With JP Duminy's knee injury forcing him out of the start of South Africa's home Test summer, the selectors have a difficult choice to make between two strong candidates for the number seven slotFirdose Moonda01-Dec-2014Stiaan…
India at the 2015 World Cup will be minus the solid core of players that carried them through the years between World Cups 2003 and 2011 - those players, it is now confirmed, had run…
As valuable as he is in the middle order, Mahela Jayawardene has expressed a willingness to open the innings and perhaps it is time Sri Lanka allow his flamboyance to find full expression at the…
Plays of the day from the third ODI between New Zealand and South Africa in HamiltonGeorge Binoy27-Oct-2014The comeback Matt Henry had made his ODI debut during the home series against India in January, when he…
Down under, the sun is hot, the creepy-crawlies king-size, and the conversations convivialGeorge Dobell19-Feb-2015January 28-29 There are some words you don't want to hear as you are settling into a 20-hour flight. "There's a problem…
Stats analysis from the sixth ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in DunedinBishen Jeswant25-Jan-20153 Number of times Tillakaratne Dilshan has scored 300-plus runs in a bilateral ODI series. He has scored 316 runs in…
ESPNcricinfo staff09-Mar-2015Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah manned the recovery and put up 86 for the third wicket•Getty ImagesSarkar looked good for his 40 before edging Chris Jordan to the wicketkeeper leaving Bangladesh at 94 for 3•Getty…
The ECB have found a scapegoat for the World Cup debacle but whether sacking individuals will fix the broken system within English cricket remains doubtfulGeorge Dobell08-Apr-20151:12'Vaughan has already held talks with ECB over new role'Maybe…
ESPNcricinfo staff03-May-2015Ben Stokes play some aggressive shots before falling to Veerasammy Permaul...•Getty Images...and England's innings was ending quickly when Stuart Broad was yorked first ball by Jason Holder•Getty ImagesJos Buttler added a few late runs…
Mohammad Isam24-Apr-2015The Bangladesh selectors face the challenge of picking a Test squad that allows the team management to play three quicks against Pakistan, a combination that has worked in ODIs over the last six months.…