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West Indies cricketers better be down to business from ball one this morning in Leicester if they are to make the most of the busiest lead-in to a Test series away from home for nine years

It took 12 teams 54 matches spread over 19 days to determine the best of the rest, the countries next in the queue for an ICC handout and those fortunate four who will play in the 2011 World Cup

The multiple-captains saga has hung around the otherwise fragrant Kolkata Knight Riders like a bad smell

The time-out as it has been presented is nonsensical enough. But when rain is in the air, as it was at Newlands on Sunday, it becomes a self-defeating fiasco and a triumph for sheer greed over the paying public

A fan braves the drizzle to watch Nayar clobber Freddie, a dog wander around the outfield, and celebrities hog the big screen on the opening day of the IPL

However much the IPL's organisers tried, they faced one insurmountable problem: Cape Town never was, and never will be, in India

Twenty20 captaincy feels like a lottery at times but pretty much everything Kevin Pietersen did came off. He may as well just ride the wave

Shane Warne's night was ruined by a shoddy batting performance from his team. But what a pleasure he was to watch. We must be grateful that he is still in our lives, however briefly

It was a strange kind of start, but Tendulkar's thoughtfulness made it an intriguing, and possibly tone-setting, one

Cricket has acted as a vehicle for good in a country not used to celebrating

Sriram Veera explains some Twenty20 tactics, lifts the veil on some common misconceptions, raises some questions - and sticks his neck out answering them

The IPL wasn't timed perfectly for those who were in the national Australian team, but despite that handicap, the Australians made their presence felt quite amply in the 2008 tournament

The cricketing victims of the Lahore attack take their first steps to returning to the game and life as usual

He picked up a bat as a refugee in Pakistan and Hamid Hassan's life has been cricket, cricket, cricket ever since

Andy Flower is widely expected to be unveiled this week as England's new full-time director of cricket, having overseen the team's fortunes in an interim capacity during the recent tour of the West Indies

Catches and runs, catches off the first ball, Twenty20 tons, and the largest fourth-innings totals that didn't make the mark

The Mumbai Indian turned Bangalore Challenger disturbs the peace at a theatre, gets hold of Tendulkar's bat, and twists a few ears

In a team of strugglers and second-stringers, one man stood upright and unsmiling against the tide

A colourful look at the Twenty20 story and a throw forward to what is to come this year

How South Africa's bright new all-round hope got serious and got going