Shane Bond has announced his retirement from all forms of the game, less than a year after making his international comeback from the ICL wilderness

Australia are unbeaten but not totally assured of a place in the semi-finals; West Indies could win and still miss out if Sri Lanka beat India

The pool stage is over, the minnows have all been swallowed and only the big fish remain swimming on to Barbados for the Super Eights. Now, the real test begins for New Zealand and South Africa

Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn delivered Afghanistan a harsh lesson by demolishing them for 80 to end their World Twenty20 dream and hand South Africa a safe path to the Super Eights

The veteran batsman Michael Dighton has been left out of Tasmania's list of contracted players for 2010-11, a group with few other changes from last season's squad

On a list of cricket's most glamorous destinations, Bangladesh doesn't rank highly but fringe first-class players go where the opportunities arise. For Aiden Blizzard over the past month, that has meant domestic cricket in Dhaka

The World Twenty20 kicks off with two teams that look good on paper but haven't quite hit their straps in the format

Cricket has scored a rare victory over Australian rules football with the multi-talented teenager Alex Keath choosing bat and ball over a potentially lucrative AFL career

Sooner or later New Zealand will add another major piece of silverware to their cabinet, to sit alongside the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy. Here's their chance

Michael Clarke's increasing seniority within the Test team is set to continue with his likely promotion to No. 4 during the series against Pakistan

Disappointing though the 2-0 result was for New Zealand, it wasn't a shock

New Zealand's marks out of 10 for the two-Test series against Australia

Ricky Ponting is confident Australia are in the best possible shape to regain the Ashes later this year

It's not surprising Daniel Vettori looked a tired man after New Zealand's loss in Hamilton

Mitchell Johnson put his hand up over the past week, now he can put his feet up

Mark Greatbatch put on a restrained, if slightly grumpy public face after New Zealand's latest batting woes but behind closed doors it must have been the roaring twenties

Mitchell Johnson is used to being quick, though usually it's the speed of his bowling that attracts the most attention

Plays of the day from the fourth day between New Zealand and Australia in Hamilton

The third day was a hard one for all the New Zealand bowlers but their ageing spearhead Chris Martin has reason to feel concerned

Simon Katich hasn't so much been flying under the radar as crawling under it