Plays of the day from the second semi-final, between Australia and India in SydneySharda Ugra in Sydney26-Mar-2015The thudDavid Warner had sung the Australian anthem with gusto and emotion, drawing himself up to attempted Matthew Haydenesque…
The twin pillars of a victory that England attempted to shake to its very foundations were Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, two players who were not as prolific as expected at the World CupAlan Gardner…
ESPNcricinfo staff07-May-2015Shikhar Dhawan struck six fours and two sixes for his 35-ball 53 before being undone by James Faulkner in the 15th over, leaving Sunrisers on 127 for 3•BCCIFaulkner and Dhawal Kulkarni were the only…
ESPNcricinfo staff07-Jul-2015AB de Villiers scored a 34-ball 40 and was strangled down the leg side just as he was looking to kick on•AFPBangladesh hit back with three wickets in the space of seven balls as…
The BPL has long craved credit for a talented youngster's rise. It certainly can with Abu Hider, the 19-year-old Comilla Victorians left-arm seamerMohammad Isam11-Dec-2015The only good thing about Comilla Victorians' otherwise miserable performance on the…
Lord's might be widely considered the pre-eminent cricket ground in England, but The Oval has a strong claim to the title tooAditya Gadre16-Feb-2016In the Seinfeld episode "The Doll", Elaine gets her boyfriend an autograph of…
Will awarding the toss to the away team even up the playing field and deliver more away Test wins, or is this yet another case of received cricketing wisdom not stacking up with the facts?…
ESPNcricinfo staff14-Apr-2016Kevin Pietersen kept the momentum going through the middle overs...•BCCI... and shared an 86-run partnership with Faf du Plessis, as Supergiants reached 100 in 12 overs•AFPPietersen was cleaned up by Dwayne Bravo in the…
England have won seven matches at Old Trafford and are unbeaten in nine Tests since they lost to Pakistan here in 2001.Shiva Jayaraman21-Jul-20161-1 England's win-loss record against Pakistan from five Tests at Old Trafford. England…
Durham's relegation and heavy points deduction penalises players and supporters - but not the people that let them get into financial difficultyGeorge Dobell03-Oct-2016If it is the brutality of the ECB's decision to punish Durham that…