World Cup 2015

Binny makes India's World Cup squad

Jan 6, 2015: Allrounders Stuart Binny and Akshar Patel have been included in India's squad for the 2015 World Cup

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Wellington, 4th day

Williamson-Watling record stand pummels Sri Lanka

Jan 6, 2015: Kane Williamson and BJ Watling used the slow grind to drive away the thoughts Sri Lanka had of winning the Wellington Test and levelling the series

Footing it to the MCG

Jan 6, 2015: The best way to understand cricket in Melbourne is to walk to and through its most storied cricket ground

Calendar-year sixes, and ODI records in NZ

Jan 6, 2015: Plus, Sangakkara's prolific 2014, players with stumpings and caught-bowled dismissals, and losing despite high first-innings totals

January 2015 homepage

Jan 6, 2015: Afghanistan rising. Holding and Akram on fast bowling. Meet Ajinkya Rahane. Haigh on cricket's what ifs. Five momentous drops. Laxman takes a quiz

Fringe Benefits: Dwayne Leverock

The catch that shook the world

Jan 6, 2015: In Bermuda's only World Cup to date, the show-stealer was a hefty player not known for his fielding

Agony Aunt

How to get under Mitchell Johnson's skin

Jan 6, 2015: And what really happened between Dhawan and Kohli

The Zaltzmeister

Cricket's renaissance man

Jan 6, 2015: Two hundred years before the laws of the game were codified, Leonardo da Vinci was a fan

The Jury's Out

 The biggest unfulfilled talent

Jan 6, 2015: Is there a more frustrating sight than promise unrealised? Five writers on men who could have been great

Cover story

Desert rose

Jan 6, 2015: Afghanistan have achieved more in 15 years than most teams have in 50. Now, in their first World Cup, they want to be more than just a feel-good story

Essay

Kapil drops Viv

Jan 6, 2015: A stunning catch, an untimely injury, an umpiring error: to what extent has cricket been shaped by whim and fortune? Let us ponder the what ifs

Feature

Advance Australia diverse

Jan 6, 2015: As Australian cricket attempts to keep up with the changing nation around it, South Asian immigrants find a home - at last

The Banished

The coloured lie

Jan 6, 2015: Henry Williams was the forgotten man in the Cronje match-fixing hearings. Over a decade later he wants it to remain that way

Profile

Ajinkya who?

Jan 6, 2015: No flamboyance, no big endorsements, no theatrics. Meet the quiet man of Indian cricket

The Month in Cricket

Chepauk rises, and so does Lara

Jan 6, 2015: January is all about epic Test finishes and prolific batting

Profile

Fast train from  Chakdaha

Jan 6, 2015: From small-town Bengal to one of India's greatest cricketers, Jhulan Goswami has come a long way. We return to where her journey began

High Fives

Drop it like it's hot

Jan 6, 2015: Records, redemption and ramifications: the consequences of five dropped catches that cannot be forgotten

Comment

Death of a sportsman

Jan 6, 2015: The line between risk and responsibility is terribly thin, yet sport must tread it

Match That Changed My Life

Spinner, interrupted

Jan 6, 2015: A promise to his father disrupted Erapalli Prasanna's career, but he returned better than ever

Hate to Love

Charmingly villainous

Jan 6, 2015: It was hard to resist Imran Khan's allure. Even if he was making a mess of your team