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......

How Dilshan's 'Dilscoop' came into existence

Tillakaratne Dilshan discusses the origin of his famous shot, the 'Dilscoop'.Harish Kotian/Rediff.com listens in. IMAGE: Tillakaratne Dilshan plays the 'Dilscoop' shot off James Anderson at......

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......

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......