After England marked their return to Pakistan after a 17-year absence with seven-match T20I series in September, they are back again two months later ahead of their first Test series in the country since 2005.

There's a Chanderpaul in the West Indies side again. Tagenarine, son of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, is likely to make his Test debut against Australia, and already the inevitable comparisons with his father have begun.

If you're an MS Dhoni fan and concerned about how you'll cope once he retires from the IPL, worry no more. Just switch to watching tennis. Last week he won the doubles event at the tennis championship hosted by the Jharkhand State Cricket Association in Ranchi. His long-time partner Sumeet Kumar Bajaj was a very happy man.