Dhoni's gesture turns boos to cheers
Plays of the Day from the third day of the second Test between England and India at Trent BridgeAndrew McGlashan at Trent Bridge31-Jul-2011Gloves are off moment of the dayThis isn't a reference to the heated…
Dog days, dark nights, and the church that became a pub
There's violence on the streets, but on the field it's all rather more clinicalNagraj Gollapudi16-Aug-2011August 1 Kearan Gibbs is an aspiring 11-year-old cricketer. Scratch that. Kearan Gibbs is an aspiring 11-year-old cricketer with from the…
Three strikes for Dravid
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from England's Twenty20 match against India at Old TraffordNagraj Gollapudi at Old Trafford31-Aug-2011Dravid's three strikesWho would have bet on Rahul Dravid hitting the first six of the match?…
Shivlal Yadav returns to familiar battleground
Australia evokes memories both painful and sweet for India's manager on this tourSidharth Monga at the MCG24-Dec-2011Shivlal Yadav uses the phrase "it so happened" a lot. It so happens that as manager of the Indian…
Two bounces, zero runs
Plays of the Day for the fourth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and PakistanSiddarth Ravindran20-Dec-2011The comic moment The novel talks about a fabled and unplayable spinner's delivery called the "double-bounce ball". There was…
The pointless finger and Clarke's lost wicket
Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between Australia and New Zealand in HobartBrydon Coverdale at the Bellerive Oval10-Dec-2011The walk Occasionally a batsman will walk for an edge behind. But…
Venue record a boost for India
India, under pressure following the loss in Melbourne, will take confidence from their ability to bounce back in away series and their batting record in SydneyMadhusudhan Ramakrishnan01-Jan-2012India's best chance to mount comebackFor the first time…
Workloads and players need careful managing
The international schedule demands that England rest their key performers or face a repeat of the Kevin Pietersen stand-offGeorge Dobell02-Jun-2012There is a certain irony in England debating whether to rest one player within a week…
Junaid and Sangakkara top performance charts
How the players fared during the Tests between Sri Lanka and PakistanKanishkaa Balachandran14-Jul-2012Sri LankaKumar Sangakkara was so close to making consecutive double-centuries•AFP9Kumar SangakkaraBounced back after a poor home series against England with 490 runs in…
Which are the finest cricket books?
Cricket probably boasts the best writing in all sport. We asked five writers to pick the cricket books they love most08-Oct-2012Mike Coward: In this very series David Frith noted that of the 10,000 or so…