• Cook, Dhoni lead ICC Test, ODI teams
• Dhoni deadbats suggestions of tense reception for India in SA
• Dhoni not fretful about India's inexperienced Test squad
• India brace for hostile opener
• Can Australia hold their unfamiliar lead?

A tale of hard work, fate and tears

Nepal's players recount their ongoing journey through the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE, and express what it means to have made it to the 2014 World T20 in Bangladesh

It takes two to tango

Two greats look back on 20 years of friendship that has included World Cup heartbreak, a world-record stand, and missing a wedding

The masks we wear

Often what we see of cricketers on the field is not their real selves. It's just a facade that hides the confusion that resides within

England need a plan for Johnson

They must respond to the Australian bowling threat adequately or the series will slip away from them fast

Akmal's painful knee, and the obstructed field

Plays of the Day from second ODI between South Africa and Pakistan, in Port Elizabeth