Much hope for the future of South African cricket is pinned on Kagiso Rabada and on the opening day at Newlands he gave a glimpse of his talentFirdose Moonda at Newlands02-Jan-2016Ideally Kagiso Rabada would have…
New Zealand might have been unlucky with the Adam Voges reprieve on day one, but for the rest of the Test, Australia and New Zealand made their own luck Brydon Coverdale in Wellington15-Feb-2016Bad luck. It's…
Plays of the day from the World T20 match between Bangladesh and PakistanMohammad Isam16-Mar-20162:17Brilliant Pakistan thrash BangladeshThe fine judgement Bangladesh needed something special in the field to lift themselves when Pakistan were batting, and that…
Plays of the day from the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai IndiansAlagappan Muthu11-May-2016The captain's bad luckVirat Kohli flipped the coin, and when it didn't land in his favour for the seventh time…
22-May-2016After Rishabh Pant's early dismissal, Karun Nair and Sanju Samson chipped in but could not convert their starts into big scores•BCCIYuzvendra Chahal dismissed both of them, en route to standout figures of 3 for 32•BCCIAfter…
ESPNcricinfo staff19-May-2016He progressed steadily until edging Dasun Shanaka to give the allrounder his maiden Test wicket•AFPIt was a memorable moment for Shanaka, who was the fifth bowler used by Angelo Mathews•Getty ImagesThat was just the…
ESPNcricinfo staff04-May-2016Gambhir's 54 came off 45 balls, and included six fours and a six•BCCIRobin Uthappa was the more free-flowing of the two, scoring 70 off 49•BCCIBoth openers' innings came to an end through run-outs, leaving…
A calamitous 3-0 loss to a second-string India side was only a symptom of deep-rooted, systemic problems in Zimbabwe's cricketLiam Brickhill17-Jun-2016"Oh my goodness, what is going on? What is going on?"Former Zimbabwe fast bowler Ed…
Stats highlights from England's convincing 2-0 series win against Sri LankaS Rajesh14-Jun-201641.21 England's batting average in the series, which was 82.5% better than Sri Lanka's average of 22.58. England's batsmen passed 50 once every five…
ESPNcricinfo staff30-Sep-2016New Zealand suffered a massive early blow: Kane Williamson was unwell and had to sit out the match. Ross Taylor, standing in as captain, lost the toss, and India batted•BCCIShikhar Dhawan made India's playing…