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Umesh Yadav, India's go-to pacer at home
Along with his incisiveness, Umesh showed his ability to shoulder extra load in the absence of Shardul Thakur, producing a career-best performance aga
Maharaj's control shapes tense and teasing day
Whether or not South Africa specifically asked for slower surfaces, they got one at Kingsmead, and their left-arm spinner played the holding role perf
A pitch that saps Australia's will to win
Darren Lehmann had few thoughts of an Australian victory at the start of the day and a sluggish MCG pitch did nothing to challenge that viewDaniel Bre
Fly, Pakistan, fly
This was one of the greatest comebacks in the history of cricket – against the best the world had, in four straight knockout gamesJarrod Kimber at The
'The most gripping series I've watched for a long time'
Both the Indian and Australian teams were applauded on Twitter following a hard-fought Test seriesESPNcricinfo staff28-Mar-2017Sachin Tendulkar didn’t
Borthwick eager to restate England credentials
He came close to an England call-up in 2016. Now, after a winter in New Zealand and with a new start looming with Surrey, he’s ready to press his case
Five ducks and a five-for
ESPNcricinfo staff29-Oct-2016They chose to bat on a slow pitch that didn’t lend itself to strokeplay, and were propped up by Rohit Sharma’s power-pack
Smith, Shaun Marsh hit back after Chandimal ton
ESPNcricinfo staff14-Aug-2016But the other overnight batsman, Dinesh Chandimal, batted on to bring up his seventh Test century and add to Australia’s
Anderson passes Kapil; Bairstow's Leeds form
Stats highlights from the second day’s play at HeadingleyShiva Jayaraman20-May-2016438 Number of wicket James Anderson now has in Tests; he went past
Cautious South Africa likely to be vindicated
Having had a barren 12 months in Test cricket, South Africa played like a side remembering how to win for much of the fourth day but they had a bit of