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Four-thirty-five and losing, Pakistan's lowest Test totals, and the most prolific Australian

Perhaps one collapse in a Test had become boring, so Sri Lanka and Pakistan produced two here

This was not a day to ask questions. This was a day to believe, like Fawad Alam did

It's hot in Colombo, small animals are after your dinner in Galle, and security staff are sticklers for dress codes

Defeat today might not have been as painful for England as a collective, given how little of the match they had actually commanded, but for Paul Collingwood personally it would have been a low without compare

The 2009 Ashes are officially alive. But though England will draw encouragement from their great escape, much more is needed from their marquee batsmen

A letter of apology to Nathan Hauritz from The Hauritzer Fan Club

Pakistan cricket doesn't lend itself to analysing. For nobody yet knows what motivates its cricketers, or what brings them down.

On today's evidence, it's going to be nigh on impossible to resist affording Steve Harmison one final, final shot at redemption if England are to claim anything from this series. It really is looking that desperate right now

Brad Haddin is a batsman, not a wicketkeeping thrasher, even though he can comfortably find the stands with his driving

Tillakaratne Dilshan is no mood to let go of any opportunity that comes his way, not even wicketkeeping

An audio-visual look back at the life and career of Sunil Gavaskar

It's that time again, when we assess an outpouring of printed matter celebrating cricket's premier contest

It is that 1989 series that most readily springs to mind now, with Ricky Ponting elevated to Allan Border's uber-veteran role

A timeline for Sunil Gavaskar's career from 1971 to 1987

Gavaskar was was not just another cricketer but a metaphor for a country's aspirations

Cricinfo looks into the crisis among the West Indies players which have led to a second-string team taking on Bangladesh in the first Test at St Vincent