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The SCG had the feel of an after-semester do. No one much minded that one side didn't really show up

Scoring two hundreds in a Test and losing, the most boundaries in an ODI innings, the most runs in a two-Test series, and forewords contributed by the most unlikely people

Viv Richards, the only captain under whom West Indies never lost a series, speaks about the sense of confrontation he brought to his cricket, his first Test in Antigua and his success against England

It was plain from the start of the ODI series that, for some reason, West Indies' spirit of the Tests had evaporated in the interim. It reflected a general problem of attitude - the one common factor in their desperate decline of the past 15 years or so

From the chill of a northern winter to the heat of India - England's women's side have had some adjusting to do on their tour

You can't expect more than a sort of desk diary from a book with three titles, and that's more or less what you get in this account of Stuart Broad's career so far

A cricket-starved fan in Dubai watches Pietersen and Morgan take it away from Pakistan - once she manages to find the stadium, that is

Marks out of ten for the Test series between South Africa and India that was drawn 1-1

Hashim Amla was the last South African standing after his vigil lasted a minute short of 500, but he was not playing for time and grinding it out. Instead, it is his bloody-mindedness, an antithesis to the fast-paced approach of the Twenty20 age

India's bowlers found their straps in an unrivalled atmosphere at the Eden Gardens to prevail in a thrilling encounter

Harbhajan Singh's match haul of eight wickets took his tally at Eden Gardens to 46 in eight Tests, the highest by any bowler

The New Zealand quick on what he'll do with his IPL money, his first TV advertisement, and whether he'd ever return to Test cricket

VVS Laxman's style of forcing the opposition to retreat is perhaps not as in your face as MS Dhoni's, but it's as effective

Quickest to 200 wickets, brothers on opposing teams, out lbw the most, and more

Despite cricket's following increasing manifold since Sachin Tendulkar made his debut, Virender Sehwag remains the only one of the generation that watched him avidly to mature into a truly world-class batsman

The out-of-favour former South African spearhead looks forward to cycling with Lance Armstrong, while still hoping to return to the side

Going by past stats at Eden Gardens, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh could be in for more runs and wickets in the second Test against South Africa

For long, Indians in South Africa have had reason to feel marginalised. Now one of their own has cemented a place at the highest level and is showing the way to a more inclusive future

Just about every cricketer has tried to alter the condition of the ball; the batsman-friendly nature of the game is to blame

The man who has been a facilitator to the fast bowlers today stepped up and made himself count