Shots of the Week, October 23-30, by Will Luke
Monkey business
While Englands one-day life-support machine was switched off, Ashley Giles revealed his return to fitness. "I'm in the best shape I've been in a decade, he said. This is all very well, and encouraging news for fans of the King of Spain, but his defensive posture in this photo suggests he is all too aware of the impact Monty Panesar, his replacement, has made in Giless absence.•Getty Images
What do you call a South African cricketer on one leg? Answers in an email. Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis are patently oblivious to the paparazzi following their every move. •Getty Images
Shot of the week: a monkey casts a scrutinous eye over Englands practice session at Ahmedabad•Getty Images
How apt Steve Harmison should be photographed behind a bevy of empty water bottles; two days later he was dropped for Englands final one-dayer against West Indies. Is that a wry grin on his face, or a grimace?•Getty Images
Expect the unexpected in India. As New Zealand and Pakistan locked horns last week at Mohali, smog enveloped the ground like a blanket to produce some spectacular photos. •AFP
And a fabulously evocative shot from yesterday during Australias win over India. Brett Lee is taunted and jeered by a vocal partisan crowd after an expensive over. What else can you do but walk back to your fielding position?
If you want your photos showcased here, email them in to galleries@cricinfo.com (please note: only current photos, taken in the past week, will be considered)•Getty Images
From a Londoners perspective this Champions Trophy has certainly been well attended. And of all the thousands of photos to be released, this sums up the passion and fervor of Indian cricket as a group of fans cheer on
New Zealand, against guess who? Pakistan.•AFP