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Big picture: India, SA and their T20 World Cup gainsAnd just like that, both teams best chance for T20 World Cup preparation on the international stage will come to an end, two days after it began. What's been gleaned so far? Only as much…

Big picture: Pakistan usher in new era, Australia switch gears after WC winFor a generation of Australian cricket fans, they've only seen Pakistan's Test team reduced to a punchline on their shores. The statistics are particularly macabre…

Big picture: With India comes the moneySummer is loading in the southern hemisphere. Dezember (with a Z because that's how we like to say it to convey holiday vibez) is in full swing. The end-of-year parties have started, and cricket will…

Big picture: All to play forAnd so it comes down to this. After a month of non-stop cricket - 40 matches leading up to this one, to be precise - there's a very good chance that it will be the weather in Bengaluru which might end up deciding…

Big picture - Not a must-win, but a win-for-momentumIt started with a World Cup quarter-final that turned into a proper scrap in Mirpur in 2011. It marked the arrival of a cricket rivalry that isn't talked about a lot, but often gives us…

Big picture: Can England return to winning ways?India versus England was among the most anticipated matches of the 2023 ODI World Cup. After all, it is the pre-tournament favourites (and the hosts) taking on the defending champions. But no…

Big Picture: World Cup 2023 comes to KolkataThe World Cup has arrived in Kolkata, where Bangladesh can expect a fair bit of support at Eden Gardens when they take on Netherlands. There are supposed to be at least 2000 fans on their way from…

Big picture: Netherlands are catching upWhen these two sides met a little over three months ago, the picture could not have been more dissimilar.Sri Lanka had just racked up a clean sweep of the World Cup Qualifier and dispatched the Dutch…

Big Picture - Can the teams shut out the noise?There was thunder and lightning. Rain that began as a passing shower turned into a deluge, sending people scurrying for cover to preserve - guess what? - their physical match ticket so that…

Big pictureIt seems bizarre, given this is a World Cup game, but just three weeks ago Pakistan and Sri Lanka played an ODI that arguably mattered more. They battled it out to the final ball of a knockout match at the Asia Cup, with Sri…