Plays of the Day from the Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and India in MirpurSiddarth Ravindran at the Shere Bangla National Stadium13-Mar-2012The full tossA low-profile tournament, an easy-paced subcontinental pitch, anopposition missing several frontline…
They fell two runs short in the final, but the Asia Cup 2012 will be remembered for the fight and self-belief the hosts showed to confound pre-tournament expectations and challenge all their higher-rated opponentsSiddarth Ravindran…
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fifth day of the first Test between West Indies and Australia in BarbadosDaniel Brettig at Kensington Oval11-Apr-2012Drop of the dayDarren Sammy played with a good degree…
Abhishek Purohit in Colombo19-Sep-2012Less than two months ago, Rohit Sharma stood halfway between the dressing room and the pitch at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo after being dismissed leg-before, hoping the third umpire would…
Keeping it full with the new ball and banging it in with the old one produced the results for Johnson on Boxing DayDaniel Brettig at the MCG26-Dec-2012Though nowhere near the kind of influence he would…
Nuwan Kulasekara is not your stereotypical snarling fast bowler; and the best phase of his career may yet be ahead of himAndrew Fidel Fernando15-Feb-2013Growing up, Nuwan Kulasekara's fast bowling idol was six foot seven, quick…
Although Mumbai are the more accomplished side on paper, they would do better than underestimate a tough ServicesSharda Ugra in Delhi15-Jan-2013A swarm of human beings forced its way into the peripheral vision of everyone involved…
Was it Trott trying to recreate a scene from The Omen Andy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013Watching the Sri Lankan bowlers struggle in this series – 21 wickets at 61, aided by a late flurry of slog-induced dismissals as…
Plays of the day from the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in ChennaiSidharth Monga25-Apr-2013The variationR Ashwin is a versatile spinner as his stats will tell you, but he took that versatility…
Joe Root is the adorable nephew of English cricket and when he bats it is almost impossible to suppress a smileRob Smyth01-Jul-2013Sport is unlike most addictions. If you really care about the outcome of a…