Those who were at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium will proudly tell their loved ones "I was there." Virender Sehwag crowned the return of Test cricket to the venue with a psychedelic 293, scoring an astonishing 284 in a single day

If a two-tier system comes into play in Test cricket in future, it would be rather unfair to slot Sri Lanka in the lower rung, considering that they were the No.2 Test team not too long ago

Indian cricket, in general, has an unusually strong affinity for pitch-gazing on the eve of a Test, and the attention given to the playing surface by the national team is far greater than any other side in the world, writes Kunal Pradhan in the

Cricketers have stated some unusual excuses for missing games

New Zealand's pace attack for the Dunedin Test may be geriatric - with an average age of 33 - but they are the best in the country so it's essential they all get picked, writes Mark Richardson in the Herald on Sunday

India's world class bowling attack could have done a far better job on the docile track at Motera and minimised the damage

Just days after an Auckland woman cricketer broke a world record for catching 33 tennis balls within a minute, the Guinness Book of Records had another cricket entry when Neville Wadia became the oldest player to hit a century in minor cricket

Move over Jonty

"Get off the gym and bowl" – that’s the message former Australian players have for the country’s fast bowlers, who’ve probably given the team physio sleepless nights in India

It is a great thing for cricket that Ricky Ponting is fighting for the game's traditions – retaining the sanctity of Test cricket - but it will prove an unwinnable fight

It's not just the players who are sick of giving interviews on excessive cricket

South Africa will start as favourites for the Test series against England but they have two issues to address before the series begins

In the 24 months leading into the World Twenty20 in September 2007, and the 25 months or so thereafter, India played almost the same number of Tests and ODIs, but the latter period includes 17 T20s

Grand slam champion Andre Agassi's admission to using drugs during his career is not only damaging for his reputation but for the sport itself, writes Harsha Bhogle in the Indian Express .

After three months of rest and recuperation, Kevin Pietersen will pick up a bat and try to prove his fitness for the tour of South Africa

The disappointing performances by Somerset and Sussex in the Champions League was only confirmation of the inferior standards of county cricket

By picking Rahul Dravid and then dropping him after two tours for no real justifiable reason, the Indian selectors are sending wrong and confused signals to the youngsters, that it is okay to play only in favourable conditions and that you don’t

The Champions League is entering its final stages but the majority of the Indian public seem blissfully ignorant of the tournament itself

Marcus Trescothick's departure from India is a setback in his recuperation from the stress-related illness that prompted his premature retirement from international cricket

It isn't just nation versus nation contests which stir the public's imagination