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Tamim Iqbal: 'The shots Tendulkar played were breathtakingly good'

The Bangladesh opener looks back 22 years to an ODI classic he wishes he had played

Tamim Iqbal: 'The shots Tendulkar played were breathtakingly good'

The Bangladesh opener looks back 22 years to an ODI classic he wishes he had played

Left-arm revolutionaries

The story of how one genre of bowling came to dominate Bangladesh cricket, and of the men who made it happen

Suresh Raina: 'You have to believe you can do miracles, Sachin paaji told me'

He met Tendulkar as a fan, and found a mentor

Space invaders

When fans foray onto the cricket field

Steven Finn: 'The length Ambrose was bowling looked so uncomfortable to face'

The former England fast bowler talks about a performance from history he'd like to have against his name

The First Sportsperson I Wanted to Be

Chamari Athapaththu: 'Sanath aiya inspired me. I hope he reads this'

Dec 18, 2020: The Sri Lanka batter on her idol, Sanath Jayasuriya

As told to Andrew Fidel Fernando
Interviews

'If the batsman doesn't think they can score off the front foot, you're bowling too short'

Dec 14, 2020: Ahead of the India-Australia Test series, Jason Gillespie rates the fast bowlers on both sides and breaks down their key areas of focus

Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi
Profile

How Mitchell Starc went from 'f*** you' to 'I can't hear you'

Dec 14, 2020: The Australian fast bowler tuned out the clamour to get clarity - and lots of wickets

Daniel Brettig
Interviews

Remember the keeper Australia rushed to Pakistan for a Test?

Dec 11, 2020: A sudden call-up, a chaotic tour, a broken thumb - Phil Emery relives his momentous first and last Test for Australia in 1994

Daniel Brettig
Profile

Why Jason Krejza never thought he was as good as he really was

Dec 8, 2020: The offspinner who took a dozen wickets on debut against India 12 years ago looks back at how it all went downhill from there

Daniel Brettig
I Was There

'Suddenly we'd won in Pakistan and we were in the dressing room singing Who Let The Dogs Out'

Dec 7, 2020: Twenty years on, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton, Graham Thorpe, Mohammad Yousuf and Waqar Younis look back at a famous England win

Interviews by Alan Gardner and Umar Farooq
Talking Cricket

'I wasn't willing to be honest about my mental state and that cost me'

Dec 3, 2020: From the high of a debut Ashes win to being deemed "not selectable", through multiple injuries and comebacks, Steven Finn has lived many lifetimes in cricket

Interview by Alan Gardner
My Best XI

Who makes up the bowling attack with Murali and Shakib in Dav Whatmore's best Test XI?

Nov 30, 2020: And which Pakistan batsman opens with Sanath Jayasuriya?

As told to Mohammad Isam
Photo feature

The men in white

Nov 29, 2020: How much has umpire fashion changed over the years?

Deepti Unni
Features

What we learnt from looking at the decade's cricket workload

Nov 27, 2020: Firstly, how much cricket can Virat Kohli play?

ESPNcricinfo staff
Writers
  • Osman Samiuddin
    Hasan Ali might be the Pakistan fast bowler who didn't go away In a side where the turnover of the breed is particularly high, he has looked adversity in the eye and stayed the course
  • George Dobell
    England's attitude towards the IPL won't please everyone. But what is the alternative? Criticism of players resting for India Tests jars with England's success since embracing the IPL
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    Sri Lanka's batsmen, and the voice of unreason The men do know what they need to do - if only they did it often enough
  • Danyal Rasool
    Super Over superhero Career-best figures and a five-for in regulation time, but the winner of the ODI bowling performance award, Blessing Muzarabani, wasn't done yet
  • Ian Chappell
    Both teams have fragile batting, and that has made this Australia-India series enthralling A collapse always seems to be around the corner, and so neither team has been able to establish absolute authority
  • S Rajesh
    Stats - England's winning streak in SL, and Root second only to Hammond Stats highlights from England's convincing series win in Sri Lanka
  • Sidharth Monga
    'I knew it was the end of my series; whatever impact I'd have, it had to be then' Hanuma Vihari relives his incredible SCG rearguard with R Ashwin, when he batted with an injured leg he couldn't feel and a mind focused on playing out six balls at a time
  • Steven Lynch
    What's the most wicketless overs bowled by spinners in a Test innings in Sri Lanka? And when was the last time a Test featured two players over 38 years of age?
  • Firdose Moonda
    The building of fortress Fawad The Pakistan batsman was a treat to watch as he subdued South Africa's spinners
  • Sharda Ugra
    The balls of the century, No. 10: Shane Warne to VVS Laxman Sometimes even a stock delivery can look spectacular (and change the course of a series)
  • Andrew McGlashan
    The spell that felled India The winner of the Test bowling award bundled India out for their lowest Test score ever
  • Tim Wigmore
    Where do batsmen like Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli fit into a T20 line-up? They play an anchor's role for their sides, but they need to constantly adapt so as not to become redundant
  • Andrew Miller
    Mark Wood finds relief in rare breakthrough as hard graft earns overdue reward A solitary wicket in 44 overs in Sri Lanka was scant reward for some wholehearted efforts
  • Mohammad Isam
    Joshua Da Silva prepares for his time in the limelight West Indies' new wicketkeeper talks about advice from Ross Taylor, bubble life, and his top-secret goals
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