England's Twenty20 captain, Stuart Broad, admits that it's hard not to get excited by some of the talent coming through the England ranks.
With Ricky Ponting having called it a day in the one-day arena, we take a look at some of the numbers from his glittering career.
Proteas captain AB de Villiers was pleased to have his decision to bowl Marchant de Lange for the crucial final over of the third and final Twenty20 International reap reward on Wednesday.
England captain Alastair Cook and fast bowler Steven Finn have broken into the top 10 of the ICC ODI rankings after great performances against Pakistan in the four-match series this month.
So often accused of choking, South Africa were for once on the right side of a late collapse as New Zealand capitulated to hand the Proteas a three-run win in Auckland.