With Border-Gavaskar Trophy holders India pulling off a gripping draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the battle for the series is still alive going into the fourth and final Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. The visitors, hit by a spate of injuries, face a tall ask at the venue, famously referred to as the […]
Read More Record Book – Top Indian performances at the GabbaLike almost everything else, Test cricket bore the brunt of the unforeseen situation in 2020. The World Test Championship (WTC) saw several series postponed, which meant that the year saw only 22 Tests, 17 less than were played in 2019. As many as 19 of them ended in a result – of which 13 were […]
Read More Review – 2020 Test cricket recapThe Cricket Cauldron’s Test team for the year 2020 features five players from England, three from New Zealand, and one each from India, Pakistan and South Africa. This year’s team has only one player in common with last year’s team – England’s Ben Stokes. Dom Sibley (England) The start of the year saw Sibley notch […]
Read More Review – 2020 Test Team of the YearThough Pakistan lost their T20I series in New Zealand by a margin of 2-1, veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez continued his bright form by topping the batting charts for his team with 140 runs at 70.00. With his unbeaten 99 at Hamilton, the 40-year-old fell short of becoming only the second Pakistani to hit a T20I […]
Read More Record Book – Highest individual T20I scores for PakistanThe West Indies completed their 550th Test match recently, going down to New Zealand by an innings and 12 runs at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. On that note, here is a look back at how they have fared in their milestone Tests over the years. 50th Test – lost to England by nine wickets, […]
Read More Specials – Milestone Tests for the West IndiesBlack Caps captain Kane Williamson’s career-best 251 against the West Indies at Hamilton earlier this month provided the 12th instance of an individual score of 200 or more in Tests between the two teams. On that note, here is a look at the full list of double hundreds achieved in New Zealand v West Indies […]
Read More Record Book – Double tons in New Zealand v West Indies TestsThe inaugural World Cup in 1975 marked Sri Lanka’s entry on the ODI scene. Though they were heavily beaten by the West Indies and Pakistan, the neophyte islanders showed great grit against Australia, totalling 276/4 while facing the likes of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson in a steep chase of 329. The following edition in […]
Read More Record Book – Sri Lanka’s first ODI series winIt has been two decades since the second edition of the ICC Champions Trophy (christened as the ICC Knockout) was contested in Kenya. The 11-team competition ran from 3rd to 15th October, with all ten matches played at Nairobi’s Gymkhana Ground. The defending champions were South Africa, who had won the first edition of the […]
Read More Specials – Revisiting the 2000 ICC KnockoutThe 1988 triumph remains the West Indies’ most recent Test series success on English soil. While honours were even in 1991 and 1995, the decline of the Caribbean outfit became evident with the advent of the 2000s. In the concluding part of this series on West Indian Test victories in England, we cover the […]
Read More Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 5It was the moment for which the Irish cricketing fraternity had been waiting for long – a Test match against England on the hallowed turf of Lord’s. When William Porterfield led Ireland out at the Mecca on 24th July 2019, it was a dream come true for the players and the fans alike. Though […]
Read More Who Would Have Thought It – Ireland make hay at Lord’s
