Analysis

Hobart has been a good ground for Australia, who have never lost a Test here

Though South Africa haven't lost a match in 19 ODIs, their record against India in India is quite ordinary

Sri Lanka have been out-thought and then outplayed by India and the stats tell the tale

With the bold axing of Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricket finds itself in uncharted territory. Charlie Austin investigates

Slow tracks, knee-high balls, a steady diet of spin - these are some of the conditions England will probably have to conquer to walk away with their second consecutive series victory in Pakistan

Sunday's win for Sri Lanka came too late for this series but a turnaround was utterly essential before December's Test series

More than anything else, Astle has been a matchwinner for New Zealand: he averages 55.46 in victories, and just 21.60 in defeats

Australia haven't lost a Test at Brisbane since November 1988, winning 11 out of their last 16

Sri Lanka have slipped to a new level of incompetence and India are on the rise. For me, the disturbing signals are from seniors

Sri Lanka knew that touring India would be tough but not this tough.

The Supersub rule has now been part of one-day cricket for about three months, but teams clearly haven't yet understood how to exploit this rule to the maximum

Packaged within a budget of US$ 28 million, Allen Stanford's five-week tournament offers a million dollar first prize from a total prize structure of US$2,115,000

American Allen Stanford is going to find his likeness to Australian Kerry Packer even more pronounced as oppositional forces gather momentum

On head-to-head form, Sri Lanka clearly have the upper hand, India however, are playing at home; an advantage they haven't made the best use of in recent times

Indian cricket has now been without a regular television-rights holder for 437 days

With combined figures of 15 for 153 from 55.1 overs, Stuart MacGill and Shane Warne were undoubtedly Australia's stars with the ball

Muttiah Muralitharan and Andrew Flintoff turned around a game which seemed headed emphatically in Australia's direction

The Andrew Flintoff-Brett Lee confrontation was renewed at the SCG during the most intense passage of play in the Super Test

Virender Sehwag proved once again that he isn't only a fairweather batsman

Virender Sehwag put on a brave face as he tried to explain another batting collapse from the World XI on the second day at Sydney