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In Larwood country

Our correspondent makes his way from Trent Bridge to Nuncargate to find out more about one of England's most fearsome fast bowlers

10-Jul-2014•Sidharth Monga

Pitching it up

How a medical charity convinced the MCC and the Swedes to help spread the message of cricket among kids in Afghanistan

10-Jul-2014

Dilshan soars at favoured venue

Perhaps it is the cooler mountain air or the smell of rain - whatever the difference, Tillakaratne Dilshan can't get enough of Pallekele

09-Jul-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Vijay the millionaire meets Vijay the coal-miner

In recent times, fortune has conspired against M Vijay and runs have been lacking. At Trent Bridge, though, after a small slice of luck at the start, he combined flair and patience to great effect

09-Jul-2014•Sidharth Monga at Trent Bridge

South Africa face the Kallis question

Accommodation for a great player like Jacques Kallis should be made with careful consideration and South Africa cannot get carried away with sentiment

09-Jul-2014•Firdose Moonda

A rare century and Anderson's 50

Stats highlights from the opening day at Trent Bridge, when Murali Vijay scored his first overseas Test century

09-Jul-2014•S Rajesh

Jayawardene's missing four

Plays of the day from the second ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Pallekele

09-Jul-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Test pitch comes gift wrapped

England could not have produced a pitch more suiting India's needs at Trent Bridge if they had gift wrapped it with a note of welcome

09-Jul-2014•George Dobell at Trent Bridge

A tale of two SSC Tests

In 1993 and 2006, South Africa's bowlers had vastly different results in Colombo. Brett Schultz and Makhaya Ntini look back

09-Jul-2014•Firdose Moonda

Cook's captaincy future on the line

Alastair Cook's qualities as England captain have been widely debated. England's five-Test series against India is about to determine his future

08-Jul-2014•George Dobell

India threaten to shed conservatism

The signs are that Stuart Binny has a very strong chance of making a Test debut at Trent Bridge which would signal a significant change in mindset by India overseas

08-Jul-2014•Sidharth Monga at Trent Bridge

India's bowling leader conundrum

The present Indian bowling line-up will tackle its first five-Test series without the proven guidance of Zaheer Khan, their bowling captain. India had unravelled without him in 2011. Will they do better this time around?

08-Jul-2014•Nagraj Gollapudi

All about Alastair

Cook averages much more against spin than he does against pace. Whatever could it mean?

08-Jul-2014•Andy Zaltzman

Packed tours, and Shiv's late stumping

Also, best post-war win/loss record, most runs in two calendar years, most ducks in a Test, and brothers with similar numbers

08-Jul-2014•Steven Lynch

ECB profit could be England's loss

The visit of India will swell the coffers of English cricket but there could be a greater cost in the long term

07-Jul-2014•George Dobell in Nottingham

Shakib puts on brave face after suspension

Shakib Al Hasan trained with his team-mates as the BCB directors held their meeting in Mirpur, unaware of the massive punishment he was about to be hit with

07-Jul-2014•Mohammad Isam

Five key head-to-heads

From two embattled captains to the challenge for India's openers against the new ball, ESPNcricinfo picks five contests that could determine the series

07-Jul-2014•Alan Gardner

Anderson's favourite venue, and England's batting woes

Trent Bridge has been one of the very best grounds for fast bowlers over the last decade, with James Anderson taking 49 wickets at 17.34. It is also a venue where England have won each of their last five Tests

07-Jul-2014•S Rajesh

Flintoff hoopla benefits everyone

The long-awaited Freddie Flintoff comeback leads this week's countdown of the things that mattered in the NatWest T20 Blast

07-Jul-2014•Vithushan Ehantharajah

A lying father

Indian fathers can watch all the matches they want to only if their sons grow up liking cricket as much as they do

07-Jul-2014•Manish Dubey

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