Windies in India

First Test, Mumbai, day four: India (457) beat West Indies (157 & 188) by an innings and 112 runs Spinners Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble shared all 10 wickets as India completed their first ever innings victory over the West Indies. Having reached 105 for one, the tourists saw seven wickets fall for just 53 runs before lunch on the fourth day in Bombay. Scorecard | Report | Images India's Harbhajan Singh was delighted after picking up the 10th five-wicket haul of his Test career in an innings defeat of West Indies. "I know it's my 10th and it's great to get to that mark but I hope to get a lot more," he said. "The ball was turning, but I think what was more important was that we were both bowling very well." The off-spinner said that the fourth wicket to fall, that of Carl Hooper for one, was key to the collapse. "Hooper plays spinners very well and if he had hung around it could have taken longer," Harbhajan said. "Once we got him out, I knew it was going to finish fast."

Australia vs Pakistan in Sharjah

2nd Test, Sharjah, day two: Australia (310) beat Pakistan (59 & 53) by an innings and 198 runs Pakistan crashed to defeat by an innings and 198 runs at the hands of Australia after breaking their record lowest total in successive innings. Their first-innings mark of 59 stood for just a day before Shane Warne's four wickets saw the second innings subside for 53. It was the 19th lowest ever total in Tests and Pakistan's aggregate 112 is the fourth lowest. Pakistan captain Waqar Younis advised his team to "forget this match as fast as they can" after losing by an innings and 198 runs in the second Test against Australia at Sharjah. Australia bowled Pakistan out for humiliating totals of 59 and 53 in each innings - both scores a record low. Pakistan were missing experienced batsmen Inzamam-ul Haq, Yousuf Youhana and Saeed Anwar for the match. "We did not play well, the batsmen played poorly. Their inexperience was exposed by a professional side," Waqar said. Steve Waugh says he would like to see Ricky Ponting eventually succeed him as Australia's Test captain. Ponting took over from Waugh, 37, at the helm of the one-day side in February. "I think Ricky is in a similar mould to myself," Waugh said in a pre-match interview with The Australian newspaper, published on Saturday. "He's pretty aggressive, plays positively and plays it pretty hard. He likes playing for Australia. "There are plenty of guys in the side who could do the job so it's hard to single one out, but I think Ricky has done well so far and he's got the stomach for the job." Waugh became on Friday the second player ever to gain a 150th Test cap, and boasts 27 wins from 38 Tests as skipper. Reeling after their innings and 198 run defeat to Australia, Pakistan have received more bad news with the announcement that all-rounder Abdur Razzaq will be out of action for six weeks - a blow that will see him miss the final Test in Sharjah. The all-rounder, who was hit on the wrist by a rising Brett Lee delivery during the two day defeat to World Champions Australia will miss the final Test of the series.

Ashes series

England will look to emulate New Zealand's tenacious tactics against Australia as the underdogs bid to regain the Ashes. The Black Caps took a moral victory a year ago when they drew a three-Test series in Australia. "The way New Zealand played against them has given me some encouragement," said England's chairman of selectors David Graveney. "The key to their success was that they stayed in the game and showed the Australians to be a bit more fallible than they perhaps thought they were." England toured New Zealand early this year, sharing the three-Test series 1-1. Australian pace bowler Jason Gillespie is doubtful for the start of the Ashes series against England next month after injuring his calf during the first Test against Pakistan. Gillespie tore a muscle in his right calf in the closing overs of Australia's 41-run victory in Colombo on Monday and expects to be out of action for up to a month. The first Test of the five-match Ashes series starts in Brisbane on November 7. And Australian team physiotherapist Erroll Alcott confirmed that it would be touch and go as to whether the 27-year-old makes it.

Miscellaneous

The selection of Sri Lanka's squad to tour South Africa is in turmoil with captain Sanath Jayasuriya demanding the inclusion of a 20-year-old uncapped all-rounder. The country's Sports Minister Johnston Fernando appears to be backing Jayasuriya in the row by refusing to ratify the 16-man touring party. But chairman of selectors Guy de Alwis is refusing to back down and include Kaushalya Weeraratne in the squad.

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