A record-breaking year, but no title for RCB
Led by the batting feats of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, Royal Challengers Bangalore overcame a poor start to the season and went all the way to the final, only for their bowling weaknesses…
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10 for 64: Bangladesh surge to victory
England lost all ten wickets inside a session to spark joyous scenes in DhakaESPNcricinfo staff31-Oct-2016When Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett strode into tea on 100 without loss it appeared England had given themselves the ideal…
Du Plessis' plans come together to highlight Mathews' problems
South Africa were expected to be too strong for Sri Lanka in the opening encounter, but what made the gap between the teams even wider were some of Angelo Mathews' tacticsFirdose Moonda at Port Elizabeth30-Dec-2016Angelo…
Humble Hameed ready to deal with great expectations
A hugely promising start with England was cut short by injury but Haseeb Hameed is staying focused and grounded for the challenges aheadAndrew McGlashan17-Jan-2017A Test debut in Rajkot and within touching distance of a century.…
Nerveless nineties and century-free grounds
Also: who is the fastest Englishman to 100 ODI wickets, and was Nathan Lyon's 8 for 50 in Bengaluru a record?Steven Lynch07-Mar-2017Craig Williams recently scored an unbeaten 32 in a Namibia total of 44 -…
Dunedin's Pretoria boys
How South African coaches Rob Walter and Anton Roux found themselves half a world away, helping Otago pull themselves upFirdose Moonda19-Mar-2017Pretoria and Dunedin each have a university but not much else in common. In cricket,…
Duckless implosions, and more wickets than runs
Also, what is the record for the number of sixes hit in a T20 match?Steven Lynch17-Jul-2017Simon Harmer recently took 14 wickets in successive first-class matches for Essex. How often has this happened? asked Steve Howe…
Karunaratne shines as Sri Lanka savour unremarkable day
Amid tumult, Dimuth Karunaratne has been Sri Lanka's lynchpin; he is the team's leading Test scorer this year, and fifth in the worldOsman Samiuddin28-Sep-2017A nothing day the scorecard will tell you. Not even close to…
Gibson's tenure twist: from honeymoon to nightmare
After easing in with wins against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, the South Africa coach's term has turned disastrous early, with five losses in six matches against IndiaFirdose Moonda14-Feb-20182:09'India's top three have made the difference' - GibsonGuess…
James Vince, the T20 star but underrated cricketer
James Vince might not have cracked Tests, or even first-class cricket yet, but in T20 he averages 30 and strikes at 132. Those are good numbersJarrod Kimber13-Jan-2018James Vince is pretty and effortless, but his second…