Purges, scandals and a record
A look back at the first third of 2010: Pakistan's disastrous tour of Australia, Tendulkar's double-hundred, the IPL's fall and more

Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf were at the receiving end of a player purge, following a disastrous tour of Australia • AFP
1 Jerome Taylor, the West Indies fast bowler, is freed after being arrested for assault in a bar in Kingston.
2 Former West Indies seamer Ottis Gibson is named coach of the West Indies team, to fill the post left vacant by the sacking of John Dyson in 2009.
1 Jamaica win the Caribbean Regional Four-Day Competition, the domestic first-class tournament, beating Trinidad and Tobago by an innings and 72 runs in the final.
Northern Districts beat Central Districts to win the Plunket Shield, New Zealand's domestic first-class tournament.
Siddhartha Talya is a sub editor at Cricinfo