Kallis rescues SA yet again
Jan. 5: India were made to feel on Wednesday what the Aussies had gone through in Mohali, the Kiwis in Ahmedabad and the Proteas in Durban over the last few months. Struck on the right side of his che
SL on top despite Bravo knock
Nov. 25: Part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan bagged two wickets in one over in fading light to boost Sri Lanka’s hopes of gaining the lead in the second Test against the West Indies on Thursday. Th
Sehwag for a free-hit in Tests!
Few batsmen possess the calm Virender Sehwag oozes in the middle, no matter the situation. Playing on a grassy track here two years ago, he went berserk, hitting two sixes in Dale Steyn’s first over.
Viru, Dravid ring in early Diwali
Nov. 4: Virender Sehwag whistled when he batted, joked with umpires asking for a free hit in a Test, and then returned to the pavilion after a yet another big hundred, chatting and laughing with his r
Always hard to stop Sehwag, says Ryder
Nov. 4: New Zealand have their backs to the wall here. With Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman at the crease, and India skipper M.S. Dhoni and Suresh Raina waiting in the pavilion, the
India escape to victory
Oct. 5: Two years ago at Sydney, a three-wicket burst by Michael Clarke in the dying minutes of the match had turned what looked like a draw for India into Australia’s 16th consecutive Test win. On Tu
Laxman back with a bang
Oct. 5: He had every reason not to come out to bat. The rational thinking would have been for him to put his feet up, nurse his injured back, and possibly thumb a paperback in the pavilion.
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Hurts more than Eden loss: Ponting
Oct. 5: A dejected Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said the one-wicket loss to India in the first Test here on Tuesday, was more disappointing than the famous defeat at Kolkata in 2001. “This is prob
Yousuf resurrects Pak on return
Aug. 19: Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf marked his return to international cricket with a well-made 56 before he became Graeme Swann’s 100th Test wicket at The Oval here on Thursday. Pakistan, at tea on t
Anderson’s six leads Pak rout
Aug. 1: James Anderson took ten wickets in a Test for the first time as England beat Pakistan by a crushing 354 runs in their series opener at Trent Bridge here on Sunday.
Pakistan were dismissed for