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Three cheers for the crackdown on chucking     

Harsha Bhogle: India has made a start towards combating illegal actions by allowing umpires to call bowlers on the field

An Australian sort of hero

Sachin Tendulkar's single-minded dedication to run-scoring is something they identify with Down Under. By Christian Ryan

Man-child superstar

Tendulkar the cricketer seemingly emerged fully formed when he first picked up a bat. So too perhaps did Tendulkar the luminary. By Rahul Bhattacharya

'Tendulkar controls the game'

What are the things that set the great man apart from mere mortals? Virender Sehwag breaks it down

India's proudest possession

Tendulkar has gone two decades being a blend of the sublime and the precise, incapable of ugliness or of being dull. By Peter Roebuck