Verdict

Gifting the key to victory

For all the attacking verve and gusto both India and Pakistan bring to the game, and at various times have put on display on this tour, the Pindi decider, like Lahore, hinges on a day of grim determination

14-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Osman Samiuddin

Pluses, minuses and the odd record

The series snoozed to a close in Antigua today - an unremarkable ending to a remarkable rubber

14-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Steven Lynch

Making your own luck

pre-match focus on the pitch can be misleading, especially as it diverts attention from the essentials that really make a difference

13-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Osman Samiuddin

Pluses,

After the amazing scenes yesterday - Brian Lara reclaiming the world record, and the first prime minister on the field of play for, well, ten years - today it was back to a more recognisable form of Test cricket

13-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Steven Lynch

After the Lord Mayor's Show

13-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Steven Lynch

Lightning strikes twice for Lara

It's one of cricket's spookier stats that both the batsmen with two Test triple-centuries to their name strutted their stuff at the same ground each time - Don Bradman at Headingley, and Brian Lara at the Recreation Ground in St John's, Antigua

12-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Steven Lynch

The last emperor

The inevitable is finally upon us

11-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Andrew Miller

A perfect pitch

For the first time in this unpredictable series - albeit for two sessions - today went how everyone predicted at the start of the tour

10-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Freddie Auld

The value of matchwinners

Since the first morning of the Lahore Test, things have gradually fallen into place for a Pakistan side which was in a shambles only a week earlier

08-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by S Rajesh

Strangling the opponent

The stadia in Pakistan may have been virtually empty for the Tests so far, but that has not been due to the quality of the cricket

07-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Amit Varma

The rewards of application

Pakistan's disciplined batting approach showed just what is possible if discipline and circumspection replace recklessness

06-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by S Rajesh

More than talent

You'd think talent was the most important thing in sport, but it isn't

05-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Amit Varma

Hoggard points the way to history

'Don't forget Matthew Hoggard,' insisted Michael Vaughan during the press conference after England's win in Trinidad

03-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Freddie Auld

Thorpe does it again

Fidel Edwards hit back for West Indies - biut was trumped by a magnificent innings from England's saviour Graham Thorpe

02-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Steven Lynch

Aspiring to greatness

Since 2001, India have won six away Tests in as many countries, and given their dismal record, it can be called a substantial progress

01-Apr-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal

Triumph and defeat

Richard Nixon once said, 'A man is not finished when he's defeated

31-Mar-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Wanting to win

The flat, lifeless, slow pitch at Multan always meant that it would be difficult for either side to force a result

30-Mar-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Amit Varma

Hardness blunts potential in the end

South African hardness finally extinguished New Zealand potential at Wellington, and the series ended up all-square at 1-1

30-Mar-2004•The Wisden Verdict by our New Zealand correspondent

Departures from the past

Thousands of words have already been exhausted describing the spirit of New India, and when Rahul Dravid terminated the Indian innings this afternoon, leaving Sachin Tendulkar stranded six short of a double century, he made another significant

29-Mar-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal

The Murali muddle is more than just cricket

Chris Broad's decision to report Muttiah Muralitharan for a suspect bowling action will reverberate far beyond the cricket field in Sri Lanka

28-Mar-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Paul Coupar in Colombo

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