The much-awaited battle for the Wisden Trophy between England and the West Indies is underway with the first of three Tests at Southampton. Since their first tour back in 1928, the West Indies have played 86 Tests in England, winning 30 and losing 34. Through this five-part series, we look back at each of […]
Read More Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 1In this post, we shall be revisiting Zimbabwe’s most spirited ODI displays on Australian soil. Since their first appearance at the 1992 World Cup, the Chevrons have played 28 ODIs in Australia, and though they have won only thrice, they have more than held their own on quite a few occasions. If one […]
Read More Specials – Zimbabwe’s best ODI performances in AustraliaThis was the first Test match to be played between the two teams. The West Indies had endured a tough time in their previous Test series in New Zealand, which had resulted in a 2-0 whitewash, and were looking to make amends on home soil. Brian Lara not only resigned from the captaincy in […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – West Indies v Zimbabwe, Port of Spain, 1999-00It has been two decades since the seventh edition of the Asia Cup was contested in Bangladesh. The quadrangular ran from May 28 to June 7, with all seven matches played under lights at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka. The defending champions were Sri Lanka, who had emerged victorious on their own soil in […]
Read More Specials – Revisiting the 2000 Asia CupThe Kinrara Academy Oval in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur is currently playing host to the ICC Women’s Championship ODI series between England and Pakistan. Equipped with floodlights and having a capacity of 4,500, the ground got its first taste of ODI cricket back in September 2006, when Australia, India and the West […]
Read More Specials – When Malaysia first hosted ODI cricketJersey may not have qualified for next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia, but their spirited performance at the recently-concluded T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates showed that they are fast becoming a force to reckon with in the shortest format. The European qualifiers won three out of six matches, and it […]
Read More Specials – Jersey’s most memorable T20 winsEngland and New Zealand will clash for the first time since their epic World Cup final in July, when they take the field for the first of a five-match T20 international series at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval on November 1. Since their first meeting in the shortest format at the inaugural edition of the World T20 […]
Read More Specials – Best of England v New Zealand T20IsAnother chapter of cricket’s oldest epic is underway, as Australia and England battle it out in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Since its debut as Test centre in 1902, Edgbaston has played host to 14 Ashes Tests, with England winning six and Australia three. As we anticipate an enthralling start to the […]
Read More Specials – Best of the Ashes at EdgbastonIn this fifth and concluding part of our series on the matches that shaped the 1999 World Cup, we look back at the highly significant last game of the Super Six stage, the two semifinals – one of which was arguably the best ODI of all time – and the final at Lord’s. Waugh […]
Read More Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 5The 16-team format used for the 2007 World Cup proved to be short-lived, as the tournament reverted to a two-group structure of 14 teams (as was the case in 2003, but with quarterfinals instead of the Super Six) for the next two editions. In this final part of our series on Associates at the […]
Read More Specials – Associate nations at the World Cup, Part 5
The Cricket Cauldron 