If the Indians happen to glance at the scorecard of the recently concluded Essex-Nottinghamshire fixture, they might think that the M20 was redirected through the centre of the County Ground in Chelmsford

VVS Laxman looks ahead to the England Tests. Interview by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

India's tour-opening draw against Sussex was marked by the familiar inability to finish off the tail and win the match

On his first England tour as captain, Rahul Dravid, looks at India's youthful attack, England's strong batting and the lack of an allrounder in both teams

Yuvraj Singh overcame poor form, rode his luck and made the most of his breaks to fashion India's series win over South Africa

On a day when three batsmen engineered rescue acts in bowler-friendly Belfast, India prevailed, sneaking a thrilling 6-wicket win to clinch the Future Cup

Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling coach, believes that India's inexperienced seam-bowling attack could give England's batsmen a few surprises

A characteristic half-century from Jacques Kallis ensured that South Africa overcame some spin-related jitters, scrapping to an 4-wicket win in the opening game of the Future Cup on a breezy day at Belfast

Yuvraj Singh is the lynchpin for India's future success

An efficient bowling effort was followed up by a couple of confident half-centuries as India rolled along to a thumping 9-wicket win in the rain-affected one-off one-dayer against Ireland at Belfast

Three years after being banned for attempting to bribe two national selectors, Abhijit Kale is sadder but wiser - and an example of the problems in the pressure-cooker world of Indian cricket

Rahul Dravid has insisted that his side has got over the World Cup disappointment and are ready for the forthcoming tour of Ireland and England, starting in a week's time

Graham Ford's things to do list

Sachin Tendulkar and Wasim Jaffer missed the first day of the camp organised for batsmen at the National Cricket Academy

India's science and technology minister, Kapil Sibal, has come up with a constructive suggestion: urging the BCCI to prepare the team's itinerary based on the weather forecasts provided by the IMD

Interesting moments of the day's play on and off the field

Matthew Hayden's third hundred of the competition was at the heart of a power-packed Australian batting performance

A couple of Sri Lanka batting collapses turned a potentially cracking contest into a one-sided affair, as Australia wrapped up a comprehensive seven-wicket win

A sizzling 71-run eighth-wicket partnership helped New Zealand shrug off a start-stop batting effort, enabling them to seal a comprehensive 129-run win against Ireland

Spurred on by a delightful 87 from Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the tournament