Limited Kings XI befuddled by middle muddle
No Indian batsman in the Kings XI line-up is close to threatening a spot in the T20I team, and it showed in the way they tied themselves in a mess in the middle overs against…
Last-over heroics, and Samuels' finale
Stats highlights from an incredible final in Kolkata, where West Indies won after a stunning last-over assault against EnglandS Rajesh03-Apr-20162 Number of World T20 titles for West Indies - they have become the first team…
'Honoured to be among the great doctors of our time: Who, Zhivago, Dre'
Our Twitter round-up features the usual: rubbish predictions, cod philosophy, and singing along to StarshipAlex Bowden01-Apr-2016 — Yes, but we know by now that nothing's gonna stop you doing so - now or ever.Shane can't…
The stumping that became a bowled
Plays of the day from the match between Gujarat Lions and Mumbai Indians on May 21, 2016Karthik Krishnaswamy21-May-2016The two soundsRohit Sharma was looking in ominous touch, having struck three sweetly timed fours in his first…
Zimbabwe on the back foot before a ball bowled
Zimbabwe's small fightback on the opening day was heartening, but the earlier demise was sadly predictableFirdose Moonda28-Jul-2016On a day that Zimbabwe should have been unpacking the problems that caused them to crash to 72 for…
Cook passes Gavaskar and a rare five-for
Stats highlights from Lord's where Alastair Cook passed Sunil Gavaskar as the highest scoring opener and Yasir Shah took his fifth five-for in TestsShiva Jayaraman15-Jul-20169607 Runs scored by Sunil Gavaskar while opening in Tests -…
Pakistan take a tumble after tea
ESPNcricinfo staff30-Oct-2016Sami Aslam helped address the slide with his fifth Test fifty•Getty ImagesYounis Khan could have been stumped for 30, but he survived and went on to make 51•Getty ImagesMisbah-ul-Haq too could have been dismissed…
Keshav Maharaj lives his father's dream
This son of an apartheid-era wicketkeeper is the sort of spinner South Africa have been looking for for a long timeFirdose Moonda27-Oct-2016Before Keshav Maharaj had turned three, Kiran More looked at his palms and predicted:…
England have this series in the bag. The stats say so
And as we all know, you can try argue with stats, but you can't winAndy Zaltzman23-Nov-2016England have skilfully manoeuvred themselves into exactly the position they wanted to be in at this stage of the series…
England up against the record books
England will need to break several records if they are to avoid defeat in the second Test in VisakhapatnamS Rajesh21-Nov-2016140 The most overs England have faced in the fourth innings in Asia, in Kandy in…