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MCG pitch gives Test perfect narrative

The MCG has provided the pitch and the stage to two less-than-perfect teams to weave together the perfect narrative that has kept everyone - batsmen, bowler, and spectators - interested

28-Dec-2011•Sambit Bal at the MCG

Hilfenhaus learns some new tricks

From a bowler who swung the ball but did little else, Ben Hilfenhaus has transformed into one with subtle variations that will test the best batsmen

28-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Laxman's MCG jinx continues

India's fourth-innings mettle will be tested again in Melbourne, while Michael Hussey showed he isn't finished just yet

28-Dec-2011•S Rajesh

The stars shine brightly

The most hyped match of the BBL lived up to its expectations, but the entertainment didn't

28-Dec-2011•Patrick Kennedy

The segway strikes again

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the third day of the first Test between Australia and India in Melbourne

28-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

The Durban jinx continues to baffle

Why do South Africa keep stumbling to low scores at Kingsmead? It is a question that makes even the usually sage-like Hashim Amla nervous

27-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

An innings worthy of an explosive celebration

Thilan Samaraweera says his only previous century outside the subcontinent earned him three years of Test cricket. Perhaps his knock in Durban will secure a few more

27-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

Spice the tonic for Sri Lanka

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Durban

27-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda

More debut heroics, and South Africa's low

Stats highlights from an engrossing second day's play between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Durban

27-Dec-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Tendulkar's promise of a glorious summer

Sachin Tendulkar batted with fluency and control to help India break the trend of batting failures that had blighted their start to overseas tours in recent times

27-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Australian seamers show mettle against the best

India were undoubtedly on top, but James Pattinson and his fast-bowling colleagues showed a willingness to toil hard against the best batsmen in the business

27-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Where's the cauldron?

The MCG on Boxing Day is supposed to be a heaving, roaring giant bowl of Test cricket-loving humanity, no?

27-Dec-2011•Chandrachud Basavaraj

The helmet that took out Joe the Cameraman

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

27-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

The man who finished reading Hughes' statement

Kim Hughes never completed reading the statement he'd prepared for the press during his emotional resignation in 1984. The person who did recalls that most poignant day

26-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga

South Africa find their Cummins

Marchant de Lange was not supposed to play in Durban but fate had other plans and he ended up with four wickets on his first day of Test cricket

26-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

Pollock makes an appearance, Dilshan throws it away

Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Durban

26-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

Dominant at home, vulnerable away

Mahela Jayawardene, the ninth player to reach 10000 runs, has been terrific in Tests in Sri Lanka but has struggled to perform similarly outside the subcontinent

26-Dec-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Not a bad first day for poor starters

It was a day when both teams' weaker suits - Australia's batting and India's bowling - came face to face, and India didn't come out looking out of place

26-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Ponting's century drought continues

The stage was set for Ricky Ponting to make his first hundred in almost two years, and while he looked fluent at the crease, in the end the wait continued

26-Dec-2011•Sambit Bal at the MCG

Patient Cowan earns the MCG's respect

It is to Cowan's credit that in his first Test innings, he played his way and was not caught up in the occasion, nor the quick tempo set by his partners David Warner and Ricky Ponting

26-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

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