Tuesday 2 January '07
Waking up the morning after a great evening with his team at an Indian restaurant on the spectacular Cape Town waterfront...Sunday 31 December '06
India vanquished in mere 42.1 overs on final day, as Ntini knocks off top orderSaturday
30 December '06There's still one day left in the second Test, but a startling nudge by Mahendra Singh Dhoni has already turned the clock forward to the decider in Cape Town starting on January 2.Saturday
30 December '06Team India have the names that can do it, but gusty Ntini could blow them off shoreFriday
29 December '06One day after an 18-year-old fast bowler from Delhi hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons...Friday
29 December '06Bad light or was it a bad call? A livid South African coach Mickey Arthur today pointed the finger at umpires Asad Rauf and Ian Howell...Friday
29 December '06First, the rains came all the way from Cape Town to the Durban airport, and stopped, setting up a menacing cloud cover over the ground, a few kilometres away.Thursday
28 December '06Experts spot a draw, but Team India and Tendulkar can’t afford a smile yetWednesday
27 December '06Much before their skipper Graeme Smith fell for five in just the third over, South Africa had stepped out straight into a knockout blow on Boxing Day.Tuesday
26 December '06Just over seven months ago, Indian cricket’s bright, young star Irfan Pathan was glowing near the poolside of a Delhi hotel, looking ahead to the West Indies tour.Tuesday
26 December '06Pouting slightly, looking out to the Kingsmead ground, groundsman Evan Flint didn’t point to the brownish surface with a coating of grassMonday
25 December '06One huge Test win for India after the one-day disaster, the second Test coming up here on Tuesday, and look who’s pointing to coach Greg Chappell and having a huge laugh.Monday
25 December '06On a rainy Christmas eve, an off-day for Team India, there was Sourav Ganguly at the nets chipping away, like he has been doing every day since he was called up.Sunday
24 December '06You don’t get to see this every day. Maybe, you can, many years from now. As Team India knocked around with the local provincial side at the Crusaders Cricket Club, a loud tennis ball match was unfolding outside the boundary line.Sunday
24 December '06HIS cap missing, his hair in a mess, but that jaw firmly set, South African skipper Graeme Smith is back. After some valuable time away from the babble, after a practice stint with former Test opener Jimmy Cook. With jut three days to go for the second Test, the mission, he says, is very clear: get some runs against his name, get a win. “We want to turn things around. We know that one win for us here can change everything around. We just have to wake up and perform better. In our hearts, in our minds, we know we are capable of beating India,” said Smith, minutes before joining his team for their first round of nets after losing the first Test at Johannesburg.Sunday
24 December '06Practice meanders, Irfan gets the whip again, even as...Saturday
23 December '06Long before the gathering darkness had crowded out a sunny day's cricket at a quaint English club on the outskirts of Durban...Friday
22 December '06From Shane Warne’s debut Test, where he smashed the flamboyant leg-spinner to bits, to the hype and the hurricane knocks of 1998...Friday
22 December '06Before the rains crept over the Durban coast this afternoon, the world watched Anil Kumble wave goodbye to his friend Shane Warne...Thursday
21 December '06Coach to err on side of caution if he has to tinker with the attackWednesday
20 December '06For the first time since Sourav Ganguly joined the team in South Africa, and played a crucial role in the Test win, coach Greg Chappell admitted today that the Bengal left-hander’s return was initially “a volatile situation”.Tuesday
19 December '06Team India’s brightest moment under Rahul Dravid was just sinking in, and a blur of hands started going round and round in the air, inside the team hotel.Tuesday
19 December '06The day after his flamboyant propeller run, after hitting South African pacer Andre Nel for a six, it’s Sreesanth’s other aggro act...Tuesday
19 December '06After South African captain Graeme Smith had walked away from the cameras, his convenor of selectors Haroon Lorgat stepped in to deliver a grim warning.Tuesday
19 December '06His team had begun to celebrate the historic 123-run win over South Africa, but skipper Rahul Dravid stepped up to make a small point: we still have a series to win.
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