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Plays of the Day from the Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and UAE in MirpurAlagappan Muthu in Mirpur25-Feb-2016The clean-up actSri Lanka’s batsmen sw

On a rain-hit day, the beauty of Nathan Lyon’s spell lay in the fact that he was frugal as a result of his wicket-taking threat rather than anything d

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Aug-2015Wriddhiman Saha’s streaky fifty, however, pushed India’s total past 350. The wicketkeeper added 46 runs for the eighth wi

Joe Root’s love for the game, not for what it brings, is quite a gift after a year of much turmoil within English cricket. Somehow, in this swirl of i

Shapoor Zadran has already become a cult figure and now Afghanistan’s shock-haired fast bowler faces Australia backed by the quickest, bounciest pitch

Brydon Coverdale in Nelson18-Feb-2015Much has been made of Khurram Khan’s travels. The UAE vice-captain is a purser for the Emirates airline, once met

Back in 1977, this correspondent was at the inception of World Series Cricket. (Sort of)Steven Lynch14-Jan-2013Even before his untimely death on Decem

Plays of the Day from the fourth ODI between Bangladesh and West Indies in MirpurMohammad Isam in Mirpur07-Dec-2012Irony of the dayThe previous two ti

Dileep Premachandran presents the plays of the dayDileep Premachandran at Lord's19-Jul-2007 Slapstick comedy: Dinesh Karthik mess

Very few players dig as deep as he does and over this India series and the Ashes coming up, he’ll need toSidharth Monga09-Jul-2025Ben Stokes is an irr