One team is looking to push its way up the points table after making an extremely slow start to IPL 2009; the other team is desperately trying to arrest a slide which has pushed them all the way down to seventh place

One-down has been a source of worry for England for a while now

Stats preview to the first Test between England and West Indies at Lord's

It's a measure of the competitiveness of this year's IPL that the two teams clashing in Durban on Tuesday are five places apart in the rankings table, but only one point separates them

It's central contracts time in Australia, and Cricinfo runs the rule on the 39 players who've played in various forms of the game for the national team, and attempts to identify the 25 who will make the cut

No match-up illustrates the difference between last year's tournament and IPL 2009 better than the match between Deccan Charger and Rajasthan Royals

The major difference between this IPL and its previous edition has been the way teams have handled the middle overs

Australia may have regained their pre-eminence as a Test team, but in the one-day format the year 2009 has been an unmitigated disaster

Preview to the first ODI between Pakistan and Australia in Dubai

Cricinfo previews the IPL game between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Chennai Super Kings

Cricinfo previews the IPL game between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders

Cricinfo previews game one of the second season of the IPL

The toughest country to beat in their own backyard, and the Indian who's had an amazing 10 months

The IPL wasn't timed perfectly for those who were in the national Australian team, but despite that handicap, the Australians made their presence felt quite amply in the 2008 tournament

How India's spearhead has, over the last three seasons, transformed into a far more potent bowler than he used to be

Gautam Gambhir scored his second century of the series in successive matches to put India in a virtually invincible position in the Wellington Test

A magnificent display of fast bowling from Zaheer Khan, coupled with a spineless batting performance by the home team, put India well on course to a series-clinching victory after just two days of the Wellington Test

Over the last seven-odd years, conditions at most venues have become overly favourable for batsmen, but some grounds still retain their venom and spice

India's lower order batsmen rallied to ensure that they were not dismissed cheaply after being sent in on the first day of a crucial Wellington Test

India have lost the last four times they've turned up for a Test at the Basin Reserve, and some of their heaviest defeats against New Zealand have been at this ground