Verdict

There really is no place like home for Andrew Strauss

The Wisden Verdict

Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill gave the final day of the series a misty-eyed feel

Adam Gilchrist should remain Australia's No

The SCG is a grand stage for a Test captain's first century and Ricky Ponting brought it up in style

It seems laughable now, with England on the rocks for the second match in succession, that in the aftermath of their first Test victory at Port Elizabeth, there was talk of them going on to complete a 5-0 series whitewash

Verdict

The Wisden Verdict

The Wisden Verdict

"I hope it doesn't get any flatter," was Jacques Kallis's plaintive appeal to the pitch gods last night, after his wonderful 162 had hoisted South Africa from a position of promise to one of outright supremacy at the close of the second day's play

It took a humiliating defeat and the spectre of unspeakable ignominy to rouse the Indian batsmen to come up with a performance befitting their stature

Jacques Kallis went for the jugular with a succession of gorgeous cover-drives as he struck a sublime 162 © Getty Images After their first-Test defeat at Port Elizabeth, the signs were ominous for South Africa

The Bangla tiger bared its claws, stretched every sinew in its body and roared so loudly that the packed stands at the Bangabandhu Stadium were tunned

South Africa are in so-called disarray, while England are undeniably riding as high as they ever have, but Andrew Miller witnessed a day that was never meant to happen

The shot probably wasn't heard around the world, but it would have reverberated through both dressing rooms

The Wisden Verdict

The Wisden Verdict

England would happily have accepted a first-innings total of 425, if it had been offered to them in the immediate aftermath of their drubbing against South Africa A

Ponting set the barely-breathing tourists a chase of 564 following a day with a tour-match feel.

Few things are more heartening on a cricket field than a fightback from the underdog and for two hours this morning, Bangladesh fought spiritedly to hold back the might of the Indian batting