It's been over a year since the historic Ashes series and Damien Martyn, the birthday boy and Man of the Match, admitted that Australia had been waiting for this game for quite a while

What England couldn't do against India, and what they can't do without tomorrow, is to raise their intensity and Flintoff underlined the importance of an aggressive approach.

Steve Harmison feels that England will have a "slight advantage" in Saturday's crucial encounter against Australia at Jaipur, considering that they're accustomed to pitch that is set to be used

The first ball that Steve Harmison delivered in this Champions Trophy, with Virender Sehwag on strike and two staggered slips in place, could probably end up as the widest wide in the tournament, and maybe even in the history of one-day cricket. Had a thi

Over the last week, of the seven teams that visited Jaipur, it's been Pakistan who have, ironically, appeared most relaxed

Malcolm Speed has reacted sharply to Lalit Modi's recent media statements, stating clearly that the ICC wasn't taking any of those "opinions" seriously

Malcolm Speed felt that the ICC has done its bit to keep cricketers up to date with banned substances

Up against a depleted Pakistan will be an upbeat Sri Lankan side that's been steamrolling opponents over the last few months, including rolling West Indies over for 80 three days' back.

Younis Khan and Bob Woolmer have admitted that they were "very disappointed" with the events that led to a couple of their players testing positive for banned substances

' I mulled over the decision for a while,' said Rahul Dravid at the end of the day. 'In the end I went in with who I thought could, when playing well, make a genuine difference'

Dave Richardson, the ICC's general manager operations, has clarified that there is no "big fight" between the Indian board and the ICC, adding that he didn't expect India to take any drastic measures

Rahul Dravid has said that it's disappointing to have an 11-day gap in between India's first and second game of the Champions Trophy, adding that it was a far from the ideal situation

It's been exactly a year and a day since Rahul Dravid was, once and for all, appointed India's one-day captain

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on Shahriar Nafees, the architect of the win, and part of the upbeat and confident generation who face teams head on

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan meets up with the relentlessly optimistic Mohammad Rafique

Rudi Webster is currently with the Indian team for a short stint and is eager to carry on the interaction that began on India's tour of West Indies earlier this year

Neither team has one Champions Trophy game so far but it's a stat that will mostly be altered. There's no sign of rain in the air and in case it's a tie, we'd have probably had the best match of the tournament from two teams on their way back home.

Lalit Modi speaks to Cricinfo about his grouses against the ICC, an organisation who he felt 'didn't know how to run the game'

The good news was that England cruised through their first, and only, practice game against an unheralded side; the bad news is that Andrew Flintoff, who smashed a breezy 59 with the bat, revealed that he will not be bowling in the opening game of the Cha

The lamentable part - as is usually the case with Bangladesh - is that they showed signs of creating a contest before unraveling spectacularly.