Preview

All eyes are on the pitch in St Lucia as West Indies and India prepare for the second Test

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan previews the first Test between India and West Indies - and the last at the bowlers' graveyard that is the Antigua Recreation Ground

England returned to winning ways at Edgbaston this week and now fully expect to seal the series when the final Test gets underway at Trent Bridge tomorrow morning

Just two days after suffering their worst one-day series defeat in recent times, the Indians will find themselves in a school-like setting, against a team largely composed of freshmen

This one promises to be special. West Indies v India will take a backseat for a while as Trinidad gears up to toast one of its most famous sons.

Like against South Africa at home, late last year, and in Pakistan a few months back, India's bounce-back-ability will be tested. They've pulled it off before; this one might just be their toughest test yet

Dwayne Bravo's final-over heroics have got the Caribbean stirring

The rankings might suggest a cosmic difference between the two sides, but, as the first one-dayer showed, West Indies had it in them to fight tooth and nail

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan previews India's tour opener against Jamaica

Distractions come in all shapes and sizes, as both England and Sri Lanka have been discovering on the eve of the first Test at Lord's

Sri Lanka's preparations for next week's first Test at Lord's take a significant step-up in tempo at New Road tomorrow

Martin Williamson previews the one-day series between West Indies and Zimbabwe

Martin Williamson previews the Newlands Test which starts on Thursday

Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh's middle-order batsman, has been dropped from the squad for the second one-day international against Australia at Fatullah tomorrow

A preview of the first one-day international between Bangladesh and Australia at Chittagong on April 23

While every member of both teams will deny that the lead-up to the sixth game was any less intense, a drop in focus is inevitable when there is so little at stake

The venue is Centurion, and quite fittingly, three players will reach the 100-Test mark when the South Africa-New Zealand series kicks off at the Supersport Park

Andrew McGlashan previews the start of the English domestic season

From the hills of Guwahati where rains followed by the rage of disappointed fans put a dampener on this ODI series it is onto the industrial city of Jameshedpur in Jharkhand for the sixth ODI