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India's Under-19 team set themselves up in a great position to clinch their three-Test series against England

The second World Cricket Tsunami Appeal match, between the World XI and an Asian XI, has been put back to late April, over fears about player burnout

Harbhajan admires Kumble's competitive spirit

Reporters, I imagine, attach the same significance to their debut Test matches as cricketers do, and treasure their memories with emotion and nostalgia for the rest of their lives in cricket

With the exception of cantankerous old men tormented by jealousy and blinded by nostalgia, most of us recognise that we live in a golden age of spin bowling

India completed a comfortable eight-wicket win against South Africa after Harbhajan Singh's 7 for 87, left then with an eminently attainable target of 117

At the press conference after the fourth day's play, John Wright said that the result of the Kolkata Test would now depend on how well India played

Sourav Ganguly has been fined 30% of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC's Code of Conduct during the second Test against South Africa at Kolkata

Harbhajan Singh exploited a wearing pitch superbly, taking 4 for 58, as South Africa struggled to 172 for 5 at close of play on the fourth day at Kolkata, an overall lead of only 66

Ask any Indian supporter when the turning point of the game arrived andhe'll have little doubt

India's batsmen struggled against some disciplined South African bowling on the third day of the second Test at Kolkata but managed to secure a 54-run lead

Jonty Rhodes, in India for some promotional and charity work, gave a press conference at the end of the third day

No single detail about a Test match immediately reveals so much about the game as the look of the field - that is, the way the nine fielders available to the bowler are placed

Rahul Dravid hopes to extend India's lead © Getty Images Ray Jennings threw a few punches at the post-day press conference on day three, in a move that may soon come to be known as the Jennings counterattack

The loss of five wickets for 227 notwithstanding, Graeme Smith soundedpositive at the post-day press conference

Jacques Kallis helped South Africa overcome a wobbly start and went on to make his first Test century against India at Kolkata

Eden Gardens was the venue where South Africa played their first one-dayer

Mohamed Maharoof lead the way with some accurate medium pace bowling as Sri Lanka A romped home in the final of the Kenstar tri-series tournament in Kolkata

Dinesh Mongia played sheet-anchor as India A recorded a thrilling four-wicket victory against their Pakistani counterparts in the sixth match of the Kenstar Asian A Teams' tournament

Mohammad Hafeez turned in a matchwinning performance with the ball as Pakistan A registered their first victory of the Kenstar tri-series with a 48-run victory over Sri Lanka A