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Regulars

England captain Andrew Strauss is under pressure with his own form

Numbers Game

Cook-Strauss, and other durable openers

A look at the long-term opening combinations and their partnership records in different regions

Javed Miandad

The List

The ultimate stopgap captains

Players whose captaincy tenures were broken up into the most pieces, like that of Javed Miandad. By George Binoy and Travis Basevi

Saeed Ajmal celebrates his ninth wicket of the match

Ask Steven

Ajmal's lbws, and better first-day hauls

And an away losses record that India will hope not to equal

Nasser Hussain celebrates after reaching his double-century

ESPNcricinfo XI

Playing, playing, gone

Cricketers who announced their retirements during series

Monty Noble walks out to bat at The Oval

On This Day

45 all out

January 28: England's lowest Test innings score and the birth of arguably Australia's greatest allrounder

Review

Imran Khan delivers his victory speech

Reviews

How a cricket hero went political

What influence did the game have on where Imran Khan is today? Sharda Ugra takes a look at Pakistan: A Personal History

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The stumps have asked for pads.
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Kerry O'Keeffe on radio when Rahul Dravid walked out to bat in the second innings at Adelaide Oval, having been bowled six times in seven innings so far in the series.

More Quote Unquote » "When you're three foot nothing you don't have much of a chance"

Highlights

Features

The boys who believed

Though they were defending champions, Rajasthan couldn't have started the season any worse. Not that it mattered, since the end was perfect, once again. By Nagraj Gollapudi

Gleanings

'The only way you learn to bowl is to bowl'

Former Australia allrounder Alan Davidson reminisces about playing alongside Lindwall, the tied Test and being a Musketeer. By Nagraj Gollapudi

Interviews

'I never feared the ball'

At a time when batsmen the world over broke into a sweat at the thought of the West Indies' quicks, Graeme Wood relished the challenge. By Sidharth Monga

Opinion

David Warner celebrates his maiden Test ton

Guest Column

Warner's Achilles heel

The Australia opener has been found out by spin. How he copes against it will be crucial to his future, writes Ashley Mallett

MS Dhoni at the presentation ceremony after the Perth Test

Harsha Bhogle

India's system needs overhauling, not tweaking

Pitches, the selection process, itineraries, attitudes - they all have to change if India wish to be a long-term No. 1

Virat Kohli unsuccessfully appeals for a wicket

Sharda Ugra

India's road rage masks their inadequacy

What would the reaction have been if all this bad behaviour had come from a team touring India instead?

Mitchell Marsh runs out at the start of the second innings

Christian Ryan

Stop! My ears are bleeding

What's the purpose of cricket commentary? To entertain and enlighten or to exaggerate and aggravate?