IPL Auction 5 players will be held on Feb 4 in Bangalore

Indian Top players, including Ravindra Jadeja and Verunda Laxman, will go under the hammer when the players' auction for the fifth Indian Premier League is held in Bangalore on February 4.
Beside Jadeja and Laxman,Indian and foreign cricketers will be up for grabs when the proceedings begin at 11:00 am in the ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel.Confirming the auction date and venue, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said: "Fans of the sport,"
The developments during the first trading window have given us an idea of the varied approaches that the teams have adopted for the forthcoming season. The Auction will give us a deeper insight into the same,

A professional auctioneer from England who has conducted each of the previous IPL player auctions, and the proceedings will be broadcast live by IPL Indian broadcaster Sony Set Max.

The opening match of IPL 2012 will take place on April 4 in Chennai.

Pakistan v England, second Test day four, Abu Dhabi

 
Mohammad Hafeez completes the double of opening the batting and the bowling in a Test for the third time. According to the list of players to have done this is quite long and includes, amongst others, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, perennial Kiwi number 11 Danny Morrison, Jack Hobbs and Graham Gooch.

Target 145 
England will chase 145 to win the second Test against Pakistan after Monty Panesar takes 6-62 on the fourth day in Abu Dhabi.

Bell is indeed padded up on the balcony next to a grinning Monty, while Trott pops another couple of imodium. Hafeez gets a bit of extra bounce and Cook takes one in the midriff. One run to each batter, creeping towards the target.

Australia win by 298 runs to sweep series india

Australia win by 298–run on the fifth day of the final Test match against India at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday to complete a 4-0 clean sweep.

Chasing a mammoth target of 500 to win, India suffered yet another batting collapse on the fourth day and were reduced to 166 for 6 at stumps. But it took the Australian bowlers less than an hour and just 14.4 overs to wrap up India's tail on the fifth morning.

Zaheer, unlike his previous innings in the series, seemed determined to spent time at the crease rather than flashing at every delivery. He batted for 18 balls from which he scored 15 runs with the help of three boundaries before Ben Hilfenhaus sent him packing. Zaheer lobbed a simple catch to David Warner in the covers while trying to pull a short delivery off Hilfenhaus.

Only four bowlers got a go on the final day and in a turn that has mirrored the series, with all the bowlers chipping in, it was Nathan Lyon who ended the contest when he had Umesh Yadav (1) caught behind.

Ravichandran Ashwin remained unbeaten for India on 15 which came off 31 balls. Lyon turned out to be the best bowler for Australia, finishing with impressive figures of four for 63, while Harris picked up three wickets for 41 runs.

The Australians had everything going their way throughout the series. The under-pressure seniors Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey came good, with Clarke enhancing his reputation as a captain. The bowling unit was just too good for the Indian batsmen and never let the Indians settle by picking up wickets at regular interval.

This is India's second Test series whitewash in less than a year and eighth straight loss overseas after they were beaten 4-0 by England in 2011.