What can they tell us about India's singular obsession? Plenty - as is revealed in books by two players from times gone by

On an interesting third day's play Asim Kamal made 99 on his Test debut, Paul Adams took seven wickets in an innings for the first time ..

If Lou Vincent and Mark Richardson prospered yesterday by swatting deliveries to midwicket and square leg constantly, Scott Styris followed a different drummer

Since the ICC has no policy regulating speed guns, any technology used to measure the velocity of the ball is currently acceptable

If there has been an aspect of this Test moredisappointing than the pitch, it must be the audience.Rahul Dravid, on the very first day, said that he was

Robin Singh was so patently the cricketer always giving 110 percent on the field for India that it comes as no surprise that he gives just as much as a coach

An exclusive interview with Deep Dasgupta

Virender Sehwag's ability to punish anything erring inline and length is well known, and his innings atHyderabad demonstrated that yet again

Centuries from Gilchrist and Ponting power Australia to a 61-run win

Even before the tournament, New Zealand's battingwould have been ranked third of the three at the TVSCup, but when the first two positions are occupied byAustralia and India - in whichever order - that is nocriticism

Australia sneaked a thrilling two-wicket win off the penultimate ball of the match to seal a place in the final of the TVS Cup

Rain stopped play after 26.5 overs in the first match of the TVS Cup, giving India and New Zealand three points apiece from the abandoned game

Nadeem Memon, curator at Motera, insists that he has not been given a free hand in preparing the pitch for the first Test

During lunch on the third day, news of Matthew Hayden batting on 365 at Perth started to filter in

The sights and sounds from the fringes of the Ahmedabad Test captured by Wisden's Roving Reporter.

For a dispassionate observer at the Motera stadium,Rahul Dravid's innings of 110 was inextricably tied to the mood of the sparse but belligerently vociferouscrowd, even though Dravid himself played through theday with his trademark equanimity and

If any proof of a cricketer's celebrity status in India were needed, the New Zealand team's arrival at the Motera stadium on the first day of the Test would provide it

Is John Wright the hardest-working man in Indian cricket

The scorching sun at Ahmedabad could be a huge factor over the next five days as India and New Zealand prepare for the first Test

Chasing under lights yet again in the second game of their one-day series against Pakistan, South Africa could not resist the pressure for long enough to make a realistic assault on their target of 268, falling short by 42 runs