinners have learned to adapt to Asian pitches that offer turn or inconsistent bounce. On flat tracks like Dubai's, however, they lack the cutting edge that a specialist wristspinner can bring

08-Oct-2018•Daniel Brettig in Dubai

Life, the universe, and Mohammad Hafeez

Here today, gone tomorrow, and back again, he's made enough comebacks for all of us to have a favourite. Which one is yours?

07-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Against the ropes, Langer's Australia persevere

After going wicketless in the first two sessions on a flat pitch in inhospitable weather conditions, the bowlers hit back to make inroads into Pakistan's line-up

07-Oct-2018•Daniel Brettig in Dubai

Calm self-belief takes Ravindra Jadeja to long-awaited milestone

Batting with the confidence of a man who averages 50 over the last two years, the hometown hero shepherded the tail expertly to reach his maiden Test hundred

05-Oct-2018•Alagappan Muthu in Rajkot

Kohli's focus the next lesson for carefree Pant

The pitch, the opposition, the heat were all peripheral to Kohli's single-minded pursuit of runs - while Pant made batting fun to watch

05-Oct-2018•Alagappan Muthu in Rajkot

Boy wonder Shaw's joyride continues

His punches belong in a boxing ring. He cuts with glee. And his flicks are 'tracer bullet' stuff

04-Oct-2018•Alagappan Muthu in Rajkot

Erratic Bloemfontein pitch could find itself in the dock

This isn't the first time the surface at the Mangaung Oval has come in for criticism

03-Oct-2018•Liam Brickhill

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