The Super Series began with a whimper and ended as quietly. Australia could brag about being on top of the world again but there were few people left to listen

Stuart MacGill speaks after his matchwinning bowling performance at the SCG

Unless rain intervenes, the Super Test will end on day four; unless the World XI can upturn a wretched two weeks of batting

Stuart MacGill is tired of hearing that his style does not complement Shane Warne's

A batting order as spectacular as the Sydney Harbour and the most talented assembled for a Test has turned a Super Series into a disappointment

Graeme Smith is confident his plan to hire only two specialist fast bowlers will pay off on an SCG pitch already assisting the spinners

Matthew Hayden made sure he will stay for the summer with his second century in consecutive Tests and his 22nd overall

Shane Watson plays his second Test for Australia today after displaying the all-round promise that he hopes will make him Australia's Andrew Flintoff. As he prepared for the Super Test, he spoke to Cricinfo

Australia and the World XI will employ opposite policies for the Super Test

Forget the past week. The Super Test starting on Friday is the match of the series

For 15 minutes, a quartet of the game's most treasured commodities paraded their off-field repertoires in a discussion devoted to spin

As the ICC waited for Friday's Super Test, it staged the game's Oscars in a Sydney hotel rising into the sky like a bat handle

Peter English continues his Super Series diary

Talk of "a game of inches" has littered sport for years, but with the Super Series expansion to the almost-all-seeing eye of technology t

Shaun Pollock believes the Super Series has been a success and should be staged every three years

Adam Gilchrist's batting has regained its freedom after an English summer of claustrophobia caused by Andrew Flintoff. With Flintoff watching and suffering, Gilchrist smashed Australia's fastest one-day century from 73 balls

The ten-year reunion of Muttiah Muralitharan and Darrell Hair in Melbourne was a quiet and friendly affair

Australia's Ashes wounds are still deep but after the initial Super Series outing ended in a runaway success the team message was "we're back"

For much of the game the vibe was comparable to a neutral VB Series preliminary match, but even those affairs boast patriotic passion

A new concept gives Australia a chance to scratch a new guard