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Sri Lanka's tactics in the first Test were conservative and they were beaten easily despite the public mutterings of self-belief, writes Peter English

Failing to walk the talk

Mahela Jayawardene joined Trevor Bayliss in support of Marvan Atapattu as the veteran opener faced an uncertain cricket future following an outburst

Atapattu gets captain's support

12-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Baffling omission of Simmons and Pollard

Tony Cozier writes on the omission of Simmons and Pollard from the group of 23 players called to the High Performance Centre

12-Nov-2007•Tony Cozier

Smith unhappy with quality of pitches in South Africa

Despite winning the first Test with plenty to spare, Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, has criticised the pitch at the Wanderers, and the standard of wickets in general in South Africa

Australia's evolving Test team has flowered in only one match but Ricky Ponting is already demanding it becomes a better outfit than the one that dismantled in January

Ponting demands even better at Hobart

Plays of the day from the fifth day of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

Another Stuart, another milestone

Brad Hogg's five wickets helped Western Australia complete a thumping victory against Queensland on the final day, by an innings and 170 runs

Hogg's five consigns Queensland to thumping defeat

Simon Katich and Dominic Thornely defied an early wobble to take New South Wales to the inevitable win against South Australia

Katich and Thornely ease Blues to win

Jamie How will join the New Zealand Test squad in South Africa, New Zealand Cricket confirmed on Monday

How called into New Zealand Test squad

Karen Rolton is on target to be the first player in the history of the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) to score 4000 runs

Rolton eyes 4000 domestic runs

Gerard Denton's six wickets killed off his old side Tasmania early in the final morning at the MCG, as the visitors lost 6 for 40 to slide to defeat by an innings and 4 runs

Denton six seals Bushrangers victory

New Zealand's domestic season kicks off on Monday when Northern Districts begin their State Championship defence without their leading run scorer from last summer

Northern Districts seek back-to-back titles

12-Nov-2007•Peter Burdon

Fletcher: Flintoff should ring me first

Duncan Fletcher says he is happy to speak to Andrew Flintoff, but will not be the first one to pick up the phone

Brett Lee helped Australia beat not only Sri Lanka but also the unpredictable Brisbane weather as the hosts rattled out the last five wickets between rain breaks on the final day to win by an innings and 40 runs

Lee spearheads a big Australia win

11-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

Pakistan likely to call up additional wicketkeeper

The Pakistan team management has asked for another wicketkeeper to boost their squad for the remainder of the tour against India

Sidharth Monga present the Plays of the day from the third ODI in Kanpur

'Boom boom' goes bust

11-Nov-2007•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Board set to step in to sort Nairobi chaos

Cricket Kenya could step in and take over the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association as yet another AGM fails to take place

Bermuda slumped to another heavy defeat, this time at the hands of UAE who recorded their first win in this season's Intercontinental Cup series. Bermuda are now bottom of the table after four matches, with just six points

Pitiful Bermuda slump to UAE

A squad of 14 Kenya players are lending their support to Uganda to play two friendlies at the Lugogo Oval this weekend, to help them prepare for the World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia later this month

Kenya travel to Uganda for friendlies