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A Stanford reality check for West Indies

Within the next week or so, several of the Stanford Superstars must come back to earth and link up again with the established WICB management

10-Aug-2008•Tony Cozier

The batting evolution

Kevin Pietersen's switch-hit has become a symbol of modern batting but new shots have always come into the game - and usually caused outrage

10-Aug-2008•Patrick Kidd

Playing out of character

Thanks to Chaminda Vaas and Kumar Sangakkara's sheer doggedness, Sri Lanka overcame the rough to draw level with an Indian side plagued by bad luck, three injuries and another indifferent day in the field

09-Aug-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Prasad's shot of pace

Dammika Prasad justified Sri Lanka's decision to hand him a debut by taking three big wickets - Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar - in the first session

08-Aug-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Muddle order

After the Indian middle order's latest fiasco in Sri Lanka, many will wonder just how many grains of sand are left in the upper half of the timer

08-Aug-2008•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Emerging into his own

Virat Kohli admits it was just the timing and not the call-up that caught him unawares. He was one of the top scorers in Australia during the recent Emerging Players tournament, one that Dilip Vengsarkar, the chairman of selectors, was observing keenly

07-Aug-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi

An Asian champion awaits

Both teams go into this match determined to win, but for India, with all the talk of becoming No. 1, this Test could prove definitive

07-Aug-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Batting first the favoured approach

A statistical preview to the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo

07-Aug-2008•George Binoy

A many-storied venue

The P Saravanamuttu Stadium has hosted Bradman's Invicibles, and was the setting for a local renaissance

07-Aug-2008•Dileep Premachandran

Impersonating Jacques

Plenty of beers after South Africa's Edgbaston win, and Neil McKenzie's impression of Kallis

06-Aug-2008•Paul Harris

Will No. 13 be lucky for South Africa?

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

06-Aug-2008•Mathew Varghese

Birthday girl Greenway aims for big presence

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

06-Aug-2008•Jenny Roesler

Adios, Michael

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

05-Aug-2008

England's Scotsmen, and percentage players

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

05-Aug-2008•Steven Lynch

Sri Lanka weak at the top

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

04-Aug-2008•Jamie Alter in Galle

Malan and Middlesex strike gold

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.

04-Aug-2008•Andrew McGlashan

Right track but wrong destination

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

04-Aug-2008•Fazeer Mohammed

India haul themselves from the precipice

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

03-Aug-2008•Dileep Premachandran in Galle

Ishant runs on <i>ubuntu</i>

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

03-Aug-2008•Jamie Alter in Galle

Vaughan distraught as aura vanishes

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

02-Aug-2008•Andrew Miller at Edgbaston

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