A clever century by Tillakaratne Dilshan, supported by innings of their young careers from Tharanga Paranavitana and Angelo Mathews took Sri Lanka to a comfortable total on a testing pitch

India look to become No. 1 for the first time, Sri Lanka look to justify their No. 2 ranking, an old-world ground is the setting

Just for the high quality of consistent fast bowling throughout the match, the Dunedin Test needs to be celebrated

Shane Bond ruined a dream debut for Umar Akmal and took New Zealand to their first win in more than a year

Skilful, rousing bowling from Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif almost accounted for the 97-run first-innings deficit

A 34-year-old coming back to Test cricket after two years, and a 19-year-old making his debut, lit up Dunedin's University Oval on a windy day that New Zealand came out better placed in the Test

Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum punished Pakistan on a day that rain and bad light allowed only 36 overs of play

It was an engrossing first day of the series with New Zealand claiming the slight upper hand thanks to Pakistan's poor fielding

Cricinfo picks out the highlights of the third round of the Ranji Trophy 2009-10

Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, and a dead Ahmedabad pitch (21 wickets and seven centuries in five days) put paid to Sri Lanka's dream of a first Test win in India

Sri Lanka gave themselves a minimum of 134 overs and an ample cushion of runs to try and register their first Test win in India, but the Ahmedabad pitch got deader and deader every passing minute

Mahela Jayawardene ground the Indian bowlers into Ahmedabad dust, almost ruling out a defeat for Sri Lanka

Tillakaratne Dilshan became the first Sri Lankan to score a century in India since 1997 as the visitors finished the second day with the upper hand

Rahul Dravid's 27th century - and 10th 150-plus score - carried more intent than probably any of his Test innings, and led India's remarkable comeback from 32 for 4

Both sides have dashing openers, heavyweight middle-orders, crafty spinners. It should make for an intriguing series

Twenty-eight players made their international debuts the same years as Sachin Tendulkar. We look at what 20 of the better-known ones went on to do

Cricinfo picks out the highlights of the first two rounds of the Ranji Trophy 2009-10

The youngsters need to recapture the fearlessness and clear-headedness that drove India to an impressive one-day record over the past two years

Temperamental fast bowler Sreesanth has been given one more chance to resurrect his stop-start career, after being selected in India's 15-man squad

Australia's series win has been among their most characteristic - and least. And Ponting has been at the heart of it all