Pakistan news

Afridi to stage charity T20 match

Jun 27, 2014: Shahid Afridi has said that he is planning a Twenty20 match to raise money for the almost half a million people displaced by a military operation in Pakistan's northwest region

Somerset v essex, NatWest T20 Blast, Taunton

Pettini takes Essex top

Jun 27, 2014: Mark Pettini's perfectly paced half-century helped Essex to top spot in the NatWest T20 Blast South Division and inflicted Somerset's fifth defeat in eight matches.

Gloucestershire v Kent, NatWest T20 Blast, Bristol

Triallist Rouse is instant hit

Jun 27, 2014: Triallist Adam Rose was an instant hit for Gloucestershire as they chased down their target against Kent from an unpromising position

SLC Super 4's T20 tournament

Kosala Kulasekara powers Troopers to big win

Jun 27, 2014: A round-up of the UltraTech Cement Super 4's T20 matches played on June 27

South Africa news

Point to prove in SL - Duminy

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ICC annual conference 2014

Najam Sethi elected to ExCo, says PCB

Jun 27, 2014: The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that its chairman, Najam Sethi, has been elected to the ICC's executive committee which was formed on Friday

ICC annual conference 2014

Waiting on chairman Srinivasan

Jun 27, 2014: The world will now have to judge ICC chairman N Srinivasan on his actions. Not because he has suggested we do so, but because we are left with no other choice

ICC annual conference 2014

Cricket makes 'a fool of itself'

Jun 27, 2014: hloe Saltau, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, says the support Srinivasan has received from other ICC members does not improve the game's image when it comes to fighting corruption.

England news

Warne tells Cook: 'Take a rest'

Jun 27, 2014: Shane Warne has stepped up his criticism of Alastair Cook's captaincy, insisting that his leadership of England at Headingley represented the worst day of international captaincy he had witnessed in 25 years

Player association news

'Where will the game be in 10 years?'

Jun 27, 2014: Tony Irish has been elected the incoming executive chairman of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), replacing Paul Marsh. Both men spoke to ESPNcricinfo about the challenges FICA will face in the years to come.

Headingley's challenge to get the crowds back

Jun 27, 2014: The ticket prices were reduced and there was the chance to watch home-grown players in the Test side. What more can Yorkshire do to woo spectators for five-day cricket?

New Zealand domestic news

Brownlie to move to Northern Districts

Jun 27, 2014: Batsman Dean Brownlie will move from Canterbury to Northern Districts in a bid to target a New Zealand Test opening spot

Player association news

Irish replaces Marsh as head of FICA

Jun 27, 2014: Tony Irish, the head of the South African Cricketers' Association, will become the major voice for players around the world after being named as Paul Marsh's replacement at the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA)

West Indies v New Zealand, 3rd Test, Bridgetown, 1st day

'We were 20-30 short of the par score' - Neesham

Jun 27, 2014: Jimmy Neesham's counter-attacking 78 helped New Zealand recover to 293 on the first day of the Barbados Test but the allrounder admitted the side had fallen at least 20-30 runs short of a par score

Numbers Game

SL's seam attack, and NZ's wicketkeeper

Jun 27, 2014: Sri Lanka's seamers took 17 wickets at Headingley, their best haul in a Test outside Asia, while BJ Watling is proving to be a huge asset with the bat for New Zealand

A case for Olympic status and wooing China

Jun 27, 2014: England and India may not be interested in making cricket truly global, but several other countries would vastly benefit from participating in the Olympics

England's new era: a definitive analysis

Jun 27, 2014: Maybe it's a time for grand defeats. Whoever said a new era has to do with winning?

Afghanistan in Zimbabwe 2014

Afghanistan to play four ODIs in Zimbabwe

Jun 27, 2014: Afghanistan will play four ODIs and two four-day games during a 28-day tour to Zimbabwe that starts in July

India 7/4 for England series surprise

Jun 26, 2014: India arrive in England with alien conditions to overcome but an opposition ripe for the taking in a five-match series. 7/4 is an attractive price about India to win the Investec series.

NatWest T20 Blast

Poor pitches killing English T20

Jun 26, 2014: More than match-fixing, chucking or the absence of cricket from free-to-air television, poor pitches will destroy cricket and turn away spectators from the English game