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'I need to tone down my desperation' - Umar Akmal

After having lost his place in the Pakistan Test side, Umar Akmal has realised that he needs to control his urge to go hard at the ball. That is not going to stop him from playing his strokes though

26-Dec-2011•Umar Farooq

Memo to India's bowlers

Sure, the wickets in Australia are faster and bouncier than back home; all the more reason to pitch it up

26-Dec-2011•Aakash Chopra

Can India overcome the first-Test ghost?

On three of their last four tours, they have lost the first Tests, all rain-affected games. The weather in Melbourne doesn't promise anything different

25-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Hosts' best chance to reverse trend

South Africa will be highly confident of ending their losing run in Durban against a Sri Lankan team struggling to adjust to the conditions

25-Dec-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Australia: the opening batsman's guide

There's a fair bit of bounce on wickets down under, but that's not as bad as it may seem if you're walking out to bat first up

25-Dec-2011•Aakash Chopra

Jury awaits on revamped Australia

They were stuck in a rut for several summers before the last one, but it is impossible to comprehend how much Australian cricket has been transformed in the past year

25-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Being Eddie

Ed Cowan left the egos and personalities of NSW behind to forge a career with Tasmania, where his calm, happy demeanour helped his team-mates. It should help the national side as well

25-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

What Kerry did

Kerry Packer died on the first day of the Boxing Day Test in 2005. A look back at the man who changed the fortunes of the world's best cricketers forever

25-Dec-2011•Ashley Mallett

'I've always enjoyed having people a little scared of me'

It took a serious injury for Ravi Rampaul to understand his body and his bowling, and to come back stronger and more effective

25-Dec-2011•Nitin Sundar

Laxman's poorest venue in Australia

VVS Laxman averages only 18.50 in six Test innings in Melbourne; at the other grounds in Australia, he averages 69.28

24-Dec-2011•S Rajesh

Shivlal Yadav returns to familiar battleground

Australia evokes memories both painful and sweet for India's manager on this tour

24-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Stiff challenge for openers on South African tracks

Pitches in South Africa have given openers, especially those from the subcontinent, a hard time, and the track at Kingsmead promises to make life difficult for the Sri Lankan batsmen

24-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda

Dhoni plays it cool

Press conferences with MS Dhoni are inevitably a cat-and-mouse game, as the India captain rarely gives anything away

24-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga

'This is not the time to give up cricket'

From the highs of leading a team to the Ranji title and another to promotion, Amol Muzumdar finds himself no longer being the leading scorer in Ranji and having to prove himself before he can play first-class cricket again. Not that he's complaining

24-Dec-2011•Tariq Engineer

'I respect my wicket a hundred times more now'

No more just the T20 biffer, David Warner has made it to the big leagues, and he has made sure the mental and technical aspects of his game have kept pace

24-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

Bangladesh doomed by paucity of first-class cricket

Bangladesh need to work on building their skills in the longer formats of the game, but the next four months will see their domestic season dominated by 50-over and T20 games

23-Dec-2011•Mohammad Isam

Setting the tone for the series

Although faced with a massive challenge, visiting teams will take confidence from the fact that home teams have lost five Boxing Day Tests in the last four years

23-Dec-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

One last shot at the hardest tour of all

Australia could be the last tour for Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman, because this is India's last away Test series for two years. Defeat will leave them bitterly disappointed

23-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga in Melbourne

'Scoring hundreds is the best feeling'

The Mumbai captain and Ranji record-holder looks back at his domestic career, playing maidan cricket, learning to score fast, the team's winning philosophy, and more

22-Dec-2011•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Pattinson eyes his Melbourne chance

He's watched plenty of Boxing Day Tests; now he'll be looking to make history in one with a good hometown mate

22-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

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