After only one game, South Africa have shown that they will be far tougher opponents for India than the Sri Lankans were over the past three weeks

Hobart has been a good ground for Australia, who have never lost a Test here

Two wickets in one over from Nuwan Zoysa gave Sri Lanka just a glimmer, but India were still well-placed to seal a 6-1 series win

India sealed the seven-match series 6-1 with a comprehensive five-wicket win in the last match, at Baroda

S Rajesh on the hot new debutants of 2001

India's bowling performance at Rajkot was one of their most disciplined in the last five years, while Harbhajan Singh gets his home groove back

S Rajesh makes a case for technology in lbw rulings

Slow tracks, knee-high balls, a steady diet of spin - these are some of the conditions England will probably have to conquer to walk away with their second consecutive series victory in Pakistan

After a minor blip at Ahmedabad, caused as much by an excellent innings by Tillakaratne Dilshan as by the dew factor at the Motera, normal order - at least in the context of this series - was restored with yet another one-sided romp

An undefeated 131-run stand for the sixth wicket between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Russel Arnold ensured that Sri Lanka ended their four-match losing streak as they romped to a five-wicket win

Sri Lanka have an awesome record in home ODIs, but when they've travelled it has been a different story

Ajit Agarkar's five-wicket haul, ending with the best figures in an ODI at Pune, played a vital part in keeping Sri Lanka down to 261, before Rahul Dravid's composed 63 piloted India to their fourth-consecutive win in the series

Ajit Agarkar's five-wicket haul, ending with the best figures in an ODI at Pune, played a vital part in keeping Sri Lanka down to 261, before Rahul Dravid's composed 63 piloted India to their fourth-consecutive win in the series

Australia haven't lost a Test at Brisbane since November 1988, winning 11 out of their last 16

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the difference between India and Sri Lanka as what appeared to be an even contest turned out to be another romp for the home team

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the difference between India and Sri Lanka as what appeared to be an even contest turned out to be another romp for the home team

As one-sided contests go, the Indian team will find it difficult to outdo this effort against Sri Lanka at Mohali

The Supersub rule has now been part of one-day cricket for about three months, but teams clearly haven't yet understood how to exploit this rule to the maximum

The Numbers Game looks at how spinners have performed in one-day internationals over the decades

The Numbers Game looks at Glenn McGrath's penchant for ruffling top-order feathers