Features

How Pakistan wrested the initiative in the final session

After the draw at Lahore, both players and spectators will hope that the Faisalabad pitch will be conducive to a result

How Virender Sehwag repeatedly peppered the off side en route to his unbeaten 96

How Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal bludgeoned the Indian attack into submission

Younis Khan peppered the off side with plenty of boundaries en route to his unbeaten 147

A new record at Lahore

Rahul Dravid has the opportunity to become the first Indian captain to win a Test at Lahore when the series gets underway on Friday the 13th

Osman Samiuddin and Dileep Premachandran pick their three players to watch

Can Virender Sehwag dominate Shoaib Akhtar like he did the last time the two played? Can Inzamam-ul-Haq thwart the Anil Kumble menace?

Osman Samiuddin looks back at an year which saw Pakistan develop a togetherness and commitment seldom seen

Cricinfo and Wisden writers select their best and worst moments from 2005

Cricinfo and Wisden writers select their best and worst moments from 2005

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket.

A lowdown on Faisalabad, the venue of the second Test between Pakistan and England

How Danish Kaneria demolished England

With England's cricket team suddenly fashionable again, their tour of Pakistan offers a chance to assess how far the growing Asian population in the UK have been integrated into British society and what role cricket plays in this

Slow tracks, knee-high balls, a steady diet of spin - these are some of the conditions England will probably have to conquer to walk away with their second consecutive series victory in Pakistan

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

Cricinfo sizes up the stats of the heavyweights in the Super Series one-dayers, and looks at some interesting individual match-ups

Yousuf Youhana's conversion to Islam and a new identity - Mohammad Yousuf - illustrates the growing phenomenon of faith within the Pakistan team