From a fringe Australia player to World Cup star and churning out BBL runs, he won't want 2021 to endTristan Lavalette30-Dec-2021A rather innocuous unbeaten 42 against bottom-placed Melbourne Renegades doesn't exactly stand out amid Mitchell…
All the franchises' potential strengths and weaknesses explored in depthESPNcricinfo staff13-Feb-20225:30Best and worst buys? Biggest surprise? Missed opportunity?Mumbai IndiansPurse entered: INR 48 crorePurse left: INR 0.10 croreBiggest buys: Ishan Kishan (INR 15.25 crore), Tim David…
Yet another performance that's greater than the sum of its parts in crucial England winVithushan Ehantharajah22-Jul-2022Ben Stokes' media engagements following his retirement from one-day internationals gave us plenty to digest. But contained within his wounded…
He is more dynamic, bats with more freedom, and teams are perhaps yet to catch up with him as well as they have done with some othersSidharth Monga06-Nov-20223:19Suryakumar: I think of 2-3 strokes even before…
Opener shows his mettle at the last, but needs to learn the lessons of a tough summerVithushan Ehantharajah12-Sep-2022At 11.26am at the start of the working week, Zak Crawley hit a cover-drive off the back foot…
Their individual styles of batting couldn't be more different, and yet, they somehow complement each other perfectlySidharth Monga14-Dec-20222:35Jaffer: A typical Pujara innings where he soaks up all the pressureTaijul Islam is known for bowling long…
Gilchrist comparisons are sacrilege at the best of times, but evocations can't be helpedOsman Samiuddin07-Jun-20232:01Haddin likens Head's style to Gilchrist'sTravis Head is the kind of player whose Statsguru page is your friend, a launchpad into…
Once prone to trying too many things, he has embraced a pared-down method that's turned him into a force of consistent mayhemMatt Roller16-Aug-2023As Heinrich Klaasen monstered consecutive balls from Nathan Ellis and Liam Dawson into…
And how many times has a World Cup innings featured three centurions?Steven Lynch17-Oct-2023There were four centuries in the World Cup match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. How often has this happened? And how often has…
The other thing on South Africa minds will be their less-than-envious record in recent chases, which they have "spoken about and dissected" in the past weekFirdose Moonda09-Nov-20234:20David Miller: 'We haven't been horrific chasing'Now that they…