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Bangalore may see this win as a turning point - it lifted them off the bottom of the table - but the result can't paper over the obvious flaws in the way they play

A former officer in the Royal Green Jackets, Matthew Fleming - who played 11 ODIs for England - will open a cricket camp in Afghanistan, the newest of the ICC's one-day international countries

Seventeen games into the IPL, and the Australian influence in the tournament hasn't been a whole lot

Meeting one's heroes can often be a disappointment but not for this loyal Queenslander

The most effective international bowlers, a century of ducks, the most Man-of-the-Match awards in a losing cause, and batting in every position

Herschelle Gibbs played an innings of patience and practicality to steer Deccan Chargers to their fourth win on the trot

The spin maestro gets taken for a few in a game that started well and then fizzled out

To win a game of Twenty20, teams need to win the big moments. Since humbling Rajasthan Royals on the opening day of the tournament, Bangalore have developed a habit of losing them

If Mumbai Indians want to reach the final four without much fuss, they need to quickly get out of the shadow of Sachin Tendulkar

In his spare time Rajasthan's hard-hitting South African import mixes drinks, coos over his three-year-old, and struggles with Sudoku

This collection of published articles proves Gideon Haigh has few contemporaries to rival his dazzling and versatile writing on the game

Punjab's first win of IPL 2009 came in their full game of the tournament - both previous games had been affected by rain

The Super Over ruined what had been the perfect match, with all the elements of a classic sporting contest

The IPL gets into top gear with a sizzler of a game

The former England captain's new project involves hitting a paint-coated ball onto canvas

Delhi Daredevils, inspired by AB de Villiers' superbly-paced century, held their nerve in the field to beat Chennai Super Kings in the first close game of IPL 2

Australia's embarrassing defeat to Pakistan stemmed in part from a lack of experience and coincided with the free-scoring form of Gilchrist and Hayden in the IPL

The wisdom ahead of this tournament as experts tried to compare and contrast Indian conditions with those in South Africa was that the new ball was going to be crucial. It has indeed been crucial, but just not in the way people expected

Chris Gayle played a typically audacious innings, with some stylishly cool big-hitting, to give Kolkata their first win of the IPL season

Zero for 4 and all that, an old Australian foe, and most ducks in ODIs