SPECIALS – Best of India-Pakistan ODIs

Starting today, arch-rivals India and Pakistan will contest a bilateral series after 5 years. It will be a short series, consisting of only two T20’s and 3 ODIs, but significant nonetheless, as matches between the two nations have been a rarity in recent times – they have played only 4 one-day matches against each other in the last […]

Famous Test Matches – Australia v West Indies, Melbourne, 1951-52

Australia had a 2-1 lead in the five-Test series against the West Indies coming into this Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the fourth of the series. The hosts had taken the first two matches at Brisbane and Sydney before West Indies pulled one back in the third Test at Adelaide. The match began on New Year’s Eve, 1951. […]

SPECIALS – Women’s Test cricket

In this Specials edition, we take a look at the history and current scenario of women’s Test cricket around the world. Cricket might be universally known as the Gentlemen’s game, but women too have been playing Test cricket since 1934-35. Dwindling Number Of Tests Unfortunately, the number of Women’s Tests are dwindling at […]

FAMOUS TEST MATCHES – England v West Indies, Trent Bridge 1980

The West Indies were just beginning their dominance as the world’s champion team when they came to England for the 1980 Wisden Trophy. The result in this first of five Tests at Trent Bridge ultimately proved to be decisive, what with the series being played in the wettest summer in 26 years. England failed to maintain substantial […]

Famous Test Matches – Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo, 1992

Australian captain Allan Border said after this match that the result achieved by his team must be the ‘greatest heist since the Great Train Robbery’. And surely, Australia scored a victory which seemed highly improbable throughout the Test. This was the first match in a three-Test series, played at the Sinhalese Sports Club […]

SPECIALS – Bangladesh’s near-misses

Bangladesh suffered yet another series sweep after a tame 10-wicket defeat to the West Indies in the second Test at Khulna. Though there was success for individuals like Sohag Gazi (who took 9 wickets on debut) and Abul Hasan (who scored a stunning hundred from No.10 on debut), Bangaldesh failed again as collective unit. […]

Specials – Best of the Tests at the Wankhede

Test cricket in the bustling city of Mumbai shifted for good to the Wankhede Stadium in the 1974-75 season, after it was built due to disputes between the Cricket Club of India (who own the historic Brabourne Stadium), which is a stone’s throw away from the Wankhede and has hosted only one Test in […]

Famous Test Matches – Australia v South Africa, Sydney, 1993-94

This was South Africa’s first Test series in Australia since readmission, and the first Test, the Boxing Day Test, was a rain-affected draw. The second Test was played in the new year, from 2nd to 6th January, at Sydney, with both teams set for battle after barely getting a chance to impress at Melbourne. […]

Specials – When Australia just kept on winning

Today, it is tough to dominate a given format and the No.1 title is shifting from team to team. But almost a decade back, Australia dominated the scene winning 21 consecutive ODI matches – twice more than the earlier record – that started in January and ended in May including the 2003 World Cup […]

Famous Test Matches – Australia v England, Sydney, 1894-95

The Ashes were still young – 12 years to be precise, when England travelled Down Under for a five-Test series in 1894-95 to defend the urn that they had won courtesy a narrow 1-0 win in the three-Test series at home in 1893. This was only the second time that the two nations were […]