England ended a rather subdued second day in Hamilton on 87 for 2, still 383 behind New Zealand's first innings of 470

New Zealand ended a see-saw first day of the Hamilton Test on 282 for 6. Were it not for Brendon McCullum throwing away his wicket in the penultimate over they would have finished with their noses in front after winning the toss on a docile pitch

The chief executive of the Irish Cricket Union warns that a failure to qualify for the next World Cup will have a seriously detrimental affect on leading Associates

When Phil Tufnell was for once on the receiving end

XI cricketers who found the lure of alcohol a temptation too far

A look at the latest setback to hit the turbulent career of New Zealand's wild child, and where it will end

A look at another 11 cricketers who enjoyed taking the aerial route

Mark Vermeulen is poised to make the unlikeliest of international comebacks a little more than two years after he burnt down Zimbabwe Cricket's academy and tried to set fire to the ZC boardroom

The Afro-Asian Cup, the second staging of which took place in Bangalore in June last year, looks likely to undergo a radical overhaul of its format

A look at 11 cricketers who enjoyed taking the aerial route

In a week where Shane Bond's international career appears to have been prematurely ended by the Indian board, we look at XI other examples of players being banned

The Associates are up in arms over proposals to reduce their number from six to four at the 2011 World Cup

South Africa coasted to a seven-wicket win over West Indies in Port Elizabeth, on the back of Jacques Kallis's controlled hundred

When Learie Constantine was refused a room in a London hotel ... because of his colour

On paper, the margin of South Africa's win over West Indies in the second ODI at Newlands was considerable, but even that doesn't give a clear idea of how much West Indies lacked intent and never even tried to win

A bustling unbeaten 79 from JP Duminy helped South Africa to a six-wicket win in the opening game of this five-ODI series at Centurion

Shaun Pollock bowed out of international Twenty20 cricket in style, leading South Africa to a four-wicket victory over West Indies in the second Twenty20 international at The Wanderers after his side had seemed on course for defeat with four overs remaini

Kenya selectors will sit down at the weekend to pick their side for the forthcoming Intercontinental Cup matches against UAE and Namibia. The matches have been moved to Abu Dhabi against a backdrop of escalating violence in Kenya

Martin Williamson on why the old guard, headed by Gladstone Dainty, must not seek re-election in the USACA elections

When a bomb blast outside a team hotel was not enough to cause the cancellation of a tour