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Graeme Smith and his team - the Basil D'Oliveira Trophy firmly in hand - face a rather tough ask at The Oval

Jenny Roesler speaks to Lydia Greenway ahead of England women's series against South Africa

As he packed his bags and left, England's exiting captain evoked emotion - from the sympathetic to the stinging

Single players scoring the lion's share of team totals, the most hundreds without a double, and the earliest game of cricket

Sri Lanka's opening batsmen failed to provide starts in three innings and their new-ball bowlers could not prevent Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir from rapidly building a platform

The first trophy of the county season was decided in July, while the Championship continued to take shape. Cricinfo looks back at the last month of action.

The Stanford legends say Twenty20 will help to take West Indies back to the top in Tests, but that rationale just doesn't compute

India once again look like world-beaters, riding on a wave of momentum created by sensational batting from Virender Sehwag, canny bowling from Harbhajan Singh and a devastating new-ball burst from Ishant Sharma

Nothing summarised India's spirit more than Ishant Sharma, to some an unlikely hero in India's 170-run, series-leveling win against Sri Lanka in Galle

Michael Vaughan has rarely looked as disconsolate as he did as he faced the media after South Africa's thrilling five-wicket win in the third Test

The curse is finally lifted, and the identity of the man who has delivered South Africa's first series win in England for 43 years comes as no surprise

Such has been the vicissitudes of this is Test that the third day would have been a letdown without a last-minute twist

On this tour Gambhir has been India's most consistent batsman and key to that has been tackling Murali and Ajantha Mendis

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the third day of the third Test at Edgbaston

John Davison is focused on making a smooth introduction to cricket's hottest craze to inspire Canada to next year's World Twenty20 in England

Ajantha Mendis and Harbhajan Singh came into this match with varying levels of pressure on their backs, but a t the end of a gripping second day's play, both outbowled their illustrious partners

On a day dominated by two spinners, Mendis and Harbhajan, Sehwag batted on a different plane to keep India in the match

Plays of the day for the second day of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and India

Suresh Menon pays tribute to Ashok Mankad - a Ranji legend, an astute captain and an inspiration to many

An emotion-fuelled hour of the most intense Test cricket imaginable hauled England back into contention on the second day at Edgbaston