A magisterial thesis
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Spirits are lifting but hard work remains
West Indies have an improving attack and more fighting spirit than they have shown for some time, but the same old cracks still appeared when it count
Sold out
Just when and how was cricket commentary replaced by sales pitches and relentless hype?Osman Samiuddin10-Jun-2008 Fallen idols: Sh
Zaheer and Karthik lead the way
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Back with a vengeance
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A first for a subcontinent team
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Promising but premature
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Long players
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Finding Faith
Yousuf Youhana’s conversion to Islam and a new identity – Mohammad Yousuf – illustrates the growing phenomenon of faith within the Pakistan teamOsman
Dravid's epic and Murali's dance of destruction
We asked you to pick out the greatest Test you had ever seen (or one you wished you had), and the responses ranged from the predictable to the not-soC