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William Lucie-Smith wonders how the West Indies board and the players' union managed to find a solution that suited no one

Yesterday's co-ordinated explosions in the British capital will have alarm bells ringing everywhere major events or meetings of any kind are to be staged

The hosts, despite being defeated, were far from disgraced

India's bowlers must get the credit for bowling the West Indies with guile and accuracy to bundle them out for 157.

I never thought it would have come to this.

It was a day of confusion in the Caribbean with claim and counter claim but no sign of an end to the dispute

The news that only three of the West Indies squad selected to tour Sri Lanka have signed the board's match/tour contract raises the likelihood of another damaging dispute in the Caribbean

It is alarming that the most powerful cricket community in the West Indies does not have some sort of succession plan

Bridgetown is West Indies's main fortress, and India's nightmare

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Danish Kaneria showed just how valuable they are to the Pakistan team - when they fired the team won, and won easily

The sponsorship row in the Caribbean is far from over

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

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

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

It was inevitable as soon as Test cricket started to involve more teams, and when it became such an appealing television sport, that some of its records of durability would become easier to attain

Book Review: Tariq Raz, book called 'Pakistan Test Cricket Sojourn'