Tour Diary

The inexhaustible kindness of strangers in Pakistan

Over 72 hours in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, our correspondent sees little cricket but comes away with stories and enough love for a lifetime

28-Feb-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

When seagulls lead you to an impromptu dance party

Our correspondent in Australia goes around Canberra and Adelaide and encounters scenic distractions

18-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Going with the wind, leaving chic snobbery behind

Correspondent Vithushan Ehantharajah bonning vivant in Wellington and Hamilton, eating, running... and changing tyres

14-Dec-2024•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Bunny chow and beaches in Durban

Our correspondent takes in the sights and bites with a side of football while covering the first South Africa vs Sri Lanka Test

05-Dec-2024•Andrew Fidel Fernando

England players take the Kiwis' e-scooters too far

Correspondent Vithushan Ehantharajah goes around a bit to conclude that the outdoor views in New Zealand are better than those in the London Underground

03-Dec-2024•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Uncertainty in the corridors of power

Our man in Canberra finds out that cricket and politics are meant to mix at times

30-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Blunder down under

Our correspondent finds himself on the verge of entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Indian squad in Australia

19-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Ice-cold in Brontë country

Never mind Fred, Brian and Geoffrey, you can learn plenty about Yorkshire character from Emily, Charlotte and Anne

25-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Learning the sounds of Indian cricket in Mohali

ESPNcricinfo's South Africa correspondent gets caught up in the chanting of a rather sparsely populated PCA Stadium on her first time covering Test cricket in India

07-Nov-2015•Firdose Moonda in Mohali

Grasping the depth of drop-in pitches

In Melbourne, Sidharth Monga tries to understand the science and logistics behind the idea of drop-in pitches, and that they are not as complicated as he expected

24-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga in Melbourne

The ground which gave cricket Kumar Sangakkara

There is one international cricket ground where it is okay to make schoolboy errors. That's because the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy is home to the teams of Trinity College, who have played at the picturesque location chiseled out of the hillside for almost

14-Dec-2014•Alan Gardner

Not a shot you just get on with

Australian cricketers and the public are known for their certainty and clarity when it comes to cricket. That has gone missing as they struggle to come to terms with Phillip Hughes' death

01-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga

Catching practice with South Africa

South Africa train Sri Lankan schoolchildren to raise money for the country's blind team

22-Jul-2014•Firdose Moonda in Colombo

Old address, new home for Usman Afzaal

Usman Afzaal's new restaurant Slumdog, located bang opposite Trent Bridge, is all set to witness a Test match for the first time

05-Jul-2014•Sidharth Monga

A background score to idle afternoons

Musings about cricket in England, randomly thought, reread and rewatched on the nine-and-half-hour flight from Mumbai to London

01-Jul-2014•Sidharth Monga

Service with a smile

Bangladesh's cricket team may not have impressed many, but their team of volunteers at the World T20 has

06-Apr-2014•Mohammad Isam

The anthem's call

Do you feel a pull when you hear the song of another nation?

26-Mar-2014•Abhishek Purohit

Soothing and familiar Dhaka

ESPNcricinfo's Sri Lanka correspondent Andrew Fernando discovers the cuisine, language and residents of the capital of Bangladesh reminds him of home

01-Feb-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Fresh graduate cashes it in

A 22-year-old from the town of Te Aroha went home with NZ$100,000 after taking a one-handed catch on the Seddon Park grass bank

22-Jan-2014•Abhishek Purohit

Supporting WI for almost 50 years

West Indian supporters have been few and far between in New Zealand, but in the shade on the Hamilton boundary one recalls his years of following the team

20-Dec-2013•Andrew McGlashan

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