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All change at Newlands as willow dominates

After a year in which the ball has dominated matches, with dramatic collapses deciding games, this Test will redress the balance with a battle of the batsman

04-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Newlands

A run deluge in Cape Town

Stats highlights from a bat-dominated second day in Cape Town

04-Jan-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Cuddles for Kallis in batsmen renaissance

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the third Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Cape Town

04-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Newlands

India wait for a declaration, again

India in the field are quicker than others to step back and hope the batsmen bail them out in the second dig, and wait for the declaration

04-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga at the SCG

Records galore for Clarke and Australia

Stats highlights from an utterly dominant day for Australia

04-Jan-2012•S Rajesh

An overdue partnership

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke had never produced a key partnership in a crunch match before their stand of 288 against India in Sydney

04-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig at the SCG

Ponting stoops to conquer

The story of Ponting's battle and redemption must count among the most compelling and uplifting in cricket. Not merely had it been test of skills, but also of character

04-Jan-2012•Sambit Bal at the SCG

Clarke and Ponting revel, Dravid and Hussey applaud

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between Australia and India in Sydney

04-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga at the SCG

Bowlers punish Dilshan for wrong decision

The only thing worse than Tillakaratne Dilshan putting South Africa in on a flat pitch was the way his bowlers came out not even believing they could take a wicket

03-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Newlands

Kallis feasts on the green grass of home

Sri Lanka laid out a royal feast of bad bowling on day one at Cape Town. Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen tucked in and chalked up important runs.

03-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Newlands

Kallis bounces back as Petersen takes his chance

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the first day of the third Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Cape Town

03-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Newlands

Gambhir facing his toughest test

India's struggles with the bat in Australia start at the top, with the form of their opener Gautam Gambhir

03-Jan-2012•Sambit Bal

McDermott's vigilance needs emulating

Under the guidance of their pace-bowling coach, Australia's fast bowlers have adopted the simplest of methods and delivered excellent results

03-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig at the SCG

Beach balls make an entry, batsmen hastily exit

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between Australia and India in Sydney

03-Jan-2012•Sidharth Monga at the SCG

A big aggregate, and a good start

Also: half-centuries galore, a century of stumpings, Shakib's record, and most pairs in Tests

03-Jan-2012•Steven Lynch

Why so defensive, Mumbai?

Madhya Pradesh's last pair was at the crease when the Mumbai captain Wasim Jaffer pushed back seven fielders to the deep. It set the tone for a day when Mumbai just refused to take charge.

02-Jan-2012•Abhishek Purohit at the Holkar Cricket Stadium

South Africa front up to their mental weaknesses

After the Durban debacle, Graeme Smith seems to have accepted, at long last, that South Africa's biggest problem is in the mind. It was admittance, it was relief and finally, it was progress

02-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

'We are not thinking too much' - Dilshan

Sri Lanka's historic win in Durban, their injury woes ahead of the decider, and his own sketchy form have no effect of Tillakaratne Dilshan's approach to the task at hand

02-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Smith backs returning Petersen to fire

The South Africans hope that Alviro Petersen's calm, no-frills demeanour will translate to results with the bat, in Graeme Smith's company at the top of the order

02-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Attacking Lyon set to take flight

Backed by an attacking mindset and a supportive captain, Nathan Lyon will be a threat at Sydney, irrespective of whether the pitch assists him

02-Jan-2012•Daniel Brettig in Sydney

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