PIX: Australia in control after Lyon mauls Lanka on Day 1

Images from Day 1 of the opening Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle on Wednesday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Australia's players celebrate after Nathan Lyon dismissed Lasith Embuldeniya on Day......

Limited overs' Cup, unlimited tactics...

If chess is the most tactical sport, then cricket must come a very close second.Over the 44 years since the first World Cup that has never been more obvious than in the tactical evolutions that......

ABD: The smiling assassin who demonized bowlers

At a time when boorish players' behaviour is a cause of concern for cricketing nations, the man earned love, respect, plaudits with his sheer cricketing skills. IMAGE: AB de Villiers let his bat......

Test cricket could die in India if...

How will young batsmen brought up on T20 learn to build an innings?What about the technique to patiently negotiate hostile seam bowling conditions or the skill to play on difficult dusty......

Just one regret for Dilshan as he heads into the sunset

- 'I think I should have taken the decision to move up to open earlier.' - 'I realised that I can do more for the side as an opener. From 2009 to 2016 I scored 21 hundreds in one-dayers. That was a......