Indian cricket

Is India's connection with fans failing?

Aug 27, 2014: Tanya Aldred, in the Telegraph, ponders how the BCCI's stringent control of players talking to the media is hurting the fans from connecting with this new Indian team

English cricket

When war made cricket retire hurt

Aug 27, 2014: Andy Bull, writing in the Guardian, chronicles the stoppage of the English county season at the time of the First World War

Bolt versus Yuvraj

Aug 27, 2014: Multiple Olympic and world champion holder Usain Bolt has been roped in for a showdown with Yuvraj Singh at Chinnaswamy Stadium for charity

Was Michael Vaughan right?

Aug 27, 2014: We'll find out next year. Sadly, all signs point to yes

Australia news

Tait one-day comeback on the cards

Aug 27, 2014: Fast bowler Shaun Tait could come out of one-day retirement this summer, having declared himself available for South Australia's 50-over campaign for the first time since 2010-11

Australia cricket

Richie Benaud, live from his lounge-room

Aug 27, 2014: Richie Benaud was absent from the commentary box last summer and although his health is still an issue after his car crash in October last year, he has been asked by Channel Nine CEO David Gyngell to be part of the commentary team from his lounge-room

All hail the new, macho Fawad Alam

Aug 27, 2014: He had phenomenal numbers before he sprouted luxuriant facial hair, but it seems Pakistanis have started to take him seriously only now

Why baseball trumps cricket at the movies

Aug 27, 2014: Baseball movies are more ambitious and unabashedly American - always a draw at the box office

Bowlers and pitchers: divided by a common cause

Aug 27, 2014: Baseball and cricket - throwing and bowling. We sort out the differences

Notts v Derbyshire, Royal London Cup, Trent Bridge

Taylor's best earns Nottinghamshire semi-final

Aug 26, 2014: James Taylor would be quite justified in asking what more he must do to be given the chance to relaunch his England career

Australia v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

'I want to play all three formats' - Lyon

Aug 26, 2014: Australia offspinner Nathan Lyon has said his ODI bowling is a "work in progress", and he wants to play all three formats for Australia

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Hambantota

Mathews - 0 hundreds, 22 fifties

Aug 26, 2014: A stats review of the second ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Hambantota

Australia v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

De Villiers expects hostilities to resume

Aug 26, 2014: Fierce rivalry takes on a more literal meaning when it is between South Africa and Australia

Pakistan news

Pakistan Super League shelved again

Aug 26, 2014: The Pakistan Super League, the PCB's proposed franchise-based Twenty20 tournament, will not kick off this year

England v India, 2nd ODI, Cardiff

Root rebuffs England criticism

Aug 26, 2014: It does not seem two minutes since Joe Root was making his first steps in the England side and reading so many descriptions of how childlike he still looked that he might have been preparing for the Primary School prom

Bangladesh news

BCB ponders split captaincy

Aug 26, 2014: The Bangladesh Cricket Board is likely to introduce split captaincy after BCB president Nazmul Hassan suggested that it was the way forward

Pakistan news

PCB seeks to weed out suspect actions in domestic game

Aug 26, 2014: In the wake of Saeed Ajmal being reported for a suspect action, the PCB has decided to clamp down on the problem of questionable actions right from the domestic level

Bangladesh news

BCB reduces Shakib suspension

Aug 26, 2014: The Bangladesh Cricket Board has reduced Shakib Al Hasan's six-month suspension by three-and-a-half months.

County news

Northants release Hall and Spriegel

Aug 26, 2014: Andrew Hall and Matthew Spriegel will leave Northamptonshire at the end of the season after not being offered new contracts as the county prepares for life back in Division Two of the Championship

England v India, 2nd ODI, Cardiff

Cook, Dhoni look for on-field statements

Aug 26, 2014: As countdowns for the World Cup go, neither England nor India can claim to have started in the best shape