All stories by NORMA ASTRID GODINHO
Pick your England team for 1st Test
Rediff.com2 Feb 2021With pacer Jofra Archer, opener Rory Burns and star all-rounder Ben Stokes back in the England squad, the visitors are likely to have some competition for spots in the team for the 1st Test against India.
Indian origin leggie in Aus T20 squad
Rediff.com30 Jan 2021Tanveer, who is yet to play a first class game, got a call up to the national squad on the back of his impressive show for Sydney Thunder in his debut season in the Big Bash League.
November 13, 2014: Rohit makes ODI history
Rediff.com13 Nov 2020264 remains the highest score in the 50 over format.
Minnows to Challengers: Bangladesh's 20 Test years
Rediff.com12 Nov 2020As Bangladesh completes 20 years in Test cricket, Norma Astrid Godinho picks nuggets about a cricket-passionate nation who no team can take lightly anymore.
7 batsmen, 4 bowlers in my All Stars XI
Rediff.com7 Nov 2020Do you think Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer can do the job for my team?
Star Performers: Bumrah-Boult shine again
Rediff.com6 Nov 2020Bumrah finished with figures of 4 for 14 as Delhi crumbled under his accurate spell. But it was Boult who put Mumbai Indians early in the driver's seat with the early double strike.
Turning Point: Kishan-Pandyas maul DC bowlers
Rediff.com6 Nov 202060 runs came off the last 5 overs and that's where the game tilted in the favour of the defending champions.
IPL: Is it a bird, is it a plane...
Rediff.com5 Nov 2020IPL 2020 has been an exhibition of superb fielding and here are glimpses of some of those efforts...
Turning Point: Nadeem's twin strikes
Rediff.com4 Nov 2020The left-arm spinner bowled around the wicket to Surya, darted it in wide, invited the batsman to go after it. Surya got a big stride in, missed it and Wriddhiman Saha whiped the bails off.
Star Performers: SRH bowlers pin down MI
Rediff.com4 Nov 2020Sandeep's early inroads, coupled with Nadeem and Rashid's strikes in the middle overs, put the brakes on Mumbai.
Star Performer: Morgan sends RR packing
Rediff.com2 Nov 2020Morgan (68) found runs all over the ground and seemed in a hurry from the get go as the net run rate would have been on his mind.
Turning Point: Bumrah puts Delhi out of the contest
Rediff.com1 Nov 2020Bumrah bowled a line and length that was Test match quality. He bowled with fire and accuracy. His bowling had it all -- pace, bouncers, yorkers -- everything to make scoring difficult. He literally put Delhi out of the contest.
Star Performers: Boult, Bumrah bury DC
Rediff.com1 Nov 2020The duo shared six scalps among them -- the impact of their performance saw Delhi unable to make any headway into the match.
Turning Point: CSK win the mini battles
Rediff.com30 Oct 2020KKR did not win the mini-battles in the game and 172 eventually proved too little.
Star Performer: Rutu's 50 comes handy for CSK
Rediff.com30 Oct 2020Every shot played by Ruturaj was a sight to behold as he played some effortless, crisply timed boundaries over after over.
Check out those CSK gogs!
Rediff.com27 Oct 2020It's hot, hot, hot in the UAE and the cricketers have brought out some funky shades to keep the sun out of their eyes.
Turning Point: CSK's exceptional death bowling
Rediff.com26 Oct 2020De Villiers and Kohli's dismissals end RCB's hopes of getting to 150 odd that would have been a par score.
Star Performer: Gaikwad flattens RCB bowling
Rediff.com26 Oct 2020The 23 year old plundered bowlers, over after over, getting the fours, sixes and the singles and twos at will.
Turning Point: SRH batting collapse!
Rediff.com25 Oct 2020From 100 for 3 in 16.1 overs, SunRisers were all out for 114 in 19.5 overs after a spectacular no show from the SRH middle order for their sixth loss from 11 games.
Star Performer: KXIP bowlers strangle SRH
Rediff.com25 Oct 2020After conceding 52 runs in the first six overs, KXIP announced a remarkable comeback as in the next six overs, the side gave away just 25 runs and took three wickets.