'Somewhere there's still a 16-year-old inside'
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Kolkata fail to live up to promise
In a league of inconsistent teams, Kolkata were punished because their troughs tended to be so much deeper than everyone else’sCricinfo staff20-Apr-20
From chaos to a happy place
England’s year began with the Moores-Pietersen spat and the 51 all out and went on to take in the Ashes win and a marked improvement in ODI cricketAnd
Australia tough like 1989
It is that 1989 series that most readily springs to mind now, with Ricky Ponting elevated to Allan Border’s uber-veteran roleAndrew Miller in Cardiff1
Support not forthcoming for Taylor
Ross Taylor has stood out in a middling team and it would not be a surprise if he spent a lot of time looking into his hotel mirror asking for some he
Sehwag breaks his silence
Finally, as the IPL approached the business end, Virender Sehwag found his form Sriram Veera in Centurion21-May-2009One of the biggest let-downs of t
Let down by fielding and intensity
This Indian team has taken giant strides over the last year and a half, but when the pitch is flat, and when the batsmen are hard to dislodge, they se
Dead-rubber syndrome hits SA
South Africa have done some fabulous impersonations of previous Australianteams while winning this series, but over the past four days they havealso c
India spinning into a crisis?
It’s up to Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra to prove that they can at least partially fill the breach left by Anil Kumble’s retirementDileep Premachand
Partnerships and Smith win it for SA
Stats review of South Africa’s 2-1 series win over AustraliaSiddhartha Talya08-Jan-2009Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini’s defiance on a deteriorating pitc