Give neutral Tests a chance

Andrew Miller: Despite the poor turnouts, the Pakistan-Australia series was a success, and it serves as an invitation to other English grounds to get behind the concept

Hope floats after hoodoo ends

Osman Samiuddin: Despite the near panic at the end, this win is memorable as the one that breaks the stranglehold Australia have had over Pakistan

Best and worst venues for batting first

The Numbers Game: A look at grounds with the highest and lowest averages for the team batting first in Tests

'Neutral Tests aren't a good idea'

Bowl at Boycs: Geoff Boycott on why Pakistan playing in England doesn't work, Afridi's decision to retire from Tests, and how to play forward correctly

Don't blame Afridi

Osman Samiuddin: What was the board thinking by appointing as captain a player who hadn't played a Test in four years, to lead one of Pakistan's most inexperienced sides?

UDRS: Use it or lose it

Ian Chappell: The ICC needs to find a way to use reviews in all matches, and if that's not possible, the system needs to be junked

Whose responsibilty is the UDRS?

Harsha Bhogle: If the review system is an ICC regulation, why are teams allowed to decide on its usage?

A huge middle-order loss

Numbers Game: When Pakistan's big three were around, their middle order was among the world's best. Now, they'll have to build from scratch

Healthy competition?

Switch Hit: England scrape a one-day series win thanks to recalled Ravi, but does their new-found strength in depth create more questions than answers?

'There was no choice but me'

Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's explosive captain, talks about the challenges of leading the side. Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Kamran Akmal faces his mental challenge

His career hit rock-bottom in Australia when he suffered a nightmare Test in Sydney, but Kamran Akmal has been given another chance. By Nagraj Gollapudi

Never forget Lahore

Paul Farbrace, former Sri Lanka assistant coach, tells of a new initiative to take a stand against those who would destroy fans' love of the game

Pakistan v Australia 2010

Plain name, extraordinary talent

An average 21-year-old would find it hard to deal with the hype. But there is nothing average about Steven Smith. By Brydon Coverdale

'Why should politicians be in the ICC?'

Bowl at Boycs: Geoffrey Boycott on why an ex-player should be ICC vice-president, Steven Smith's potential, and Pietersen's decision to leave Hampshire

The joy of neutrality

Rob Steen: The trick is to find a balance between caring too much about your team and so little as to be unable to appreciate context and plot

1912

The original damp squib

Rewind: A week before Australia and Pakistan meet at Lord's, we look back 98 years to the last time a neutral Test match was played on the ground

Live from the Warne-Waugh affair

Ten years after Cronje: A look back to how the story of the involvement of two Australian players with bookmakers broke in 1998. By Malcolm Conn

'Afridi's captaincy won't work long term'

Spotlight: Ramiz Raja and Osman Samiuddin on the PCB's about-turn, the return of the two Shoaibs and Afridi's leadership