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Overseas spinners and their woes in India

Overseas spinners and their woes in India

Indian tracks are known to aid spin, but visiting slow bowlers have struggled to turn on the magic over the last two decades

03-Oct-2008•S Rajesh

Ponting's shot at redemption, and Hayden's rare feat

Ponting's shot at redemption, and Hayden's rare feat

Why Australia's captain could turn around his poor record in India, and openers who haven't been out caught-behind too often

26-Sep-2008•S Rajesh

Why Australia will miss Symonds in India

Why Australia will miss Symonds in India

Andrew Symonds' ability to score big quickly and handle spinners competently suggests his team will miss him in India

19-Sep-2008•S Rajesh

Great at No. 5, slouches elsewhere

Great at No. 5, slouches elsewhere

Flintoff's remarkable recent form with the bat in ODIs against South Africa continued an extremely successful period for England's No. 5 batsmen

12-Sep-2008•S Rajesh

Bad times for Dravid and Kallis, and England's new No. 3

Bad times for Dravid and Kallis, and England's new No. 3

Kallis and Dravid have been the mainstays of their batting orders for a while now, but 2008 has been a particularly bad year for both

05-Sep-2008•S Rajesh

Call correct, call the shots

Call correct, call the shots

At some venues hosting day-night ODIs, just winning the toss might be enough

29-Aug-2008•S Rajesh

Livewire in a graveyard

Livewire in a graveyard

Surrounded by the subcontinental deathbeds, Dambulla has been the best ODI venue for bowlers

22-Aug-2008•S Rajesh

India's middle-order blues

India's middle-order blues

How Murali and Mendis brought about one of the worst batting displays by the Indian middle order in the last 40 years

15-Aug-2008•S Rajesh

Why it pays to open in Sri Lanka

Why it pays to open in Sri Lanka

The strength of Sri Lanka's spin attack has meant opening partnerships have yielded more runs for overseas teams than those in the middle and lower orders

01-Aug-2008•S Rajesh

England's problems with No. 6

England's problems with No. 6

England have struggled with one batting slot for more than 20 years

25-Jul-2008•S Rajesh

Ntini and his first-Test blues

Ntini and his first-Test blues

The difference between Makhaya Ntini's bowling average in first and second Tests of series is more than ten runs per wicket

18-Jul-2008•S Rajesh

The best batting pitches in Tests

The best batting pitches in Tests

At which venues have batsmen made hay recently?

11-Jul-2008•S Rajesh

The flattest ODI pitch in the world

The flattest ODI pitch in the world

One-day cricket isn't much fun for the bowlers at the best of times, but in the Asia Cup theirs has been an especially unenviable job

04-Jul-2008•S Rajesh

Malik's favourite opposition

Malik's favourite opposition

Shoaib Malik has thrived on the challenges of captaining Pakistan and playing India

27-Jun-2008•S Rajesh

Australia's pace kings rise to the challenge

Australia's pace kings rise to the challenge

In Brett Lee and Stuart Clark, Australia have just the right men to spearhead their attack

20-Jun-2008•S Rajesh

Splendid Anderson and his Achilles heel

Splendid Anderson and his Achilles heel

Over the last 11 months James Anderson has been in excellent form, but he still hasn't solved the puzzle of how to bowl to left-hand batsmen

13-Jun-2008•S Rajesh

West Indies' fourth-innings heroes

West Indies' fourth-innings heroes

How Chanderpaul and Sarwan have starred for West Indies in the last innings of Tests in recent times

06-Jun-2008•S Rajesh

The IPL's most valuable players

The IPL's most valuable players

With the league stage of the IPL out of the way, we look at the best batsmen and bowlers in the tournament so far

30-May-2008•S Rajesh

Why Rajasthan have been such a force

Why Rajasthan have been such a force

Which IPL teams have capitalised the most on Powerplays, and which have been the best finishers

23-May-2008•S Rajesh

The best IPL team, and the most effective hitter

The best IPL team, and the most effective hitter

A look at the teams' batting and bowling performances, and the singles and boundary percentages for batsmen

16-May-2008•S Rajesh

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