Specials

    Give neutral Tests a chance

Andrew Miller: Despite the poor turnouts, the Pakistan-Australia series was a success, and it serves as an invitation to other English grounds to get behind the concept

    Hope floats after hoodoo ends

Osman Samiuddin: Despite the near panic at the end, this win is memorable as the one that breaks the stranglehold Australia have had over Pakistan

    Best and worst venues for batting first

The Numbers Game: A look at grounds with the highest and lowest averages for the team batting first in Tests

    'Neutral Tests aren't a good idea'

Bowl at Boycs: Geoff Boycott on why Pakistan playing in England doesn't work, Afridi's decision to retire from Tests, and how to play forward correctly

    Don't blame Afridi

Osman Samiuddin: What was the board thinking by appointing as captain a player who hadn't played a Test in four years, to lead one of Pakistan's most inexperienced sides?