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The only one of Kevin Pietersen's plans that hadn't quite come off, at least until Sunday at Lord's, was Owais Shah's promotion to No.3

Marcus Trescothick has doused any thoughts of an international comeback, once again saying that there is no way he can return to the top level after he was forced into early retirement by a stress-related illness

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's limited-overs captain, has moved to the top spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen

Graeme Smith says South Africa's embarrassing loss to England was one of the low points of his career but he believes giving his players a dressing-down is not the answer

Stuart Broad produced the best bowling figures of his professional career as South Africa were subjected to the heaviest and most humiliating defeat in their 406-match ODI history

England made a useful start to the one-dayers with a win after losing the Test series to South Africa, who had started favourites to take the one-dayers, too

Giles Clarke, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has backed the ICC's decision to postpone the Champions Trophy until 2009

Kevin Pietersen is having quite an impact as England captain. He did more than most to help his team take a series lead against South Africa with a 20-run victory at Headingley

Johan Botha is ready to be confronted by Kevin Pietersen's switch-hit when the one-day series begins

Kevin Pietersen should focus on England's immediate challenges before predicting success in an Ashes series that is nearly a year away, according to Australia's vice-captain Michael Clarke

Tim Nielsen has taken confidence from Kevin Pietersen's early talk about the Ashes following his opening game as England captain

After one victory against South Africa, Kevin Pietersen believes England can win the Ashes next summer

Plays of the day from the fourth day of the final Test at The Oval

A disciplined bowling performance by England limited their target to a gettable 197 on the penultimate day at The Oval. The one man to stand in their way was AB de Villiers who fell three short of a fine hundred, but with the weather forecast set fair, En

Life will not always be this cushty for Kevin Pietersen. But what a start the man is enjoying

Plays of the day from the second day of the final Test between England and South Africa at The Oval

A superb, even 100 from Kevin Pietersen, his first hundred as England captain, provided the mainstay of England's 316 on the second day against South Africa at The Oval

The sense of destiny that Kevin Pietersen somehow brings to his batting translated seamlessly into his first day as England captain

Plays of the day from the the first day of the final Test between England and South Africa at The Oval

Steve Harmison and James Anderson inspired England with five wickets between them, as South Africa were dismissed for a disappointing 194 on the opening day at The Oval