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'One of the worst things you can do is try to copy someone else'

Kumar Sangakkara opens up about the mental side of the game: dealing with the pressure of expectations, big finals, verbals, and captaincy

Writers

Mark Nicholas

England have ability. Do they have adaptability? The next four matches in Sri Lanka will tell if they have a capacity for considered expression and the skill to thoughtfully adapt to the circumstances and conditions
George Dobell

England-opener-in-waiting Rory Burns epitomises Surrey success Rory Burns has led from the front but Surrey's title is the result of a strong team ethos and contributions from many quarters
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Did they just tell Angelo Mathews he's fat? Last month in cricket had all the usual fun: players and staff dissing everyone else, boards doing things (or not), and one man's weight problem
Ian Chappell

Usman Khawaja's giant leap is good news for Australia Fingerspin has often been the team's downfall, and nearly was in Dubai, but Australia can be proud of what they achieved in the second innings
S Rajesh

Damning scoreline hides India's competitiveness It ended 4-1, but a closer look at the numbers shows India did far better on their 2018 tour of England than they did in 2011 or 2014
Sidharth Monga

'When I run in to bowl, I don't worry about being hit' Legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal on his bowling partnership with Kuldeep Yadav, not worrying about conceding runs, and playing Pakistan for the first time
Steven Lynch

How many times have brothers made ducks in the same Test? Also: what would South Africa's Duckworth-Lewis target have been in the 1992 World Cup semi-final?
Aakash Chopra

Will we see Pant in the World Cup and Kuldeep as second spinner in Australia? The two young Indian players are exciting talents, but they have to work on certain areas of their game to become serious threats to the opposition
Paul Edwards

Lancashire's batting black list the prime cause for relegation There were flashes of promises - notably the development of Tom Bailey and Matt Parkinson - but Lancashire failed to produce the runs required for Division One survival
Andrew McGlashan

What happened to England's 2014 one-day side? The last time England toured Sri Lanka, they were attempting to fine-tune their plans for the 2015 World Cup. It's fair to say things didn't quite go to plan
Tim Wigmore

The art of the match-losing innings T20 batting is full of misplaced good intentions, poor strategy and systemic insecurity. This is how those qualities lose matches
David Hopps

The definitive history of the England cricket team Persistent themes of class, money and modernisation pepper an even-handed and in-depth study by a dedicated chronicler
Andrew Miller

Six of the worst: When Test teams are weakened by disputes and disaster Australia are set to face Pakistan this week without the services of almost half of their first-choice team. ESPNcricinfo looks back at other Test campaigns that were affected by a spate of significant, and unscheduled, absentees
Mohammad Isam

Liton Das smashes Bangladesh's fastest double-century Left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny and seamer Salauddin Sakil impressed with the ball