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In top-level sport, the underdog is rarely given a second chance

The new-look Logan Cup competition starts in Zimbabwe tomorrow, Friday 11 October - four teams, playing each other both home and away for the first time

Despite a profusion of young faces in their team, Pakistan gave Australia a fright at Colombo

Chandrakant Pandit, Mumbai's coach, has said that Australia may be in for a surprise in the opening game of their tour, beginning on September 30 at the Brabourne Stadium

Sourav Ganguly said his team was confident of wrapping up the three-Test series at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India's happiest hunting ground

West Indies were left shell-shocked by the spring-loaded and dusty pitch at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, and if first impressions are any indication, an even worse fate awaits at Chennai's Chidambaram Stadium

Zimbabwe had some reason to think that the spate of injuries suffered by the Australians might make their job in the second Test a little easier, instead it has possibly got tougher

A new era of international cricket begins at Headingley on Thursday, when the NatWest Challenge gets underway

Australia hold the advantage going into the second Test against Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.

A preview of the NatWest Series final between England and Australia

Bangladesh's captain, Habibul Bashar, is adamant that the trip has been a success

Tony Munro casts an eye over the sides taking part in the 2005 ICC Trophy

After that temporary glitch at Cardiff, normality has been restored to the NatWest Series

As Sourav Ganguly and Adam Gilchrist exchanged pleasantries after the unveiling of the TVS Cup, with the incongruous Star Wars theme blaring in the background, it was impossible to escape the impression that the intensity and gamesmanship might come

Retribution is expected to be swift and bloody tomorrow, when Australia take on the side that humbled them at Sophia Gardens

The series between Sri Lanka A and West Indies A gives players the chance to press their claims for a Test place

Sourav Ganguly's absence from the second Test after minor surgery means a first cap for Yuvraj Singh - on his home ground too

It's been a surreal and eye-catching week for cricket

England face Australia at Bristol on Sunday, top of the NatWest Series table in the early stages, and facing an Australian side humbled by Bangladesh

England's summer is shaping up to be one hell of a rollercoaster ride, if their phenomenal onslaught in Monday night's Twenty20 match is anything to go by