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Postcards from the Basin

History, airports, and more tea than you can shake a stick at

09-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga

Spin and partnerships turn it India's way

Stats review of the three-Test series between India and New Zealand

08-Apr-2009•Siddhartha Talya

Ryder's rise dulls the pain for New Zealand

Sidharth Monga rates the performances of New Zealand's players in the Tests against India

08-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga

Gambhir's the best of 'em all

India won a Test series in New Zealand after 41 years. Cricinfo runs the rule over those who contributed to the memorable achievement overseas

08-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga

A job well done by professional India

The final Test of the series summed up where India and New Zealand stood vis-à-vis history and Test rankings. Sidharth Monga reviews the series

08-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Hungry Gambhir wants more

Gautam Gambhir has been the most consistent Test batsman since he made his permanent comeback to the Indian team, in Sri Lanka last year. And dare we say, the best too, Shivnarine Chanderpaul excepting

05-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Wily McCullum out-thinks Dravid

Plays of the day for day three of the third Test between New Zealand and India in Wellington

05-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

A bowler on a hunt

Zaheer Khan has the air of a man on the prowl. When on the field, his every step is measured. He saves his energy for the final act - the kill

04-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Munaf and O'Brien face off, and Tom tees off

Plays of the day for day two of the third Test between New Zealand and India in Wellington

04-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Wellington boys exploit the conditions

James Franklin and Iain O'Brien put pressure on India with testing spells

03-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Harbhajan rides his luck

Harbhajan Singh has scored five Test fifties since the start of 2008 and India have lost only one of those games. Four of those have come against Australia. Coming in at 204 for 6 today after a good start had been wasted on the first day of a series-decid

03-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Fascinating cricket

Down here at the Basin Reserve a wide swinging delivery in the fourth over was crashed over point for six; the fifty was brought up in the 10th over

03-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

Final Test, final frontier

It has been 42 days since India arrived in Christchurch - on February 20, exactly 41 years to the day they first won a Test in New Zealand - to set right what they believed was an aberration

02-Apr-2009•Sidharth Monga in Wellington

India's least favourite venue

India have lost the last four times they've turned up for a Test at the Basin Reserve, and some of their heaviest defeats against New Zealand have been at this ground

01-Apr-2009•S Rajesh

New Zealand lose perfect home record

Stats highlights from the second Test between New Zealand and India, which ended in a high-scoring draw in Napier

30-Mar-2009•S Rajesh

Assured Laxman walks the talk

There is such assurance and positivity about whatever Laxman does

30-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Same Eden, different ground

A history lesson from Auckland, the Naked Bus, and Munaf goes native

30-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga

A big moment for 'little' Gambhir

The Napier Test has not yet been saved, but Gambhir has been instrumental in India taking that big step towards doing it, and he has made sure he is there to try and take the final steps as well

29-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

A lesson in perseverance

With 619 on the board for New Zealand, the third day was going to be one where the pitch would be taken out of the equation. It was going to be a day decided by mental and physical battles

28-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

Let down by fielding and intensity

This Indian team has taken giant strides over the last year and a half, but when the pitch is flat, and when the batsmen are hard to dislodge, they seem to switch off

27-Mar-2009•Sidharth Monga in Napier

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