When Sri Lanka went to cuckoo land
Tony Opatha led a rebel side to South Africa in 1982 – a tour on which a certain ill-suppressed madness lurked around the edgesLuke Alfred01-Feb-2017L
Amla the Wanderer returns to form
Hashim Amla ended a long wait for form, and joined an elite club, with a memorable century on the occasion of his 100th TestFirdose Moonda at Johannes
Anything that can possibly go wrong…
A certain Murphy S. Law visited Rajkot for its debut Test, and spent rather more time around India’s bowlers and fielders than they would have likedAl
The pretty boy who turned hatchet man
Neil Wagner has cast himself in the role of a relentless slugger of a fast bowler, and it has paid off for him in spadesSidharth Monga16-Nov-2016Test
Batting till eleven, and that man Stokes
India look near-invincible at home after a 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand, but England, with their batting depth and ability to generate reverse-swing,
Jennings and Dawson carry the Flower stamp of approval
The call-ups of Keaton Jennings and Liam Dawson represent a return to pragmatism and, as such, bear the stamp of Andy Flower, the England Lions head c
Hanif, and some old-time jolly in Dhaka
Bangladesh’s old-timers remember the unparalleled joy of watching the original ‘Little Master’ batMohammad Isam11-Aug-2016Mohammad Kamruzzaman, a vete
Mehedi bears heavy workload with a five-wicket smile
No Bangladesh bowler has sent down more overs on his first day in Test cricket than Mehedi Hasan and, when his tiring day was over, he had five Englan
Ravindra Jadeja, maker of differences
A 41-run stand for the last wicket, and three tail-end wickets in one over. That is the very definition of “crucial” in a low-scoring contestSidharth
Aslam hints at an end to Pakistan's most permanent problem
As good a batsman as he has shown himself to be, to give off a sense of permanence in his first Test innings in England is what stood out about Sami A