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What was supposed to be a dream trip for 15 of America's best young cricketers turned into an absolute nightmare over the month of January.

While all the other ICC Full Members have long since established national and other academies, the WICB and its affiliates are yet to get the promised regional academy and its allied feeders going

A sun-stroked Perth resident enjoys Nathan Hauritz's all-round display and admires the beach-ball hitting skills of another spectator

It is neither a definitive work nor a useful one for reference. At best it's a match-by-match account

If Bangladesh view this series as an opportunity lost, then there is hope for progress. They stood up to India on a few occasions but lost the plot under pressure, and were let down by their own weakness

A series between the top-rankers and the wooden-spoon holders of Test cricket was not expected to set the pulse racing, but India did their bit to spark some interest into a series that they ultimately won convincingly

It's a state of mind when runs or wickets come without really trying. But getting there takes a combination of things and holding on to it isn't all that easy

To say Zaheer Khan was all over Bangladesh would be an understatement - he owned them today

Mickey Arthur's departure as South Africa coach is confirmation of where the power lies in the dressing room. Coaches might pick the team but they certainly don't have total control or accountability for team affairs

The most hundreds in a row, the most innings without a duck, and more on the costliest drops

One is seen as a man of the people, the other as a man for himself. What is perception and what reality?

There is definitely something about Mahmudullah that makes one sit up and take note, and some of those qualities were on display during his unbeaten 96 on the first day in Mirpur

Devon Malcolm on how he traded one set of whites in for another

There are two Yuvrajs. The confident one that turns up for ODIs and the imposter that stutters out for the Tests. Who will turn up in Mirpur?

The controversies, the dancing, the England management's apathy towards Ramprakash are all here, but nothing on why his career ended at 52 Tests

No Pakistan player was picked in the IPL auction. Players, boards, governments, all had something to say about it

For a team that doesn't play a lot of Tests, Bangladesh did really well. But hard decisions need to be taken

They cannot use a lack of preparation as an excuse because they are perhaps the most prepared at each tournament

IPL remains India-centric but a cricketing powerhouse like India should think bigger