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Had Graeme Smith had been caught off Graham Onions' first ball of the match, South Africa's day could have unravelled amid memories of their Durban demise

In each and every spell of Mohammad Asif's there remains a threat, a leg-before appeal, a play and a miss, an edge. He carries the sense every ball that something very clever he has been working on is just about to, or has almost come off

For a good hour on a gloomy, memorable day, Mohammad Sami suddenly was again what he promised long, long ago: Pakistan fast bowling's next big thing

The Australian captain's decision to bat on a testing surface was a result of an overestimation of his team's abilities

Tony Cozier recounts the memorable moments and phases in West Indies cricket during a decade of struggles

Little help from those at the top, even less from sponsors, and the ICC's bizarre decisions have left most of the Associates looking at a bleak 2010

A statistical preview to the third Test in Cape Town, where England have lost all their matches since South Africa's re-entry into the Test fold.

Stats preview to the second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney

West Indies started the year on a high, plunged into crisis, and seemed to revive at the tail-end

Muttiah Muralitharan talks about his future, Sri Lanka's World Cup chances, Kumar Sangakkara's captaincy, and more

He plays PlayStation, the trumpet, and some cricket. Not bad for Australia's oldest Test debutant

India scaled the peaks in the few Tests they played, but it wasn't all sunny in limited-overs cricket

Not many teams beat South Africa on home soil, even fewer do it by an innings an hour into the final day

Reaching the summit is one challenge, staying there is something entirely different

The side is not inexperienced, just the development of many has been stunted from a lack of Tests

Sri Lanka started 2009 on a high but finished it struggling to hold their footing as key players went missing

Something is amiss for South Africa. Barring an end-of-year miracle, 2010 will start with plenty of soul-searching

Ian Bell has always been a player more comfortable in the shadows than the limelight

England were second favourites before this four-match series started, but this performance is ripping up the form book

Shane Watson has fought many struggles and his maiden century at the MCG will bring him enormous relief