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The Ashes (1)

WBBL (2)

IND vs SA (1)

ENG Lions Tour (1)

Sheffield Shield (3)

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Sa Women vs IRE Women (1)

QEA Trophy (1)

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231 & 466/8d

(110.2 ov, T:531) 167 & 321/6

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334

AUS

(73 ov) 378/6

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The value of the hard yards

Sometimes runs and wickets can come a little too easily. It has been the occasional passages of play that have pushed England which have had the most value

17-May-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Chester-le-Street

Canny spinners keep Punjab alive

Punjab have once again done the Houdini act to stay alive in the competition. Every time Deccan threatened to get away, Punjab came roaring back

17-May-2009•Sriram Veera in Johannesburg

A worrying trend

West Indies depend hugely for their wickets on Fidel Edwards

17-May-2009•Tony Cozier

Kolkata's sorry saga continues

Whenever Kolkata have run that last lap, they have stumbled and fallen just before the line. If they believe in destiny and fate, McCullum could head to Durban to find an Indian astrologer to have his palm read

16-May-2009•Sriram Veera in Johannesburg

Chasing Viv

Their figures are so similar as to be almost identical yet, in every other way, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and VIV Richards are polar opposites

16-May-2009•Tony Cozier

The frantic legs beneath the water

The man behind the scenes at Test Match Special tells his many stories

16-May-2009•Will Luke

Harker hits out at Test bidding system

As the rain fell on a miserable second day at Chester-le-Street it provided an apt backdrop to a game that has reignited the debate about Test cricket's future. Even if the sun had shone, it's unlikely the ground would have been even half full with punter

15-May-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Chester-le-Street

Part-time bowlers, and dots and boundaries

A look at the bowlers who've conceded the highest and least number of boundaries, and the runs scored and conceded by teams

15-May-2009•S Rajesh

The race for the semi-finals

Cricinfo looks at where the teams stand and what they need to do to qualify for the semi-finals

15-May-2009•George Binoy

A bore revisited

The pitch was as bare as any in the preceding matches in the tropical Caribbean and just as heartbreaking for the bowlers

15-May-2009•Tony Cozier at Chester-le-Street

Bopara credits Gooch for Test success

Chris Gayle is not enthralled by Test cricket, but for Ravi Bopara it holds a special place - and that's coming from a player who can also be assured of making a fortune in the Twenty20 game

14-May-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Chester-le-Street

The brittle master

Today, Sachin Tendulkar tried to make a laboratory experiment of his constant advice: Under pressure you have more time than you think you have. Delay the charge It was a high-risk approach that was enthralling to watch

14-May-2009•Sriram Veera in Durban

Greenhorn and greyhair take Bangalore through

A veteran and a novice, who couldn't be more different in personality, made the difference for Bangalore by playing in character

14-May-2009•Sriram Veera in Durban

'I wanted to be a musician'

He skis, he speaks broken Japanese, he plays the sax, he keeps McGrath out of the side. Delhi Daredevils' Dutch import via Australia opens up

14-May-2009•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Confident Delhi thrive on pressure

Call it a choke, but Deccan Chargers were gleefully strangled by an immensely confident Delhi Daredevils

13-May-2009•Sriram Veera in Durban

Sailing sixes and bad banners

An umpire watches Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum's furious hitting - not from the other end, for a change

13-May-2009•James McGillivray

Amber lights at the Riverside

Chris Gayle has said that he wasn't looking to remain the West Indies captain for a long period of time and would be "giving it up shortly" because of the pressure the job entailed

13-May-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Chester-le-Street

Taylor the stronger suit in Kiwi battle

Brendon McCullum did everything that could have been asked of him in a whirlwind of an innings and threw down the gauntlet for Ross Taylor; he picked it up and replied with a flurry of boundaries. Taylor won the points, McCullum won the crowd's sympathy

12-May-2009•Sriram Veera at Centurion

Double-figure specialists, and England's best No. 3

Most scores of 10 and over in a row, most runs for England at first drop, and the 100th Test venue

12-May-2009•Steven Lynch

Deccan benefit as Smith and Vaas prove their point

Dwayne Smith hadn't played the last game and Chaminda Vaas hadn't played at all this season but Deccan dropped Herschelle Gibbs, off colour after starting the tournament in a fury, and Ryan Harris, and reaped the benefits of their bold gamble

11-May-2009•Sriram Veera in Kimberley

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