Steve Waugh has won more matches as captain than Clive Lloyd

Paras Mhambrey, the former India and Mumbai mediumpacer, will assist John Wright in the six-day coaching camp that starts in Bangalore on September 1

Ed Smith , the prolific Kent batsman, is set to make his Test debut for England tomorrow

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

Hemang Badani, who captained India A for the one-day part of their 11-match unbeaten tour of England, spoke to Wisden CricInfo shortly after he had returned home to Chennai

Steve Waugh visits a home for leprosy-afflicted children on the outskirts of Calcutta As the long, white luxury limousine pulled up at the MRF Pace Foundation, pandemonium broke loose

After three days of coaching sophistry, the like of which India had never seen before, the MRF Coaching Seminar at Chennai drew to a close on a note of relief, light-heartedness and satisfaction

Close to 30 coaches from around India gathered in Chennai for the MRF Coaches Seminar, where there was a chance to pick an unusual list of cricketers

The deep voice rolling its Rs as it served up sentences in the most delicious Scottish brogue had people looking around the room frantically, wondering what Sean Connery was doing at a conference for cricket coaches organised by the MRF in Chennai

He's not yet 30, looks about half that age and smiles politely before saying anything

Zaheer Khan is all set to spend a month at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, fine-tuning his skills ahead of the Indian international season, which kicks off with a home series against New Zealand

Sandeep Patil's appointment as India A coach for the tour of England has stirred much interest, not least because it comes on the heels of a long-drawn debate about the need for a foreign coach

"Taj President

"Taj President

South Africa all but batted Bangladesh out of the game after they piled on a massive score after choosing to bat first

Little went right for South Africa against India in their first match of the TVS Cup

As an inflammable mixture of naked ambition, aggression, determination and a never-say-die attitude, the Australian way is the most talked-about approach in recent cricketing history - yet you can't quite define it or confine it in descriptive terms

"Who cares about the rest of the games

India win their fourth consecutive World Cup game against their long-time rivals

South Africa began their World Cup with an upset they could ill afford as a sublime Brian Lara century sent the Proteas scurrying to defeat