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'We never expected the pitch to behave like that'

Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene provides an eyewitness account of the pitch fiasco at the Feroz Shah Kotla during the final ODI against India

27-Dec-2009

Pakistan need to overcome fear

Pakistan must overcome the fear of playing in Australia by displaying more aggression if they wish to meet with any success in the series

27-Dec-2009•Osman Samiuddin at the MCG

Toe to head in one over

How the variable bounce led to the calling off of play. Excerpts from Cricinfo's ball-by-ball commentary

27-Dec-2009•Jamie Alter

A year to savour

Women's cricket, led by the England side, broke new ground and found new followers this year

27-Dec-2009•Jenny Roesler

England rewarded for playing waiting game

At tea on the opening day at Durban, England were looking short of options and short of ideas, but six overs into the evening session, there was a very different complexion to proceedings

26-Dec-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Durban

Sri Lanka's greatest ODI matchwinner

Stats highlights of Sanath Jayasuriya's 20 years in international cricket

26-Dec-2009•S Rajesh

Sanath Jayasuriya - the entertainer

Cricinfo looks at some of the best performances of perhaps Sri Lanka's most influential performer

26-Dec-2009•Jamie Alter

Meeting Sir Ian

Thrilling on the field, glamorous off it, and a do-gooder to boot. After all these years, Beefy is still a great choice as a childhood hero

26-Dec-2009•George Dobell

A stalemate-jinxed venue for England

A statistical preview to the second Test in Durban, where England have managed to draw each of their last three matches.

25-Dec-2009•Nitin Sundar

Pakistan's chance to end the drought

Stats preview to the first Test between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne

24-Dec-2009•S Rajesh

The lionheart who never held back

Shane Bond was never going to compromise on his greatest strength, pace, despite everything thrown at him

24-Dec-2009•David Leggat

West Indies encourage optimism

Doubters certainly remain, but West Indies' spirited transformation has encouraged optimism everywhere for the resurgence of their cricket

23-Dec-2009•Tony Cozier

Bell takes the heat, but Cook deserves the scrutiny

In the past, Bell has appeared untouchable in the middle order, but at least he has faced a challenge for his place this year

22-Dec-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Durban

The joke that took a wicket and other stories

Breakneck car-rides, dense fog, hyperbaric chambers - in our correspondent's look back at the first couple of weeks of the Test half of England's South Africa tour

22-Dec-2009•Andrew McGlashan

High percentages, and high totals without hundreds

The highest totals without a hundred, bowlers who took seven in their last Test, and grandfather-father-son combinations

22-Dec-2009•Steven Lynch

Close but no cigar for valiant South Africa

Graham Onions defied Makhaya Ntini's final over in a heart-stopping passage of play

20-Dec-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Centurion

West Indies' positive energy

The difference between the West Indies' performance in Brisbane and those in Adelaide and Perth was surely not by coincidence

20-Dec-2009•Tony Cozier

Unfair treatment for Benn

Chris Broad needs to explain why he chose to hand Benn a more stringent penalty under the code of conduct, than Australians Haddin and Johnson

20-Dec-2009•Tony Cozier

Anderson braced for another England rearguard

Saving the game is going to be a mental battle as well as a technical one for England's nine remaining wickets

19-Dec-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Centurion

South Africa benefit from Amla's cultural blend

Hashim Amla is a key representative of South Africa's modern-day diversity

19-Dec-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Centurion

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