Graeme Smith said this Wanderers pitch was a belter before the match started, and right from the second ball - the first one he could reach - he set about proving it

The regular Monday column in which our editor answers your questionsabout (almost) any aspect of cricket

The regular Monday column in which our editor answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

Stevev Lynch on the retirement of Steve Waugh, the most influential cricketer of the last decade

Steven Lynch looks back at the sparkling cricket school career of Jonny Wilkinson, the golden boy of English rugby

Steven Lynch looks back at the sparkling cricket school career of Jonny Wilkinson, the golden boy of English rugby

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch, the editor of Wisden Cricinfo, answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

England were shot out for 88 at Dambulla, then Sri Lanka made a mockery of that by knocking off the runs in just 13.5 overs to go one-up in this three-match series

England were shot out for 88 at Dambulla, then Sri Lanka made a mockery of that by knocking off the runs in just 13.5 overs to go one-up in this three-match series

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch, the editor of Wisden Cricinfo, answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

England wrapped up an ultimately simple victory at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka, winning by seven wickets with 22.3 overs to spare after restricting Bangladesh to an inadequate 134 for 9

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch, the editor of Wisden Cricinfo, answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

England, fresh from their crushing victory in the first match of the three-game one-day series at Chittagong, are likely to name an unchanged side for the second match, a day/nighter at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka tomorrow (start 0730 GMT)

A fine allround performance from Andrew Flintoff, the Man of the Match, swept England to a comfortable seven-wicket victory at Chittagong in the first of three one-day internationals against Bangladesh

It's the regular weekly column in which Steven Lynch, the editor of Wisden Cricinfo, answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

Steven Lynch looks back at the sparkling cricket school career of Jonny Wilkinson, the golden boy of English rugby

He's back ..

Michael Vaughan led England to a seven-wicket victory after Matthew Hoggard and Man of the Match Stephen Harmison wrapped up the Bangladesh second innings early on the final morning at the Bangabandhu Stadium

By the end of an attritional third day in Dhaka, England had an overall lead of 80 against Bangladesh

Adam Hollioake, who announced yesterday that next season would be his last at The Oval, will be remembered as a feisty allrounder with a swag of Championship medals in one hand and the best slower ball since Steve Waugh's in the other