India news

David Andrews appointed Maharashtra coach

Aug 18, 2014: David Andrews has been appointed coach of the Maharashtra senior team

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, SSC, 5th day

Herath betters Murali, Sarfraz equals Andy Flower

Aug 18, 2014: Stats highlights from Sri Lanka's comprehensive Test win by 105 runs at the SSC

England v India, 5th Investec Test, The Oval

Dhoni fined for slow over-rate

Aug 18, 2014: MS Dhoni and India have been fined for maintaining slow over-rate during the Oval Test

Zimbabwe Triangular Series 2014

Australia 'rusty', but ready - Lehmann

Aug 18, 2014: Australia's coach Darren Lehmann has conceded his men will be rusty when they tour Zimbabwe this month but he said their long winter's break was needed after an exhausting 12 months of cricket

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, SSC, 5th day

Herath scripts perfect farewell for Jayawardene

Aug 18, 2014: It took Sri Lanka just under an hour on the fifth morning to wrap up the Pakistan innings and kick off the celebrations at the SSC

England v India, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

My wife made me not quit - Cook

Aug 18, 2014: Alastair Cook admitted it was only the support of his wife, Alice, which persuaded him not to resign the England captaincy.

India's Wormsley fairy tale

Aug 18, 2014: Eight of the India's victorious women's team in Wormsley had never experienced Test cricket before. For the senior players, it was the end of an eight-year drought

CPL 2014

'We plan to take CPL to America'

Aug 18, 2014: At the end of the second edition of the CPL, the league's chairman Damien O'Donohoe speaks about expansion plans and potential lessons from other T20 tournaments

Overfishing outside off stump endangering runs

Aug 18, 2014: Ecological crisis brought about by behaviour of Indian batsmen

How much practice is enough practice?

Aug 18, 2014: Deciding how much time to set aside to unwind is a dilemma in any profession. In sport, it's all down to the player, not the coach

England v India, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

England emerge from the darkness

Aug 17, 2014: Having been in chaos three Tests ago, England can take credit, pride and encouragement from this result

England v India, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

One-day barrier to Indian Test progress

Aug 17, 2014: With too great an emphasis on limited-overs cricket, MS Dhoni's side have a set of skills and a level of concentration that are not commensurate with the necessities of Tests

Eng v Ind, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

Dhoni's control test

Aug 17, 2014: For all MS Dhoni's many trophies and accomplishments, Test cricket continues to resist his magic and indefinitely postpone his motorbike ride into the sunset

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, SSC, 4th day

Many questions for Pakistan's batting

Aug 17, 2014: Following yet another Pakistan batting collapse, it's time to take a good long look at team composition and strategy

Eng v Ind, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

Spirit departs sorry India

Aug 17, 2014: The details of India's capitulation at The Oval did not bear repeating as even their Man of the Series, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, gave up the fight

England news

Hales 'like nobody else we have' - Morgan

Aug 17, 2014: Eoin Morgan believes Alex Hales is a unique talent within the English game and has the potential to flourish in all three formats

England U-19s v South Africa U-19s, 2nd Youth ODI, Trent Bridge

Alsop ton helps England to 2-0 lead

Aug 17, 2014: Tom Alsop smashed an 80-ball hundred as part of a strong England batting display before four wickets for Josh Shaw wrapped up a big win over South Africa

Lancashire v Durham, Old Trafford, 3rd day

Prince earns Lancashire a rare lead

Aug 17, 2014: Like Frank Watson and Harry Pilling from earlier eras in Lancashire's history, Ashwell Prince's skills are not those to delight cricket's aesthete. But who cares?

Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury, 3rd day

Hampshire promotion push gathers pace

Aug 17, 2014: Hampshire's promotion thrust toward the Division One of the County Championship continued to gather momentum at Canterbury putting them in the position to push for a last day victory over Kent.

Somerset v Warwickshire, Taunton, 3rd day

Chopra restates England case

Aug 17, 2014: Varun Chopra might easily be vying to replace Sam Robson opening the batting for England but has endured a miserable 2014 in whites. All of which made his first first-class century of the season particularly commendable.