Many things came out of India’s Test series in Australia – they tend to when these countries meet, really. There was the usual mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly – and it is certainly the ugly that will linger longest in the memory, with the SCG Test and subsequent fallout placing a terrible stain (as well as strain) on the game.

To introduce myself I am Andrew Gale and am currently a professional cricketer with Yorkshire County Cricket Club. I have been with the club for the last five years and have come right through the junior ranks before making my debut 3 years ago. Since then I have been a regular in the one day format and now hope to cement a place in the championship side. I have also represented England at U15 and U19 level.

A collection of photos from Prime Minister’s Xi V Sri Lanka match have been uploaded into the photos section.

Following some exceptional performances over the last two series, Brett Lee has established himself as the best fast bowler in the world.

Discover how many batsmen have batted in all five days of a Test, have played in all eleven batting positions and much more in the inaugural edition of Ask The Spider.

Three things of great significance with regard to World Affairs happened this week.

In the first, the continued repercussions of the collapse of the American ‘sub-prime’ market caused Stock Exchanges from London to Beijing to hit the floor more times than the average chance heading in the general direction of Michael Clarke.

Welcome to the first of one of Cricket Web’s new regular blogs, Completing the Square, exploring the end of the game that the glare of the world’s media leaves well alone: the layers of the game hidden well beneath the latest scandal about betting, bias or bigotry. The game as played, for love not money, in the backwaters of Oxfordshire.

My name is Chris Taylor, I’m a right handed top order batsman, and play first-class Cricket for Yorkshire CCC. I have been a Professional Cricketer for seven years now, five with Yorkshire, then I signed for Derbyshire for two years, and now I have re-signed with Yorkshire again on a 3 year contract.

As you may have seen as you entered the site, some major changes have taken place as we attempt to improve and modernise Cricket Web to ensure it remains one of the best cricket sites on the web.

The retirements of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath after the final Ashes Test last season afforded the Australian team a duality of time for meditation on their immense achievements and on who would take their places in the team.