Even as Laxman Sivaramakrishnan kept uttering the name of his own home city, supposedly in his mother tongue nonetheless, that hosted the most recent historic Indian test win as "Chenaaai", the victory itself seemed to have come rather naturally to the Indian team. In Virender and Gautham,...

India won easily. And they won the match by winning each session played over the five days. Andy Bull thinks that we now have four teams who can beat each other on a regular basis: Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Bull is thinking of a watershed moment in India : In the longer term I wonder...

What a difference a week makes. In the first Test, Australia looked in charge most of the time, in the second they look like they've lost their way and more. Of the Indian batsmen, only Dravid and Laxman have yet to cash in against a distinctly poor bowling line-up. (Troy Cooley must be working over...

This looks like the makings of a classic tour. The 1st test a draw, the second test india is all over australia (after day 3) and the Aussies dont look like they have the answers to the indian attack. Maybe the indians were right when the said the Australians cant take 20 wickets against them. What do...

With the India Australia series upon us, predictions and prognostications are coming in thick and fast. Jrod is forced to conclude that neither side will win . I don't think Jrod is suggesting a draw... Homer, on the other hand, thinks it won't even be a close series : In the last week or so...

As England wrap up a final Test win against South Africa, with that cynical little man back in action , Sri Lanka win the series against India . Straight Point breaks out a statistics analysis against sleepy Fab Four supporters to argue that the Fab Four are in permanent decline not just in a temporary...

The Indian ODI squad have been selected, first for the series against Sri Lanka, and second for the Champions Trophy. Soulberry post on the selections generated many comments. Mohan speculates that Parthiv Patel will play in third Test and that Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla and Robin Uthappa have been...

Sri Lanka may have rubber wristed spinners, but as Dileep Premachandran puts it, the Indians have bounced back big . A huge victory for India. Sehwag, Harbhajan, Gambhir, and of course Ishant Sharma all had roles to play in the comeback series leveller . Samir Chopra is glad that Sehwag's battling...

The first ever reviews (read "legalised challenges") of umpiring decisions in Test cricket has taken place. And Sri Lanka have piled up over 400 runs with 3 century scorers . Jagadish has a few suggestions, including a novel way of handling Jacques Kallis, and argues that there'd be less...

As England try to regroup after being thrashed at Headingley, the recriminations and rethinking is everywhere. Here's Will on what to do with Broad . And part of King Cricket's tongue in cheek proposal : Buoyed by their mind-addling repast, the selectors brought in a barely-known Antipodean roofer...