The Test, ODI and T20I XIs of 2013, as picked by ESPNcricinfo's staff AB de Villiers shone bright in both Tests and ODIs in 2013 © Getty Images TEST David Warner909 runs at 39.52It was a year of two halves for Warner, either side of a cantankerous phase in May-June when he vented against a couple of journalists on Twitter and punched Joe Root at a Birmingham bar. He had a forgettable...
Matthews working hard to justify captaincy
Without a mandate to rule, Angelo Matthews is having to work extremely hard to prove his worth as captain. He played an important innings to save his side from disaster on day one in Abu DhabiSri Lanka's leadership is in a strange state. This XI features the country's best-ever tactical captain and a cricketer who is perhaps the most respected current player in the world. While either Mahela Jayawardene...
Zakir ton powers Dolphins to title
Karachi Dolphins 319 for 6 (Zakir 170) beat Peshawar Panthers 289 (Adil Amin 60, Shahzaib 2-46) by 30 runsScorecard A second successive hundred from Asif Zakir, who scored an unbeaten 170, set up Karachi Dolphins' 30-run win over Peshawar Panthers in the One Day Cup final in Karachi. Put in to bat, the Dolphins top order struck partnerships, with the most substantial one being the 110-run stand...
Where's the human touch?
There was something about England's cricket team, even when winning, that did not entirely connect with the public mood David Hopps January 1, 2014 By the end of the year Alastair Cook had turned into an increasingly hollow-eyed captain © Getty Images This was the year that the English public fell out of love with its cricket team. It was not the case for everybody and there was...
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Alex Doolan added to Sydney Test squad
Tasmania batsman Alex Doolan could make his Test debut in Sydney after being added to Australia's squad. Injury concerns surrounding the No.3 Shane Watson and fast bowler Ryan Harris may lead to a significant shake-up of the side, with allrounder James Faulkner also in contention and fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile a chance to debut having been named in a 14-man squad for the Test. Doug Bollinger,...
Flower set for England talks
England team director Andy Flower will meet with the incoming managing director of England cricket, Paul Downton, in Sydney over the New Year to plot a way forward for the team after their disastrous tour of Australia, which reached a new nadir in Melbourne as they threw away a position of strength with two days of awful cricket to lose by eight wickets. However, Flower reiterated that he has the...
Big fish in a small pond
Ireland are undoubtedly masters among the minnows but they continued to be disappointed at not getting chances against the big boys Ger Siggins December 30, 2013 Ireland's domination of the Associate level is complete. Now they yearn for Test status © ICC/Saleem Sanghati It may just have been Irish cricket's greatest year ever. Qualification was secured for the 2014 World Twenty20...
The urn returns, and Tendulkar signs off in style
India's young brigade, Sri Lanka's post-war healing, Australia's travails and more in our staff's picks of the best and worst of the year gone by India's young turks clinch the Champions Trophy © AFP George Binoy, assistant editorBest: Tendulkar's farewell speechAlmost everything around Sachin Tendulkar's retirement was sickly sweet. From the hastily arranged West Indies series to the...
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Kallis thrives in his bubble
Kallis played the almost perfect innings - Petersen Beyond the guard of honour, the handshakes, the hashtags and the heavy hearts, there was a Test to win. The most important person knew that. Jacques Kallis, who all the above gestures were for, blocked out the occasion and batted in his bubble. The same one many thought he had left when he announced his decision to retire from Test cricket....
Rogers and Watson bury hapless England
Lunch Australia 204 and 1 for 143 (Rogers 81*, Watson 36*) need 88 to beat England 255 and 179Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Rogers guided Australia's chase towards a fourth consecutive victory over England, though not without significant help from the bedraggled tourists who missed two catches on the fourth morning of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. By lunch the hosts had reached...
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