Bad light and bad faith
It has been hard enough for spectators to get to Pallekele for the Test match this week. Those who did were further insulted on day four by the home board's decision to not use floodlightsDaniel…
Spin from the start troubles England
ESPNcricinfo staff20-Oct-2016Sabbir Rahman was one of three debutants for Bangladesh along with Mehedi Hasan and Kamrul Islam Rabbi•BCB MediaAfter an edgy start, Duckett was the first wicket to fall as Mehedi claimed a maiden Test…
Northants feast on Tuckshop's massive plateful of joy
T20 Finals Day is a long day's journey into night: three hefty dollops of disappointment and finally an outburst of joy deep into the following morningPaul Edwards at Edgbaston20-Aug-2016T20 Finals Day: a long day's journey…
When Test cricket roared into life…
For a while on the final day in Hamilton, all was quiet, the match meandering. Then, suddenly, the game revived as only Test cricket canAndrew Fidel Fernando in Hamilton29-Nov-20163:11Bazid Khan: Bizarre and perplexing from PakistanIt…
Another day, another Ashwin five-for
He's done it against everyone else, and on Saturday, R Ashwin gave England their first sustained taste of his new, improved avatar with his 22nd five-wicket haul in Test cricketAlagappan Muthu in Visakhapatnam19-Nov-20163:43Ganguly: Ashwin performs…
Twin tales of toil turning to IPL treasures
Mohammed Siraj and T Natarajan were honing their skills in anonymity far away from the international radar but, like KC Cariappa and Krunal Pandya before them, now find themselves flush with IPL cashArun Venugopal and…
The summer I rocked with the Big Bash
Our correspondent tells us what he learned about the tournament through the weeks he spent on the road covering the gamesJarrod Kimber26-Jan-2017The plan to change my summer from Tests only to Tests and Big Bash…
'Pakistan are not playing the standard of cricket the world is demanding'
The team's chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq, talks about his one-captain vision, and the flaws in the country's cricket systemInterview by Umar Farooq11-Feb-2017What has your experience so far as chief selector been like? Selecting players is a…
5-0 whitewashes, and record 350-plus totals
Stats highlights from the final One Day International between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Centurion.S Rajesh10-Feb-20171 South Africa's rank in ODIs. With this win, they have taken over the top spot from Australia. Australia…
Eight years on, Parnell looks to make amends
Wayne Parnell's career has been dented by injuries, exclusions and inconsistency. Now without Dale Steyn and Kyle Abbott, South Africa could be helped by Parnell's improved and refined avatarFirdose Moonda05-Jun-2017The most exciting thing South Africa…