Haryana received good support from their home crowd, but the loudest cheer was reserved for a man from the opposition - Sachin TendulkarAbhishek Purohit in Lahli27-Oct-2013The Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium in Lahli, outside Rohtak, has…
Also, fastest to 100 Test wickets, biggest difference in first- and second-innings performances, and scoring hundreds in first two Test inningsSteven Lynch19-Nov-2013Sachin Tendulkar's Test career spanned 24 years (plus a couple of days). Has anybody…
Graeme Smith was South Africa's youngest captain, a brash boy who wasn't afraid of older men, and he grew up under the harsh glare of international captaincy. He succeededJarrod Kimber05-Mar-2014Graeme Smith trampled the grass between…
West Indies needed someone to inspire and unite and someone fully committed to the role. Darren Sammy ticked the boxes but his numbers never stacked up.Andrew McGlashan10-May-2014On the eve of the Test series against New…
Sri Lanka's lead spinner is bowling with all the control and guile of old, but seems to have lost some of his bite since the turn of the yearAndrew Fidel Fernando in Galle17-Jul-2014Umbrellas occupy a…
Steadiness and stars continue to steer Tasmanian cricket into a bright future Mike Bingham04-Nov-2014For a place that was founded in 1803 as a penal colony for thousands of British convicts, Hobart has come a long…
Tests don't come grander than the Boxing Day and the first day's play at the MCG lived up to expectations, with its subplots and slow twistsSidharth Monga at the MCG26-Dec-20141:50Agarkar: Shami, the pick of the…
ESPNcricinfo rates the West Indies performance from the Test series against South Africa, with only a few players coming out wellAndrew McGlashan07-Jan-20157Kraigg Brathwaite (183 runs at 36.60, 1 hundred)A tour of real encouragement for the…
Kapila Wijegunawardene, Sri Lanka's new chairman of selectors, was an unsung cricketer. Not many know that he bowled Viv Richards and played a key role in Sri Lanka's first ODI win over West IndiesNirgunan Tiruchelvam16-Apr-2015Kapila…
ESPNcricinfo staff25-Apr-2015Anureet Singh dismissed Smith for a 13-ball 26, the ball crashing onto the stumps after ricocheting off Smith's arm•BCCIBrendon McCullum, however, didn't stop attacking. He smashed his way to a fifty in just 32…