Ricky Ponting, beaming as he held aloft the World Cup, has yet again reaffirmed the indisputable authority of the Australians as the number one cricket team in the world today. The much-debated axing of the battle-hardened Waugh twins, the suspension of Shane Warne, and Jason Gillespie’s unfortunate injury and subsequent exit hardly seemed to affect a side that was rich in bench-strength. [More]

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• Can India do it? by Satish Krishnan (19 March 2003)
• Caesar's assasins by Shivaji Sengupta (19 February 2003)
• Ganguly's gang can emulate Kapil's Devils by Somi Rai (4 February 2003)
• The road not taken by S Balachandhran (28 January 2003)
• Defending the already-damned by Pradip Kumar Chakraborty (18 January 2003)
• Injecting technology into umpiring by Nandakumar Moorkath (11 January 2003)
• Sourav Ganguly's legacy of 2002 by Pushpak Sarkar (04 January 2003)
• Getting back to the basics by Devendra Patel (24 December 2002)
• Sentiment must be cast aside by Naresh Ramaswamy (11 December 2002)
• Koi pressure nahin! by Sushil Nachnani (5 December 2002)
• What went wrong for India? by Rizwan Mansoor (26 November 2002)
• From the shadows of giants by Krishna Venkitachalam (16 November 2002)
• Bookies behind crowd trouble? by Shady Moosavi
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• Put an end to all this needless experimentation by Abhishek Mathur
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• The West Indians come to the party by Navta Vij (7 November 2002)
• Time to plan for the future by Anand Natrajan (29 October 2002)
• Dravid - out of the shadows at last by Abhilash G Mudaliar (25 October 2002)
• India are a great team - acknowledge it By Vijay Shankar (21 Oct 2002)
• India must press home the advantage By Shivaji Sengupta (18 Oct 2002)
• Come in, spinner By Andy Watson (16 Oct 2002)
• Will India grasp the opportunity? By Satish Krishnan (5 Sep 2002)
• India's spectacular yet freak win By Srimant Acharya (28 Aug 2002)
• Will history repeat itself? By Shivaji Sengupta (25 Aug 2002)
• One-day divorcees make merry in Headingley Test By Rasesh Mandani (24 Aug 2002)
• The bitter medicine By Ani Dasgupta (20 Aug 2002)
• Why can't the Indians use their grey cells? By R Natarajan (14 Aug 2002)
• It takes two to spin By Shivaji Sengupta (07 Aug 2002)
• The lords of defeat By Ananthanarayanan K Subramanian (02 Aug 2002)
• A different kettle of fish By Ajit Mahadevan (26 July 2002)
• Hooked on winning By Kuldip Basu (24 July 2002)
• Can India do a Samba act? By NR Vijay Anand (18 July 2002)
• Keep Yuvraj and Kaif away from Tests By N Balajhi (15 July 2002)
• The need of the hour By Abhishek Mathur (11 July 2002)
• Indians are gelling into a formidable outfit By Deepak Joshi (08 July 2002)
• Seven decades of Indian Test cricket By Anil Gulati (25 Jun 2002)
• Sure to be tested By Deepak Joshi (20 Jun 2002)
• More equal than others By Deepak Joshi (3 Jun 2002)
• A team with a future By Ajit Mahadevan (31 May 2002)
• Dravid for wicket-keeper! By Piyush Goyal (30 May 2002)
• Too many superstars! By Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis (27 May 2002)
• Those six extra members By Tahsin Subhan (24 May 2002)
• Men for big occasions? By Aparna Mishra (23 May 2002)
• A question of professionalism By Abhilash G Mudaliar (22 May 2002)
• Operation Discipline By Mrigank Chhibber (18 May 2002)
• The web of spin By Sahajbir Brar (16 May 2002)
• Why can't India contain Hooper? By J Uthaman (15 May 2002)
• Hooper hands India the initial advantage By Pratim Das Gupta (11 May 2002)
• This captain wears no mask By Venkat Ramkumar (9 May 2002)
• From the sublime to the ridiculous By A Mahadevan (7 May 2002)
• Outplayed at every turn By Devanand Ramachandren (4 May 2002)
• The sinking of the Indian ship By Sandeep Hegde Alesar (3 May 2002)
• India should turn back to spin By Shivaji Sengupta (2 May 2002)
• West Indies selectors and their baffling choices By Michael Holmes (30 Apr 2002)
• One down, three to go By Nihar Namjoshi (26 Apr 2002)
• A triumph of team spirit By Ajay Singh (24 Apr 2002)
• Dropped catches prove expensive By Nihar Namjoshi (20 Apr 2002)
• The Indians' favourite haunt in the Caribbean By Shady Moosavi (18 Apr 2002)
• Thinking forward By Abhishek Mathur (17 Apr 2002)
• A chance for the West Indies to soar By Apurva Agarwal (14 Apr 2002)
• Blushes and Blemishes galore By Ananthanarayanan K Subramanian (12 Apr 2002)
• When a win is not a victory By Sham Samaroo (11 Apr 2002)
• A forgettable tour-opener By Abhishek Mathur (09 Apr 2002)
• Aggression is the key By Amit Mookerjee (06 Apr 2002)
• Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara? By Ratnakar Venkata (03 Apr 2002)
• Where's the imagination? By Jay Mirch (30 Mar 2002)
• Sadagoppan Ramesh - The Indian "Afghan"? By Ananthanarayanan K Subramanian (26 Mar 2002)
• "Lagaan," cricket and post-colonial India By Shivaji Sengupta(22 Mar 2002)
• Player security an important issue By Khem Raj (21 Mar 2002)
• Stronger then ever By Vivek Gupta (20 Mar 2002)
• The youngsters have come of age By Amit (16 Mar 2002)
• India must learn to chase wins By R Bhardwaj (15 Mar 2002)
• India must learn to play without Tendulkar By Mamoon Qureishi (14 Mar 2002)
• A tale of missed opportunities By Asim Naeem (13 Mar 2002)
• Foibles in Indian selection procedures By S Balachandhran (10 Mar 2002)
• Zimbabwe play David to India's Goliath By Vikas Mohan (07 Mar 2002)
• The ins and outs of slumping form By Shivaji Sengupta (06 Mar 2002)
• The best-laid plans... By Dabhol Pawarkatkar (04 Mar 2002)
• Of scribes and analysts by Shankar Sengupta (03 Mar 2002)
• Zimbabwe take honours on second day of Kotla Test by Sandeep Hegde Alesar (02 Mar 2002)
• Consistently inconsistent by Milind Bhise (01 Mar 2002)
• Playing for themselves by VR Srinivasan (28 Feb 2002)
• Bangar for opener! by S Khem Raj (24 Feb 2002)
• Oh! for some fast runs by Shivaji Sengupta (24 Feb 2002)
• Indian bowling stars on first day at Nagpur by Shivaji Sengupta (21 Feb 2002)
• Of openers and all-rounders by Shivaji Sengupta (16 Feb 2002)
• A series to savour by Hafeez M Saheed (03 Feb 2002)
• Giles bowls England to crucial cliffhanger victory by Sandeep Hegde Alesar (31 Jan 2002)
• The cavaliers outdo the roundheads by Noel Rogers (28 Jan 2002)
• Ganguly's absence probably helped by Vivek Gupta (25 Jan 2002)
• A Bird's-Eye View by Shankar Sengupta (19 Jan 2002)