When Sadagopan Ramesh square-drove Jacob Oram to the fence early on the second day, it was a shot that released two years of frustration

Mark Richardson is the sort of batsman you don't really travel miles to watch, but want in your side when the going gets tough

Leonardo di Caprio's histrionics in the movie, Titanic would have won far greater acclaim from critics had it not been for the spiel that a well-oiled public relations machine dished out in the weeks and days preceding the release of the movie

To arrive in the heart of Gujarat on the birthday of the most recognisable Indian (no, not Sachin Tendulkar silly - his birthday is on April 24) and find little or no fanfare was disarming

Yuvraj Singh is keen about his cricket

Stephen Fleming was mobbed so hard by the media on arrival at the Chennai airport that he decided to call a press conference first thing on Monday morning at the team hotel

Getting the best players around does not always guarantee a good game

Ashley Ross, New Zealand's interim coach, made it clear that he is not on an espionage mission when he turned up to watch the Irani Trophy match between Mumbai and the Rest of India

Rohan Gavaskar is the person everyone loves to hate at the moment

If Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh were unable to make an impression on the first day of the Irani Trophy match at Chennai, their unassuming understudy Ramesh Powar certainly showed the way today

Each match has its unique way of making you rise to the occasion, said Sachin Tendulkar at a press conference before the Irani Cup at Chennai

"As domestic cricket goes, nothing is bigger than the Ranji Trophy final

The 2003 Irani Trophy has been billed as a match worth going miles to watch

India A 314 for 6 (Tendulkar 88, Sriram 70, Gavaskar 50) beat India B 215 (Bahutule 55, Yuvraj 47) by 99 runs Scorecard Even a dog walks out to the middle as the Challenger series ends in a one-sided final © Getty Images

Fluent centuries from Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Mongia combined with the loss of ten overs due to rain gave India B a resounding 82-run win against India A in the final league match of the Challenger Series

The fourth in our series of articles examining how the Indian team is shaping up for the coming 2003-04 season

If ever there was a good time to be a first-class cricketer in India, it is now

For someone who tries to knock the batsman's head off every time he runs in to bowl, Brett Lee has a remarkably warm smile

GS Ramchand, a former Indian captain, died tonight at the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai

Dav Whatmore's blood pressure must be shooting through the roof