Ayaz Memon

The big debate in the first half of the tour was whether India’s bowling had been inferior to the batting. By tea time on the second day of the last Test, I would imagine there was no dispute remaining, albeit with a rider: both batting and bowling were equally bad, but worse than both has been the fielding.

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R. Mohan

The Oval Test will be Dhoni’s biggest test yet. The series went sour long ago and the reasons have been well documented — the poor preparation, the early breakdown of the strike bowler and the steady decline of the top spinner, the alien conditions inimical to fluent batting in the somewhat laidback Indian style of wristy strokeplay and the general complacency marked by gross under estimation of opponents who were well merited challengers to the world Test crown.

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Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday any Asian currency integration is a long way off and cast doubt on the Chinese yuan emerging as a regional unit.

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Australia captain Michael Clarke has urged his team to raise their game in the remaining two one-day internationals against Sri Lanka to clinch the five-match series.

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