Neil Pickup - ARTICLES

Looking back on day one of the Third Test, the simplest description would portray it as the tale of the entire series in three sessions

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has signed a short term contract with Northamptonshire to replace Chris Rogers

A stunning eighth-wicket stand between Dean Minors and Lionel Cann propelled Bermuda to victory in their first ever ODI, against Canada

Somewhere along the line in April 2006, a couple of games of International cricket went along entirely according to expectations.

A composed 90 from opener Michael Vandort piloted Sri Lanka to a welcome six-wicket win over Derbyshire at the County Ground.

We were treated to three weeks of gripping Test match cricket – but then we had to pay for it with three weeks of increasingly limp ODI

Pakistani allrounder Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from Test cricket – in order to concentrate on ODIs ahead of the World Cup

We’re three months in to 2006 – and there’s not much that we know now that we didn’t know when we were with our Christmas lunches

Shoaib Malik’s maiden Test century – a defiant, unbeaten 148 – was the centrepiece of Pakistani resistance to secured a draw in Colombo

England’s middle order frittered away a dominant position in Delhi, as a spectacular collapse led to a 39-run defeat in the opening ODI