Former Australian World Cup winning captain Steve Waugh has come to the defence of MS Dhoni and backed his approach of taking things to the deep while chasing in ODIs, saying without him, the team would often not even be in a chance of winning the game
New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham has urged Indian fans to be kind, and only re-sell their tickets through the official platform in order to make sure deserving fans are not out-priced in their pursuit to witness their team potentially lifting the World Cup trophy.
Natwest final of 2002, where Sourav Ganguly's men chased down 326, is perhaps the most iconic moment in Indian cricket's history
A side that hadn’t played together since February needed a lot to go right during their soft start and it did. Then, to get into this Lord’s decider, they needed to skittle India for 238 or fewer. They found a way through. They earned it.
Williamson is one of the game’s great thinkers who has spent pretty much all of his life at the crease. At the age of three, he was begging his father for throwdowns; by the time he left school, he is reported to have scored 40 centuries. But he also does not appear to be an overthinker or an obsessive.
Mark Wood had just fired in a quick bouncer that hit Hashmatullah Shahidi bang on the head. Shahidi went down in pain, and got back up quickly because he didn't want his mother to worry. Everyone at the Old Trafford in Manchester was very much concerned though.
Not since the final Ashes Test of 2005 has English cricket faced such an important game. However the contrast between that match and Sunday’s could not be greater, and not just because of the different formats.