Zims sinking, Windies have a ball

Monday 9 October '06

Late last year, the great Zimbabwean hope, young Tatenda Taibu, quit as skipper following a players’ rebellion...

Lara’s dream is Test at Eden Gardens

Sunday 8 October '06

Brian Lara may one day be acknowledged as the greatest player ever to pick up a cricket bat...

Bottom two want top marks for spirit

Saturday 7 October '06

Call them minnows, call them fledglings. But with the Champions Trophy beginning tomorrow, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh will make a desperate attempt to erase the more humiliating tag: pushovers.

‘Our batsmen have to get their act together, it’s a problem’

Thursday 5 October '06

We completely dominated India back home, defeating them 4-1 in the one-dayers. Now we have come to their backyard, and we would like to show everybody what we are

How Choudhury broke into the U-19 squad

Thursday 31 August '06

Each year, a promising cricketer from the state makes his way into the India U-19 squad. This time, a speedster from the Kheralu...

Coming soon, a better Munaf

Saturday 22 July '06

Munaf Patel may have emerged as India’s strike bowler during the Windies tour, but the man who helped shape him says there is more to come.

Pitch Battles

Wednesday 5 July '06

Raymond Domenech will go in with his preferred 4-2-3-1 formation with Thierry Henry alone up front. Scolari prefers a combative 4-5-1 system with Pauleta as the lone striker.

Pitch Battles

Tuesday 4 July '06

If Klinsmann’s numerno uno striker Miroslav Klose — their target man — has to pump in goals, he has to frisk and dodge past Italy’s centre-back Fabio Cannavaro...

His year in office

Sunday 14 May '06

With the West Indies tour, coach Greg Chappell steps into his second year with Team India. Muralidharan K and Swarup Kar Purkayastha scan the report card of the Aussie legend’s first year in office to find the one area that may have not got the attention it deserves: Test cricket

How Powar spun a turnaround

Tuesday 18 April '06

He is not out-of-the-box, he doesn’t have a doosra, but his 10-step trundle to the wicket, the classic loop and dip, and variations in pace have revived the magic of traditional spin bowling. Even the legendary Erapalli Prasanna says so.

Slam-bang opener eyes lesson from The Wall

Wednesday 5 April '06

Karnataka’s Robin Uthappa pads up to share space with his heroes