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Worrying signs for South Africa's top order

It is too early to draw any long-term conclusions, but the home side's top order was given a rude awakening about the challenges facing them from Australia

13-Feb-2014•Firdose Moonda at Centurion Park

Game back in focus at Cricket HQ

The ICC revamp dominated the headlines over the last few days, but the fans and the game's stakeholders can now follow the Under-19 World Cup together, ironically, getting underway in the ICC's own turf - the UAE

13-Feb-2014•Kanishkaa Balachandran in Dubai

Marsh's high and de Villiers' control

Stats highlights from the second day in Centurion, when Australia's bowlers backed up the good work done by their batsmen on the opening day

13-Feb-2014•S Rajesh

Nice to see you again, Mr Smith

Graeme Smith has plenty of memories of facing Mitchell Johnson. Some are good. Some are painful. In their first head-to-head of this series the fast bowler came out on top in double quick time

13-Feb-2014•Jarrod Kimber at Centurion Park

Johnson preys on fresh victims

As England discovered in the Ashes, knowing what to expect from Mitchell Johnson is a different matter to countering it

13-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig

From the backwaters to the big leagues

Many Indian players from small towns with little to no cricket facilities have made it big recently. One of them is India's Under-19 captain, Vijay Zol

13-Feb-2014•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Rajasthan buy lots for less, KXIP strong

A look at what the eight IPL franchises did during the 2014 player auction and how their teams stack up

13-Feb-2014•George Binoy

Bangladesh need aggressive, but responsible batting - Coach

Bangladesh batting coach Corey Richards wants his batsmen to cut out reckless shots and play percentage cricket at the same time

13-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam

Yadav's mystery and Doran's potential

ESPNcricinfo picks out five players to watch out for in this year's Under-19 World Cup

13-Feb-2014•Kanishkaa Balachandran

New Zealand's green gamble

On the surface, a seamer's paradise looks like the way to go against India, but with a few struggling batsmen in the team, a backfire cannot be ruled out

13-Feb-2014•Abhishek Purohit

The journey of the World Cup stars post-2012

ESPNcricinfo looks at the progress made by five stars of the 2012 Under-19 World Cup over the last two years

13-Feb-2014•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Juggling studies and cricket with Kate Green

Kate Green, in charge of personal development and welfare of the England U-19 team, reveals how she helps ensure the players don't forget about school work and developing their all-round personalities

13-Feb-2014•Kanishkaa Balachandran

'It all fell apart when we were going places'

Sean Ervine talks about his decision to leave Zimbabwe, growing up in a sporting family, and the ferocity of a Shaun Tait bouncer

13-Feb-2014•Interview by Jack Wilson

South Africa lack their Centurion spark

South Africa were not awful on the opening day, but from a position where they had Australia in significant trouble the attack could not ram home the advantage and back Graeme Smith's decision to bowl

12-Feb-2014•Firdose Moonda at Centurion Park

Saner franchises, wiser spends

Three years ago, franchises had been prepared to splash USD 1.6 million on Saurabh Tiwary and USD 900,000 on Daniel Christian. This time, they were more cautious with the cash, and looked to build balanced squads

12-Feb-2014•Nagraj Gollapudi in Bangalore

Highest by a No. 4 against South Africa since Harvey

Stats highlights from the first day in Centurion, which was dominated by Shaun Marsh and his 199-run partnership with Steven Smith

12-Feb-2014•S Rajesh

Sehwag's close call, Yuvraj's bonus

Notes from the first day of the IPL auction in Bangalore

12-Feb-2014•Siddarth Ravindran

Marsh's rush job is one to remember

Shaun Marsh entered the first Test in Centurion with barely any time to think. As he constructed a century that may yet provide the foundations of a famous Australian victory, it was possible to conclude it had been good for him

12-Feb-2014•Daniel Brettig at Centurion

Catches galore in thriller

Plays of the Day from the 1st Twenty20 between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chittagong

12-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam in Chittagong

The millions earned and lost

A look at the big numbers from the first day of the 2014 IPL Auction

12-Feb-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

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