The longer Sri Lanka take with their clear-out from top to bottom, the further they will slide away from the top tier of the Test rankings.
Amla's emergence as a top-class batsman means the Proteas now have the luxury of two formidable partnerships in the middle that delivers more often than not.
Alarm bells in the New Zealand camp should have been going off long before their ODI series loss to Bangladesh, writes Shahida Jacobs.
Jesse Ryder has already had a number of warnings in his short career, but can only say sorry so many times before he loses the public's sympathy, writes Shahida Jacobs.
If Americans were into their cricket, then the Twenty20 format would be any television company's dream.