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Entertaining accounts of post-war Ashes series in Australia written from an unabashed English viewpoint

A day of record fees, surprises, hype and hubris threw up several puzzling deals and trends. Nagraj Gollapudi did some sniffing around to try and answer some of the key questions.

Alastair Cook and James Anderson were the star performers in an outstanding Ashes campaign, while Australia had few memorable moments

ESPNcricinfo looks back at a few of the memorable moments from England's triumphant Ashes campaign, from a frenzied start at the Gabba to the decisive blow on Boxing Day at the MCG

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the second day of the first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan in Hamilton

As the dust settles on the IPL auction, ESPNcricinfo runs the rule on each of the squads

England's Ashes campaign was meticulously planned and superbly executed. They won a series in Australia for the first time in 24 years, and in so doing, inflicted three innings defeats on their oldest opponents. ESPNcricinfo assesses the men who took part

Australia's series started well but quickly became one to forget. Michael Hussey stood well above his team-mates, but even he couldn't stop the side from falling to a record three innings losses

For the first time, India were not beaten in a Test series in South Africa, but they also squandered their best opportunity to win

South Africa went into the series as clear favourites, and will be disappointed they could only manage a 1-1 draw against India

Although India achieved a creditable draw, South Africa finished with the better numbers in the series

Shouldn't the most anticipated Test series since the 2005 Ashes have been decided over five Tests?

Makhaya Ntini made a specialty of putting smiles on people's faces. During his last game, the Twenty20 against India, the emotions on show may be rather different

ESPNcricinfo picks five players that could go for a lot more than their base prices

Twenty20 may be a young man's game, but older players with strong leadership skills provide just as much, if not more, value for IPL franchises

How much money the IPL franchises have during the auction

Customised itineraries for fans who'd like to go where their players are going (with plenty of sight-seeing and general chilling out added on)

Andy Flower is not a man for the limelight, but that should take nothing away from his enormous contribution to England's first Ashes triumph in Australia in 24 years

Nothing like a beer or a dozen to unwind after a hard day's labour watching the cricket. Colombo has plenty of options for the thirsty traveller

Plays of the Day from the first day of the Hamilton Test between New Zealand and Pakistan