In one tantalising spell Murali inspired, no engineered, a comeback, getting Sri Lanka back in the game

Sachin Tendulkar was calm and collected, but you could sense the excitement and sheer joy as he answered a volley of questions after reaching his 35th Test hundred

At a little before 5pm in fading light on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla Sachin Tendulkar became Test cricket's most prolific century scorer

The Feroz Shah Kotla is, nowadays, a surprisingly good-looking venue

Greg Chappell, India's coach, was in no mood to speculate on whether Rahul Dravid or Virender Sehwag would be fit to take the field on Saturday

Uncertainty loomed large over the composition of the Indian team on the eve of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Delhi

Sharad Pawar had just taken over as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and yet it was more like meeting the federal agriculture minister

The manner in which Pawar and his team won, overwhelmingly and with support from members of all zones, has meant that they are in a strong position to get stuck into the tasks on hand

It's hard to believe that Dalmiya, who is now merely the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal, will fade away into the sunset says Anand Vasu

Sharad Pawar, the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said in his first press conference in the post that his team would be focusing on the development of infrastructure as a priority

And the battle lines have been redrawn. After the aborted Annual General Meeting of September 23, the warring factions have once again come head to head. The venue is the same - Kolkata, and the opposing chiefs no different

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TS Krishna Murthy identified 31 voters for Tuesday's Board of Control for Cricket in India elections

Graeme Smith scored a cracking hundred to lead South Africa to a thumping win after India had been skittled out for 188

The abandonment of the Chennai match thanks to rain, has only served to keep this series on an even keel longer, setting up the fourth ODI at Kolkata deliciously

The Board of Control for Cricket in India advised the selectors 'not to ignore Ganguly' for the Test series against Sri Lanka, in the course of the selection meeting which took place in Chennai on Tuesday morning, it is learned

On the surface it seems that the Indian board is strictly adhering to its rotation policy with regard to England's itenerary but deeper investigation reveals that something questionable has indeed occurred

Australia sealed a nine-wicket win in the second Test and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy

The itinerary for India v England is not glamorous. Coincidence or conspiracy asks Anand Vasu

A superb century stand between Dwayne Bravo and Denesh Ramdin held up Australia's march to victory