Roasted on a spit
Marcus Trescothick revealed he used an objectionable trick to retain the shine on the ball, but failed to ruffle more than a few feathers29-Aug-2008 A Tresco is a bowler's best friend © Getty Images "I…
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Ten-year ache
Shane Bond wasn't the first exciting New Zealand fast bowler who struggled with injuries through a truncated careerSidharth Monga25-Mar-2009"I don't know, I loved trying to run in and nick Sachin Tendulkar out, you know. I…
Johnson rediscovers himself
He hasn't reached his peak, but Mitchell Johnson has begun to find his form again and believe in himselfPeter English10-Aug-2009Mitchell Johnson is looking people in the eye again off the field. Before the Test in…
Don Quorneloni, and a question of pedigree
The first day of the English Test season? Time to drink Pimms, gorge on pork pies, and do impressionsScott Theobold28-May-2010The gameWe picked the first Test of the summer mainly for the reasonable price of £35…
A graceful Tibetan dance
Cricinfo presents the Plays of the day from the match between Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers at DharamsalaCricinfo staff16-Apr-2010Presenting 'Tashi Shopa'A spellbinding performance by the students of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA)…
Pollard shows West Indies a glimpse of the future
Like moths to a flame, Ireland's bowlers tried attracting Pollard's attention with short balls. He hammered them with all his might, and has the arsenal and hunger to become a good middle-order batsman. He needs…
The Maharashtra derby fizzles out
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors at the Wankhede StadiumNitin Sundar20-Apr-2011Uthappa v Malinga ILasith Malinga returned for his second spell with half of Pune's…
The Champions League XI
ESPNcricinfo picks a team of the best performers in the tournamentAbhishek Purohit10-Oct-2011David Warner, 328 runs at a strike-rate of 172.63 Becoming the first man to score consecutive Twenty20 hundreds, Warner showed that sustained power-hitting could…
An irreplaceable man
Twenty years after Peter Roebuck's last first-class game he was still struggling and often despairing, searching for something to fulfill himPeter English13-Nov-2011Scatty and focused, brilliant and fallible, muscular yet incredibly fragile, Peter Roebuck was too…
England spooked by spin and pre-match talk
On a pitch that, initially at least, offered little assistance to bowlers of any type, England's top order folded as meekly as a shy kitten in a room full of alligatorsGeorge Dobell in Dubai17-Jan-2012Like being…