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More people are flocking to Australian domestic Twenty20 games than before and the board plans to cash in with an extravaganza that sounds a lot like the one in India

Pakistan had a chance but blew it, and overall Australia completely dominated in all aspects in the three-Test series which ended in another whitewash for the visitors

The franchises had a purse of $750,000 to spend at the third IPL auction in Mumbai. This is how they went about doing it

Cashing in on reprieves, captains with 10 in a Test, maiden hundreds that turned into triples, and the most centuries in a year

The series was drawn 1-1, but South Africa took most of the stats honours, scoring more runs and centuries, taking more wickets, and averaging more with the bat

Nobody can question that Strauss's role has been all-consuming, but now is not the time to rest

Sachin Tendulkar's has become such a scientific art these days that he has managed to eliminate risk and has almost made batting appear a routine. It's amazing how he has taken a capricious art and made it look a risk-free activity

England seethed after they found Daryl Harper hadn't heard a nick off Graeme Smith's bat because the volume on his system was not turned up

History suggested it was going to be a tight series, and in the end 1-1 felt like the right result. You can understand why South Africa felt they should have won, maybe by as much as three Tests to one, but England's resilience played such a part in makin

Graeme Swann was England's standout player in this series, troubling South Africa's batsmen with dip, turn and determination even on unhelpful surfaces, while Alastair Cook, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell and Stuart Broad all played valuable roles in England'

There is not a cricket-playing country in the world as backward and as resistant to not just modernity but simple, natural progression as Pakistan

Morne Morkel's evolution was the biggest gain for the hosts in this series, while Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher rose to the occasion like true champions

The final Test at the Wanderers brought the thrilling combination of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel terrorising England

The end, when it came, was swift. England had no more fight left to give

Even as wickets tumbled today it felt that something was missing, which would have made it a really satisfying day of watching for a cricket tragic. It wasn't Bangladesh who pulled the trigger, yet India went down like they were shot

This was more like the South Africa who dominated world cricket through 2008 and rose to the top of the tree

England's mindset has been affected by the ongoing controversy surrounding the review system

South Africa have buried England's hopes. Now only the weather can stop them

It's the lack of technology that should be the crux of any further debate, not the gaining back of a lost review