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And so, by dint of sheer hard work, by divine ordinance, or by clever manipulation - depending on what you choose to believe - the final game of this five-match series is set up perfectly

India haunted by finals record

23-Mar-2004•Anand Vasu in Lahore

Tillakaratne prepares to face the inevitable

Australia's victory at Kandy sealed the series, and in all likelihood signalled the end of Hashan Tillakaratne's interim tenure as Sri Lanka's Test captain

The South Africa Cricket Board has announced contracts for 18 players for the period from May 2004 to April 2005

South Africa board announces annual contracts

Shane Warne was the biggest story before the series, and he has remained thehottest topic right through to the finale

All eyes on Warne

Hampshire's Dimitri Mascarenhas helped his Australian Grade team Melville in the the Final of the Vodaphone Trophy with a sparkling 160

Mascarenhas in form in Australia.

23-Mar-2004•Vic Isaacs

Lara and Jones fined

Brian Lara and Simon Jones have both been found guilty of breaching Level One of the ICC's Code of Conduct, and have been fined half their match fees

Nelly Williams led West Indies to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Women's one-dayer at Karachi

Williams draws first blood for West Indies

Shane Warne was the biggest story before the series, and he has remained the hottest topic right through to the finale

All eyes on Warne

Ricky Skerritt has resigned as West Indies manager following the defeat at Port-of-Spain

Ricky Skerritt resigns as manager

Rahul Dravid has been in fine form all series

'We're still trying to improve,' says Dravid

23-Mar-2004•Anand Vasu in Lahore

Tillakaratne prepares to face the inevitable

Australia's victory at Kandy sealed the series, and in all likelihood signalled the end of Hashan Tillakaratne's interim tenure as Sri Lanka's Test captain

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Rahul Dravid reacted sharply when journalists at a press conference asked them about suggestions that the fourth one-day international at Lahore was fixed

Anger at fixing accusations

22-Mar-2004•Anand Vasu

Cork back to fitness and ready to rumble

Dominic Cork has been cleared to make his Lancashire debut on the pre-season trip to South Africa

Simon Katich, proclaimed the unluckiest man in the world by Ricky Ponting when he lost his Test place to Andrew Symonds, has been trying to enjoy Australia's Test series triumph over Sri Lanka

Katich frustrated with waiting game

Everything fell into place for New Zealand on the final day of the second Test at Auckland

New Zealand win despite defiant Rudolph

22-Mar-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

The trip to Lahore, and Imran's solution

Until the end of the Indian tour of Pakistan, we will be running a daily Paper Round of what newspapers in India and Pakistan, and from around the world, are saying about this series

New Zealand A swept to a comprehensive victory by an innings and 66 runs, dismissing Sri Lanka A for 228 on the fourth day of the five-day game at Lincoln

New Zealand A sweep to innings victory

Ricky Ponting has been passed fit to play in Wednesday's third Test despite being felled by one of his own squad during a net session in Colombo

Ponting cleared to play after Tait blow

Simon Katich, proclaimed the unluckiest man in the world by Ricky Ponting when he lost his Test place to Andrew Symonds, has been trying to enjoy Australia's Test series triumph over Sri Lanka

Katich frustrated with waiting game