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If Hazel Smith had started her cricketing career in a different era, she may well have made a mark with her on-field exploits

Everything happens for a reason in MS Dhoni’s life, even a ban for two ODIs due to slow over-rates

 

Funds shortages in Pakistan’s cricketing establishment have affected people in different ways, even during the final of the showpiece domestic tournament, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

There are not many times Ricky Ponting has been left speechless over his long career

Sreesanth has the uncanny knack of attracting attention even when he’s not actually trying

Tributes continue to pour in for Makhaya Ntini during his 100th Test, but the one he received on the third morning at Centurion Park probably trumps them all, as Nelson Mandela, the former South Africa president, sent him a personal letter.

Once a male bastion, cricket today has made rapid strides in the women’s game, though one aspect of it still remains, perhaps not necessarily intended that way, an exclusive preserve of men – Umpiring

With sixes flying around at an alarming rate in the India-Sri Lanka series, spectators and fielders alike already have their hands full in trying to stay clear of danger

What’s the best way to get back into your national side if the selectors overlook you

They can bat, can bowl, but can they sing

What would you ask if you had the chance to chat with David Beckham

The South African squad have arrived in Potchefstroom, but their kit hasn’t

He may not be part of the Boxing Day Test anymore, but Shane Warne’s “spinners” could just be the rage this Christmas

The Essex allrounder Graham Napier is off to his namesake city, Napier, a fortnight earlier than originally intended, as he hopes to revive his hopes of breaking back into the England Twenty20 squad with a spell with the New Zealand state team,

The future of the Somerset Cricket Museum in Taunton has been secured on the eve of its 21st birthday, after it was bequeathed £250,000 in the will of a club supporter, Miss Patricia Watts, who died in August.

Undaunted by his summer mishaps, in which he was forced to apologise after using fruity language , to respond to a follower who posted a doctored picture of him, Tim Bresnan has vowed to keep using Twitter.