India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi

Full text of Dwayne Bravo's letter to WIPA president Hinds

Oct 8, 2014: The following is a letter obtained by ESPNcricinfo, written on October 7, by Dwayne Bravo to WIPA president and chief executive Wavell Hinds

KP: The Autobiography

'I made mistakes, said things I shouldn't have said'

Oct 8, 2014: With his controversial autobiography about to be released, Kevin Pietersen talks about where things went wrong with England and why he needs to defend himself

A genius of self-belief and desire

Oct 8, 2014: Players achieve greatness in different ways. With KP, embryonic greatness poured out like incense

The psychology of bat-making

Oct 8, 2014: It's not the size of the bat that matters, it's the weight. And it's not in your hands, it's in your mind

Chucking: the irony

Oct 8, 2014: Just as political views may change over the course of time, our opinion of chuckers tends to be remarkably inconsistent. Case in point: Murali

India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi

West Indies players mull strike over pay structure

Oct 7, 2014: In an extraordinary and unprecedented move, West Indies players have come out strongly against WIPA president and chief executive Wavell Hinds, who they claim "hoodwinked" them while signing a new memorandum of understanding with the WICB last month

West Indies in India 2013-14

Does anyone care that the West Indians are here?

Oct 7, 2014: The West Indians are in India but there has been absolutely no build-up to this series, such has been the glut of cricket since the IPL

Pakistan v Australia, 1st ODI, Sharjah

Fawad Alam, the trend-setter

Oct 7, 2014: Plays of the day from the first ODI between Pakistan and Australia in Sharjah

Zimbabwe news

Chingoka named ZC's honorary life president

Oct 7, 2014: Former Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Peter Chingoka has been named one of the organisation's honorary life presidents

KP: The Autobiography

Revealed: the case against Pietersen

Oct 7, 2014: ESPNcricinfo is in possession of an official ECB legal document that lays out the key charges against Kevin Pietersen during the Ashes whitewash that brought his England career to an end

Bangladesh news

BCB offers Pakistan alternate home venue

Oct 7, 2014: The BCB reiterated Bangladesh will tour Pakistan only when the ICC agrees to send its officials for the fixtures but there was progress on other fronts during the meeting between the heads of the two boards

England news

Tom Harrison named new ECB chief executive

Oct 7, 2014: Tom Harrison, a former Derbyshire allrounder and currently a senior figure at sports marketing company IMG, is the surprising choice as the new chief executive of the ECB to replace David Collier

Yorkshire 11/4 for back-to-back titles

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County news

Gale 'hurt' by racism claims

Oct 7, 2014: Andrew Gale, the Yorkshire captain, has spoken of the hurt he felt at being accused of racism after abusing Ashwell Prince in the Roses match last month, saying it was the "toughest time" of his career

Zimbabwe news

Ervine and Lamb available for Zimbabwe selection

Oct 7, 2014: Middle-order batsman Craig Ervine and offspinner Greg Lamb have returned to the Zimbabwe set up and made themselves available for the upcoming trip to Bangladesh

Who needs a litany of Pietersen's complaints?

Oct 7, 2014: His cricket gets hardly a mention in his new book. And isn't the cricket the point of Kevin Pietersen?

India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi

WI aim to compete on even footing

Oct 7, 2014: West Indies will begin their third tour of India in as many years with a five-match ODI series, a format they like a little more than Tests

New Zealand news

Vettori clings to World Cup dream

Oct 7, 2014: Daniel Vettori finds it hard these days to get through 10 overs of bowling in a game but he is still harbouring dreams of playing in a home World Cup

KP: The Autobiography

KP's Big Cheese meltdown

Oct 7, 2014: Matt Prior, aka The Big Cheese, has been subjected to arguably the most withering written attack on a colleague ever seen in cricket

Pakistan v Australia, 1st ODI, Sharjah

Smith ton sets up big Australia win

Oct 7, 2014: Steven Smith embarked on this tour as a key Test player without a clear role in Australia's one-day side, but his first ODI century might change that. Smith struck 101 to set up Australia's comfortable 93-run victory over Pakistan in the first ODI in Shar