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A round-up of the first day's play of the first round of the RBS Pentangular Cup

Karachi Blues sink to 188 all out

The most important sporting event this year for the country of South Africa starts in June, but for the cricket team the next five days are what matters

Smith looks for Newlands inspiration

02-Jan-2010•Andrew McGlashan in Cape Town

ICL returnees, 26 Pakistan players register for IPL auction

Ninety seven players, including 26 from Pakistan and several former ICL cricketers, have registered for the third IPL auction

Having rekindled Ashes memories with their draw at Centurion, followed by Stuart Broad's and Graeme Swann's second-innings demolition of South Africa at Durban, England are now hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened against Australia

Strauss aims to overturn history

02-Jan-2010•Andrew McGlashan in Cape Town

Injured Nazmul Hossain out of tri-series

Bangladesh fast bowler Nazmul Hossain has been ruled out of the upcoming home tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka because of an injury

Virender Sehwag, the Indian batsman, wants his team-mates to maintain the consistency that helped India achieve the No. 1 Test ranking in 2009

Sehwag wants India to maintain consistency

Graeme Smith has admitted the decision over Makhaya Ntini's is a "sensitive" issue, but he didn't give the struggling fast bowler his unqualified support

'Iconic' Ntini facing the axe

02-Jan-2010•Andrew McGlashan in Cape Town

Wasim Jaffer and Vijay Dahiya unhappy with hectic schedule

Coaches and captains of state teams are unhappy with the Ranji Trophy schedule which gives them only a three-day gap between matches

02-Jan-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi

Pakistan rocked by Aamer blow

Pakistan have suffered a major blow on the eve of the second Test with Mohammad Aamer having been ruled out with a groin injury

Mohammad Yousuf has called on Pakistan to give more respect to the achievements of Danish Kaneria

'Kaneria doesn't get the respect he deserves' - Yousuf

Ricky Ponting has cast doubt over Cricket Australia's dreams of an expanded Twenty20 domestic tournament that includes the country's A-list players

Ponting casts doubt over Big Bash expansion

For a team that has just lost an opening Test to Australia by a not too inconsiderable margin, Sydney finds Pakistan in surprisingly robust spirits

Pakistan's spirit willing, despite Aamer blow

Mohammad Yousuf believes hiring a specialist fielding coach for Pakistan will not make much of a difference to the side's continued problems in the area

Fielding coach futile, says Mohammad Yousuf

Heavy rain over the Christmas period has not set back the SCG surface for Sunday's second Test, but the curator predicts there will be more in the surface for the fast men over the first half of the game

Curator pitches for fast men at SCG

Ricky Ponting has warned his side to be prepared for a Pakistan backlash in the second Test at the SCG following the one-sided result in the opening match

Ponting braced for Pakistan backlash