If Lord's can somehow escape further rain there will be a positive outcome to this intensely fought match. England hold the upper hand after a dazzling century from Kevin Pietersen set India 380 despite RP Singh's career-best five-wicket haul

England and India continued to trade blows as the first Test moved on apace despite more weather interruptions during the third day at Lord's

India reduced England to 298 all out in the second day at Lord's but lost crucial wickets in reply, including Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, as James Anderson impressed with the ball

The early predictions for this series were of a contest that would be dominated by two strong batting line-ups and, for much of the opening day at Lord's, England lived up to their side of the bargain - until the introduction of Anil Kumble, that is

The County Championship returned last week from its Twenty20 break and gave a further insight into the different mindsets among teams, once again raising the issue of the points system in the Championship

International Cricket Captain III, the updated version of the successful management-style simulation, is hitting the shelves this month and brings a host of challenges

Seven years after he was in named in Duncan Fletcher's first batch of central contracts, Chris Schofield has made the final 15 of the Twenty20 World Championships. It's been one hell of a journey

Chris Gayle played a key role in West Indies' 2-1 series win over England both with the bat and as captain

West Indies produced a near-perfect one-day performance as they claimed the series against England with a handsome 93-run victory at Trent Bridge

Inspired by another outstanding century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul, West Indies levelled the one-day series with a 61-run win at Edgbaston

There seems to be no end to the number of Kolpak players joining county cricket, but it's about time stronger penalties were put in place

Vernon Philander is being seen in South African circles as the new Shaun Pollock, and so far he hasn't done too badly in international cricket

Jacques Kallis, the South Africa captain, was proud of the way his side came through a testing run chase against India at Stormont

Whereas the Tendulkar of old would have tried to impose himself, here he seemed almost passive

Andrew White, the Ireland allrounder, speaks to Cricinfo about trying to be a professional in an amateur game

India were plunged into trouble as a virus ran through their camp leaving them desperately short of fit players ahead of the opening match

Trialled almost by accident Alex Cusack turns out be a revelation for Ireland

The heady days of the World Cup are suddenly feeling a long time ago for Trent Johnston and the Ireland team

Gautam Gambhir has said that being consistent is the most important goal for him in international cricket

There were pre-match sales of 3000 for Ireland-India game, but by the start of play numbers were in the hundreds, not thousands