Shardul Thakur profits from off-season gains
Shardul Thakur has been steadily improving across his three Ranji seasons, and much of his new-found success comes down to the effort he has put in in
Karunaratne's day of self denial
Sri Lanka’s left-handed opener likes nothing more than to play his shots, but after paying for some impetuosity by being dropped he has marked his ret
A club built with love
Clifton County Cricket Club is about the sport, but that’s not all it’s aboutWill Macpherson30-Dec-2014My visit to beautiful art deco Napier happens t
Maxwell's brittle bat, and an empty MCG
Plays of the day from the fourth ODI between Australia and South Africa at the MCGBrydon Coverdale at the MCG21-Nov-2014The bird herderPigeon-fancier
Flight plan helps Taijul soar
Taijul Islam’s 8 for 39 was built around the spinner’s ability to flight the ball and out-think the Zimbabwe batsmenDevashish Fuloria in Mirpur27-Oct-
Dhoni draws level with Azharuddin
A stats analysis of the third ODI between India and England at Trent BridgeBishen Jeswant30-Aug-20140 Number of times that England have beaten India a
Unfazed Dickwella makes solid first impression
Called up to the Test side out of nowhere, Niroshan Dickwella showed there was substance to the hype that followed his schoolboy career. His challenge
Rossouw's agony, and most stumpings in international cricket
Also, the highest scores by wicketkeepers, and the most ODI fifties without a hundredSteven Lynch02-Sep-2014Is Rilee Rossouw the first South African t
Oh, Ravi Jadeja: India's warrior king
The allrounder splits opinion; awash with IPL cash and with three first-class triple hundreds. He is an in-your-face-cricketer trying to establish a T
A farewell from Old Trafford
Every time the new England coach Peter Moores renewed his contract with Lancashire the sighs of relief could be heard from Blackpool to Bacup. Now the