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Jaffer may get one more chance

Wasim Jaffer, who has just 30 runs from eight innings on this tour, may yet get a final chance, with the powers that be tacitly admitting that they made a mistake by bringing him out for the one-day leg of the tour.

24-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Durban

South Africa have their work cut out for must-win game

Graeme Smith has a huge task on his hands to restore morale ahead of what has become a must-win game

24-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Durban

Munaf's chance to stake a claim

After rains over the past few days, a few wet patches on the outfield delayed the start, which was moved back to 11am

22-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Durban

Munaf's chance to stake a claim

The Indians will head to the Crusaders Ground in Durban on Friday for a two-day warm-up that was primarily engineered to take a look at Munaf Patel's fitness

21-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Durban

Sialkot Stallions begin favourites

The third Twenty20 Cup gets underway today in Karachi and in the true tradition of modern events, promises to be bigger, better, richer and more glamorous than ever before. If it can match the success of the previous two editions though, it will be succes

21-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

'It's dangerous to write us off' - Dravid

Few people give them a chance against a side that have lost only 13 of 72 home Tests since readmission but India remain quietly confident that they can spring a surprise when the series gets underway

14-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Johannesburg

India face trial by pace

India have never won a Test in nine attempts on South African soil, but if there's one venue that's been relatively kind to them, and where they can repose some hope, it's the Wanderers

14-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Johannesburg

Fleming reignites Murali dismissal debate

The controversy surrounding Muttiah Muralitharan's run-out in the first Test at Christchurch has been reignited by Stephen Fleming on the eve of the second Test at Wellington

14-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Flintoff aims to create history

Despite that traumatic defeat in the second Test at Adelaide last week, England's captain, Andrew Flintoff, believes his team are capable of making history when the crucial third Test gets underway

13-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Perth

Symonds in, England still a mystery

Ricky Ponting says that Australia are focused on winning the third Test and regaining the Ashes will be a byproduct of the victory, while it's anyone's guess as to who will make up England's bowling attack

13-Dec-2006•The Preview by Andrew Miller at Perth

India desperate for top order to fire

The Indians now have no option but to play the four-day game against Rest of South Africa with full intensity, in the hope that their misfiring batsmen will finally get some runs on the board ahead of the first Test, which starts in Johannesburg on Decemb

06-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Potchefstroom

India face a test of character

Boosted by their victory in the Pro20 game on Friday night, India's cricketers head to Centurion on Sunday seeking to avoid a 4-0 drubbing in the one-day series

02-Dec-2006•The Preview by Dileep Premachandran at Centurion

Overcast skies threaten match

The weather, which ruined the opening one-day match of the series on November 19, is threatening to derail India's first-ever Pro20 game on Friday evening

01-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Johannesburg

Will Sehwag rise to the occasion?

India have a perfect record of the wrong kind at Port Elizabeth - three losses, including one to Kenya - and with a fracture having ruled out Rahul Dravid, they face an unenviable task as they attempt to stay alive in the one-day series at St. George Park

28-Nov-2006•The Preview by Dileep Premachandran at Port Elizabeth

Records could tumble at Karachi

At the risk of making Karachi seem like a tourist hotspot, the city is bathing in sunlight, temperatures are in the mid-20s and a cool sea breeze blows across the National Stadium where conditions are ideal for cricket

26-Nov-2006•The Preview by Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Bone-dry pitch awaits both teams

The pitch for the game looks bone-dry and has just a smattering of grass here and there, and though the locals expect it to be bouncy, it won't be anywhere near as fast as those they played on at Benoni and Kingsmead

25-Nov-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Cape Town

'I'm looking for one more chance' - Chopra

Aakash Chopra is once again eyeing a spot in the Indian team, and another big score will do him no harm - especially with Dilip Vengsarkar, the chairman of selectors, in Delhi to watch the game

22-Nov-2006•Anand Vasu in New Delhi

Even contest between well-matched teams

Anand Vasu previews the Ranji Trophy clash between Delhi and Tamil Nadu at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium from November 23 to 26, 2006

22-Nov-2006•The Preview by Anand Vasu in Delhi

A new season dawns for young hopefuls

Cricinfo previews the prospects of Punjab, Hyderabad and Saurashtra

22-Nov-2006•Cricinfo staff

South Africa rely on their fast men

Dileep Premachandran previews the second one-day international between South Africa and India at Durban

21-Nov-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Durban

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