The fact that Bangladesh start another tournament as the bottom-ranked team may work to their advantage because they can play without the pressure of performanceMohammad Isam10-Mar-2012On the first day of training for the Asia Cup,…
Tillakaratne Dilshan scored his first Test century in a year, negotiating testing spells of bowling and providing Sri Lanka with a positive startKanishkaa Balachandran in Galle22-Jun-2012When Tillakaratne Dilshan reached his century in the second ODI…
The opinion is divided about which team is going to win the final of the IPL between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight RidersESPNcricinfo staff27-May-2012"No doubt they are playing in their own backyard and they've…
Some of the top names in the Delhi Daredevils' line-up have happy memories of their Champions League semi-final venueFirdose Moonda24-Oct-2012Delhi Daredevils have emerged as the only IPL team able to adjust sufficiently to South African…
Plays of the day from the Australia v West Indies Group B match in ColomboDavid Hopps in Colombo22-Sep-2012Shower of the day The scheduling of the World Twenty20, with the October monsoon in Sri Lanka and…
An embarrassing six-match losing streak stares at New Zealand as they prepare for the second Test. They must wring out every drop of positivity they can muster Andrew Fernando in Colombo23-Nov-2012In the 82 years since…
The failure of their seamers to provide any control, and the lack of a second spinner, saw England leaning heavily on their premier slow bowler on day oneGeorge Dobell in Ahmedabad15-Nov-2012In the run up to…
In an age where fast bowlers are getting injured increasingly frequently, South Africa are blessed with two spearheads whose bodies are more resilientFirdose Moonda in Perth28-Nov-2012You don't have to ask Peter Siddle how he's feeling.…
Besides never agreeing to play in Sri Lanka in November again, three things each that Sri Lanka and New Zealand can learn from a rain-marred seriesAndrew Fernando13-Nov-2012New ZealandJeevan Mendis bowled aggressively to be the joint-highest…
Andy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013Let Battle Commence. Briefly. For a couple of weeks. And then let it commence again two months later. After literally weeks of waiting, England’s Ashes Test summer has begun − nine weeks, two Tests,…