England in India

Harbhajan Singh claimed a five wicket haul as England collapsed to a disappointing first innings score of 238 in the first Test against India in Mohali. In reply India ended day 1 on 24 for the loss of S S Das' wicket

Match report | Scorecard | Slide show | Statistical highlights

New Zealand in Australia

Australia fast bowler Brett Lee could be suspended for the first Test against South Africa after being summoned to a disciplinary hearing on Monday.
Lee gave New Zealand batsman Shane Bond an angry send-off during the fourth day of the third Test at the WACA Ground in Perth.
He could now be charged with bringing the game into disrepute as well as using crude or abusive language and making offensive gestures.
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West Indies in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won the last Test against West Indies by 10 wickets, their first ever whitewash series win in Test cricket.

Coach Dave Whatmore said: "As a coach it's very difficult to reach perfection but I've got to say at this moment in time it's a very happy time for me. "Sri Lanka have never done this ever in the history of their cricket. "It's tremendous. It's only 20 years since we've been playing Test cricket but there seem to be so many games played in a 12-month stretch these days.

"It's very hard to win all your matches in a series so it was a great effort."
Despite 334 runs from Brian Lara in two innings in Colombo, the West Indies were miles away from the home side in terms of quality.
Sri Lanka's left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas took 14 wickets in the match - seven in each innings. Match report

Miscellaneous

South Africa captain Shaun Pollock believes it would be a "waste" not to involve disgraced former skipper Hansie Cronje in the development of the game.
Pollock remains in contact with Cronje, who has been banned from cricket for life for his involvement in match-fixing, and believes his experience can help the current side.
"There's no doubt that the man's played that much international cricket, he does have something to offer," said Pollock after arriving in Australia for a three-Test tour.

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Former Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga has entered politics. He is standing in his country's parliamentary elections.
But his decision to stand comes amid a row about whether cricket may have helped topple the government.

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Veteran South African fast bowler Allan Donald is expected to play in the tourists' only first-class game before the opening Test against Australia.
Captain Shaun Pollock said that there was a good chance that Donald, 35, would appear in what would be just his third first class fixture of the season.
South Africa will then play a four-day game against New South Wales before back-to-back Tests in Melbourne and Sydney.

SCORES AT A GLANCE

Sri Lanka v West Indies (3rd Test) - 5th day
Played at Sinhalese Sport Club ground, Colombo
Toss: West Indies

West Indies:
390 (RR Sarwan 69, BC Lara 221, CL Hooper 56; C Vaas 7-120)
262 (RR Sarwan 66, BC Lara 130; C Vaas 7-71)
Sri Lanka:
627-9 (Tillakaratne 204*, Samaraweera 87)
27 (ST Jayasuriya 8*, M Atapattu 19*)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Series: Sri Lanka wins the 3-Test series 3-0
Men of the Match: C Vaas and B Lara
Man of the Series: B Lara

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Australia v New Zealand (3rd Test) - 4th Day
Played at WACA, Perth
Toss: New Zealand

New Zealand: 534/9d (L Vincent 104, S Fleming 105; J Gillespie 3-79)
Australia: 351 all out (JL Langer 75, D Martyn 60; S Warne 99, D Vettori 6-87)
New Zealand: 256
Australia: 69/2 (Hayden 31*, ME Waugh 8*; 17 overs)

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