Analysis

Hogg's Australia's best spin option and can be satisfied that he out-performed Symonds and troubled one of the game's most accomplished players of spin

Despite the current political crisis, Zimbabwe and Pakistan both need next month's tour to go ahead

Ricky Ponting waited until Australia's lead was nearly 500 before declaring but Australia have plenty of time to bowl India out

Rahul Dravid, opening in a Test for the first time in close to two years, was suffocated to such an extent that it was 40 balls before he scored his first run

Andrew Miller rates England's cricketers after a dismal tour of Sri Lanka

Andrew Miller's report card on Sri Lanka's individual performances in the three-Test series

And so England's series ended as it had begun, with the tail clinging on amid the lengthening shadows, waiting for the elements to give them a reprieve

Jenny Thompson considers the impact if the women's game gets its own World Twenty20 alongside the men

Given that Brian Lara had hoped to play Test cricket at least until his 40th birthday, his inconsequential contributions in Panchkula must be related more to an issue of lack of motivation than dwindling ability

Anil Kumble should have perhaps backed himself, and the rest of the bowlers, and declared half-an-hour earlier

Given the right tutoring and direction, Ishant Sharma has the potential to develop into an asset India has rarely possessed, a tall and aggressive fast bowler

After the fireworks of the first two days, the cricket slowed down with neither side making a push for a win

Pathan may not be a permanent part of India's Test plans just yet but a few wickets, on the back of his solid batting, will pose a pleasant problem for the selectors

With their 300-run stand, Yuvraj Singh and Sourav Ganguly moved India from a precarious 61 for 4 to a position of strength

With the injury to Shoaib Akhtar, and Pakistan's decision to stick to only four specialist bowlers, meant Pakistan allowed India, as well as the series, out of their grasp on the opening day

Yuvraj Singh's 169 was outstanding both for the manner in which he scored the runs and for the situation in which they came

What Rajasthan lack in experience, they hope to make up for with spirit

On the final day of the second Test, Younis, albeit filling the captain's post in the absence of Shoaib Malik, showed tremendous leadership

While the magnitude of Muttiah Muralitharan achievement rightly dominated the day's proceedings, somewhere beneath the hype and felicitations, a good old-fashioned nuggety Test match was taking shape

Anand Vasu analyses Misbah-ul-Haq's unbeaten 161 which saved Pakistan the embarassment of a follow-on