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Leading 2-0 with just two matches remaining, India will be looking to clinch the series when they take on West Indies in the third one-day international in Chennai on Saturday

England put in a superb effort to win the first match in the Commonwealth Bank series finals but Australia will have been wounded by that defeat and we can expect them to come out stronger for the second match, which takes place in Sydney on Sunday

After Pakistan won a Test for the first time ever in South Africa to square the series at 1-1, the two sides have everything to play for when they face up in the deciding Test, which begins in Cape Town on Friday

After the run-fest of the opening match, won by India, expect the West Indies to come out firing in the second match of the four-game series, to be played in Cuttack on Wednesday

Sir Alex Ferguson has only come away with all three points once in his last six visits to Arsenal; can he improve on that come Sunday afternoon and take advantage of Chelsea's defeat by Liverpool?

As expected, Australia are storming their way through the Commonwealth Bank one-day series with the minimum of fuss and the only thing to be decided is which one of England and New Zealand will earn the right to face them in the best-of-three final

With just four players remaining in the singles, the Australian Open is at the business end, with Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova seemingly on course for the titles

Watford will look to inflict more humiliation on Liverpool following their cup exploits against Arsenal. Can the Hornets record their first win in 11 games?

Annihilated in the Ashes series and walloped in the Twenty20 match earlier this week, England will be hoping for better times when they play the hosts in the opening match of the Commonwealth Bank triangular series in Melbourne on Friday

South Africa dominated the first Test from start to finish as they eased their way to a 1-0 lead over Pakistan in their three-match series. But though they deserved their win, they would do well to be on their guard as they will face a much stronger Pakis

For the first time in what probably seems like an age, England will not have to deal with Australia when they play their second match in the Commonwealth Bank one-day series in Hobart on Tuesday. New Zealand, heavily beaten by the Aussies on

After squaring the series in Durban, South Africa have the momentum going into the third and final Test in Cape Town, starting on Tuesday

If the betting for top Australia batsman looks cut and dried, the same cannot be said for the race to be Australia's leading wicket-taker with Shane Warne and Stuart Clark neck and neck with 21 wickets apiece

With a 110-run lead over his nearest challenger, Ricky Ponting is 1/10 (1.10) to finish up as Australia's leading runscorer in the Ashes at the end of the fifth Test, which begins at the SCG on Tuesday

After the enormity of the MCG, the intimacy of the SCG as Australia and England move to Sydney for the fifth and final Test in the Ashes series, which begins on Tuesday

Having broken their duck in South Africa by winning a Test there for the first time, India will be going for the jugular in the second Test, which starts in Durban on Boxing Day, knowing victory will give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match s

From the moment that Australia won the first Test in Brisbane, the 5-0 series whitewash was the favourite scoreline in the correct score markets. And when Matthew Hayden hit the winning runs in Sydney on Friday, the home side completed the first Ashes whi

The MCG, the biggest ground in Australia and one of the most famous in the world, is the setting for this week's fourth Test, which begins on Boxing Day and Australia and England will be hoping to get the most out of it

With two Tests to go in the Ashes series, the battle for top England batsmen appears to be a two-horse race with Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood scrapping it out for top honours

The Ashes may be over as a series, but there is still much to be played for in the remaining two Tests, not least in the individual bragging rights