If one compares India’s approach during the home series against England to the just-concluded series against Australia, one of the most striking differences to surface would be the intent.
Nick Compton’s resolute century at Dunedin encapsulates the essence of his batting. His game is built on the old maxim of knowing your off-stump, and leaving the ball well.
After the Eden Test against England, ex-selector Mohinder Amarnath had vociferously called for the sacking of MS Dhoni, stating that he did not deserve a place in the side. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the figures to decipher whether the claim was justified or was it a result of perception and prejudice.
The current cricket season has belonged largely to the underdogs. They have shown indomitable spirit in overcoming forces that have been far superior to them and many such victories have come in hostile conditions.
Former batsman Dean Jones feels Australia should replicate the bowling tactics employed by England in order to come up trumps in the upcoming Test series against India.
England Test and One-Day International (ODI) skipper Alastair Cook on Wednesday said that he was looking forward to the series against New Zealand. England will be touring New Zealand after a successful time in India where they won the Test series after a gap of 28 years. However, after the English failed to achieve a...
The shocking decision to ban a group of 30 English county cricketers from practising in India is another step by the BCCI in alienating itself from the rest of the cricketing world, writes Karthik Parimal.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned a group of 30 England County cricketers from practising in the country, which is believed to be an angry reaction by the board following the defeat in the Test series in 2012.
In his first assignment as the limited-overs coach, Ashley Giles saw England suffer a 2-3 loss to India but he says it was "not a disaster" and the series has been a "good learning" experience for his "fairly inexperienced side".
It required Suresh Raina’s brilliance for India to turn the tables against England in the recently concluded One-Day International (ODI) series. The southpaw scored fifties in each of his four hits in the middle – all coming in testing, but different situations.