In safe hands
There's plenty of substance, and little that's flash, in Brad Haddin, who is not about to let Adam Gilchrist's vast reputation cramp his styleAndrew Miller26-Jun-2009Of the 16 players in Australia's Ashes squad, only six have…
Wanderers at war
The Gauteng board faces allegations from within of racial bias even as it fights Cricket South Africa over IPL issuesFirdose Moonda25-Jul-2009Johnson Mafa is a workhorse. He has been playing first-class cricket for the past 11…
Nerve-wracking endings
The one-day series was lost but England take heart from the fact that they bowled and fielded really well and are well prepared for the World Twenty20Nicky Shaw08-Mar-2010We lost the one-day series in Visakhapatnam and…
'I'd have loved to play in the underarm game'
The New Zealand quick on what he'll do with his IPL money, his first TV advertisement, and whether he'd ever return to Test cricketInterview by Nishi Narayanan17-Feb-2010What's the first thing you'll buy with your big…
Murali's romanticised farewell
He needed eight wickets, it came down to the final one of the innings, and the catch was taken by his favourite slip catcher. Perhaps it was all contrived to end this waySidharth Monga in…
The man who became legspin
No bowler exemplifies the art of the legbreak as much as Shane Warne does; no bowler ever willGideon Haigh19-Dec-2010Shane Warne will probably never play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground again, but a corner has been…
Playing nanny and Pollard's big leap
Plays of the day from West Indies 44-run victory over IrelandNagraj Gollapudi in Mohali11-Mar-2011Nanny moment of the dayThank heavens for Chris Gayle. This man can frustrate by not playing to his full potential and he…
South Africa roll the dice
With an injured stalwart, an uncapped legspinner and only four players with World Cup experience in their fifteen, South Africa get on the plane to the subcontinent with much left up to chanceFirdose Moonda24-Jan-2011Risk and…
Home team bank on Centurion advantage
South Africa have a 11-1 win-loss record in Tests in Centurion since 1992, which means India will be up against it in the first matchS Rajesh14-Dec-2010Come Thursday, and the Indian team will begin their quest…
Keeping the premiership window open
Victoria have made 14 of the last 18 state finals. Now they face the challenge of bouncing back after their first disappointing summer in yearsBrydon Coverdale13-Jul-2011Victoria is an AFL state. Even in summer, its theoretical…