In Larwood country

Jul 10, 2014: Our correspondent makes his way from Trent Bridge to Nuncargate to find out more about one of England's most fearsome fast bowlers

The value of a cricketer's brand

Jul 10, 2014: Andrew Strauss will recover from the indiscreet remark he made about Kevin Pietersen, but his image won't be entirely as it was

Pitching it up

Jul 10, 2014: How a medical charity convinced the MCC and the Swedes to help spread the message of cricket among kids in Afghanistan

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Pallekele

Dilshan soars at favoured venue

Jul 9, 2014: Perhaps it is the cooler mountain air or the smell of rain - whatever the difference, Tillakaratne Dilshan can't get enough of Pallekele

Eng v Ind, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 1st day

England 'frustrated' with pitch

Jul 9, 2014: James Anderson admitted the England team were "frustrated" by another low, slow surface that did nothing for the home attack on the first day of the Investec Test series against India

England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 1st day

Vijay the millionaire meets Vijay the coal-miner

Jul 9, 2014: In recent times, fortune has conspired against M Vijay and runs have been lacking. At Trent Bridge, though, after a small slice of luck at the start, he combined flair and patience to great effect

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Pallekele

De Villiers bemoans South Africa's inconsistency

Jul 9, 2014: South Africa captain AB de Villiers bemoaned his team's inconsistent performance in Pallekele that paved the way for an 87-run defeat

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Pallekele

South Africa face the Kallis question

Jul 9, 2014: Accommodation for a great player like Jacques Kallis should be made with careful consideration and South Africa cannot get carried away with sentiment

England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge

A rare century and Anderson's 50

Jul 9, 2014: Stats highlights from the opening day at Trent Bridge, when Murali Vijay scored his first overseas Test century

Eng v Ind, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 1st day

Test pitch comes gift wrapped

Jul 9, 2014: England could not have produced a pitch more suiting India's needs at Trent Bridge if they had gift wrapped it with a note of welcome

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Pallekele

Jayawardene's missing four

Jul 9, 2014: Plays of the day from the second ODI between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Pallekele

Yorkshire v Durham, Headingley, 3rd day

Rashid keeps Yorkshire in victory hunt

Jul 9, 2014: Adil Rashid enjoyed his best bowling figures at Headingley in four years to keep Yorkshire in with a good chance of beating Durham and taking a clear lead in the Division One table

Middlesex v Somerset, Uxbridge, 3rd day

Rogers mulls declaration for title prospects

Jul 9, 2014: Last week, Chris Rogers rejected the chance to tempt Northants with a target on the final day. Whether he is in more enterprising mood on day four here will go a long way towards determining Middlesex's title prospects

Leicestershire v Kent, Grace Road, 3rd day

Cobb century makes Kent pay

Jul 9, 2014: Josh Cobb struck his first Championship century for two years to make Kent pay for dropping him early in the day at Grace Road

Hampshire v Gloucestershire, Ageas Bowl, 3rd day

Unsung Gidman pitch perfect again

Jul 9, 2014: Will Gidman scored his first century of the season to press his case as one of the country's leading allrounders

Derbyshire v Essex, Chesterfield, 3rd day

Browne in record ton, Derbys hold edge

Jul 9, 2014: Nick Browne wrote his name in the Essex record books but Derbyshire hold the initiative after another absorbing day at Chesterfield.

Glamorgan v Surrey, Colwyn Bay, 4th day

Surrey steadily building promotion charge

Jul 9, 2014: For all the fuss made about Surrey's so-called stars it should not go unnoticed that coach Graham Ford is steadily developing a squad well capable of sustaining a challenge for promotion.

England v India, 1st Investec Test, Trent Bridge, 1st day

Vijay ton takes India past setbacks

Jul 9, 2014: M Vijay's fourth Test century, his first away from home, held India's innings together on a first day full of momentum shifts on an atypically slow and lifeless Trent Bridge pitch

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Pallekele

All-round Dilshan overpowers South Africa

Jul 9, 2014: A defiant century from Hashim Amla was not enough for South Africa as Tillakaratne Dilshan took Sri Lanka to a competitive total and helped defend it by causing a mini collapse in the middle order

Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014

Hafeez dropped for SL Tests, Younis recalled for ODIs

Jul 9, 2014: Pakistan have dropped Mohammad Hafeez from the Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka. The selectors have recalled Younis Khan to the ODI squad