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England were lucky. They lost the toss in both Mumbai and Kolkata, and won both those Tests. Australia won all their tosses and lost the T...

The Australian captain and his team had a great start and an even better ending to the first day of the second Test at Lord's. In betw...

Darren Lehmann's selections for the first Test at Trent Bridge were brave and successful without exception. Now we will see if the cha...

Ian Chappell's suggestion to leave the DRS to the umpires has a fundamental flaw, even if at first it seems like a reasonable solution...

Last week I saw two heroic wicket-keepers. One of them pulled off an astonishing win with 15 to get off the last over of an ODI, and the o...

Even before Stuart Broad was ruled not out after being caught at slip off Ashton Agar, he should have been out LBW to Agar when he padded ...

It was a great ball from James Andersen no doubt, pitching at a full length on middle and off to hit Michael Clarke's off stump and le...

We will never know if Rohit Sharma would have curbed his tendency to throw it away with a loose shot after doing all the hard work, as he ...

Once upon a time, we used to look forward to the French Open for a baseline slugfest. After the quickfire serve-volley game at Wimbledon, ...

This was a battle between two new captains - Virat Kohli for India and Dwayne Bravo for the West Indies. Everything had gone right for the...

Just when we thought this Wimbledon was going to be a damp squib after the exit of so many of the top stars, we were treated to a rare con...

A captain is only as good as his team, goes the old adage. But, in cricket especially, the reverse is often the case. Of course, no capta...

Dhoni would never have allowed the West Indies to win from 211 for 8. For numbers nine, ten and jack - Kemar Roach, Sunil Narine and Tino ...

This is not the Brazilian side of 1970 which had more stars than you could count in a desert sky. But it's young and energetic, offeri...

On the India tour earlier this year, Australia went into the first Test at Chennai with a three-man pace attack and a solitary spinner, wh...

England needed 28 runs off the last three overs, with six wickets in hand, to overtake India's 129 in a rain-curtailed 20 overs and wi...

Two identical semi-finals in the Champions Trophy, both won by teams bowling first on damp, overcast mornings in England, prove my content...

Four out of five games played at the Oval in the Champions Trophy were won by the team batting second. The only time the side batting firs...

It's a pity they're doing away with the Champions Trophy, because it is the ICC's best tournament. The World Cup is too long d...

Coming down the order and plodding along at a low strike rate are what helped Misbah ul Haq end up with the best batting average in the Pa...