Bangladesh v India, 3rd ODI, Mirpur

Bangladesh in dire need of spirit-lifting win

Jun 18, 2014: India have won the series; if Bangladesh win on Thursday it will only be a consolation victory, but this is one consolation that is much needed for both the team and its fans

Derbyshire v Surrey, Derby, 4th day

Welch won't lift Groenewald freeze-out

Jun 18, 2014: Graeme Welch, Derbyshire's elite performance director, stood firm on his determination to exclude Tim Groenewald after the bowler indicated his intention to leave the county

Sri Lanka in England 2014

Confidential: ICC over rate memo

Jun 18, 2014: In the aftermath of the Lord's Test where 17 overs went unbowled due to a slow over rate, ESPNcricinfo has seen detailed (and not entirely real) ICC documents which explain why it is not a problem

Corruption in cricket

ECB ban Naved Arif for life

Jun 18, 2014: Naved Arif, the former Sussex player who was charged with match-fixing, has been banned for life after he admitted breaching the ECB's Anti-Corruption Code

India news

UAE could be considered as CLT20 venue - Gavaskar

Jun 18, 2014: Sunil Gavaskar, the BCCI's president for the IPL, has said that the United Arab Emirates could be considered as a venue for the Champions League Twenty20, scheduled to be held later this year

Australia cricket

Muralitharan, Bayliss markers of progress

Jun 18, 2014: By making use of Muttiah Muralitharan and Trevor Bayliss, Australian cricket continues to sail in a pragmatic, common-sense direction

Bangladesh v India, 2nd ODI, Mirpur

Mominul - dropped or sacrificed?

Jun 18, 2014: Mominul Haque's exclusion from the second ODI seemed to suggest he had paid the price for the poor form of some of his senior team-mates

ABC

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West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Port-of-Spain, 2nd day

Darren Bravo credits Lara for inputs

Jun 18, 2014: Darren Bravo, who scored his first Test century in the Caribbean, credited his innings to inputs from Brian Lara before the game

West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 2nd day

'We bowled well without reward' - Watling

Jun 18, 2014: BJ Watling felt New Zealand's bowlers were unlucky not to get more wickets on a day when West Indies moved to an 89-run lead with five wickets in hand

Pakistan v Australia 2014-15

Muralitharan joins Australia coaching staff

Jun 18, 2014: Australia have made a dramatic move in their attempts to improve their spin credentials in Asian conditions, hiring Muttiah Muralitharan as a coaching consultant for this year's Test series against Pakistan in the UAE

Let's hear it for the glorious five-day draw

Jun 18, 2014: It helps save the format from extinction

CricIQ 2014

Kolkata's Sarbajit Mitra crowned CricIQ champion

Jun 18, 2014: Sarbajit Mitra, an M. Phil student from Kolkata has emerged as the winner of the first edition of ESPNcricinfo's CricIQ quiz, a two-month long, nationwide hunt for the most knowledgeable cricket fan

The kids from Kenridge

Jun 18, 2014: Stiaan van Zyl and Dane Piedt were once young boys who dreamed of competing in the big leagues. Now they're on the verge of playing Test cricket

Why women must play more at Lord's

Jun 18, 2014: The MCC staged a women's match as part of their 200th anniversary celebrations but Lord's still often feels like it's a ground only for men

Mohammad Ashraful's career timeline

Potential unfulfilled

Jun 18, 2014: A timeline of Mohammad Ashraful's career

Sri Lanka in England 2014

Panesar 'very difficult' to select - Moores

Jun 17, 2014: As well as England's attack performed on the final day at Lord's, they were screaming out for a specialist spinner especially while they waited for the ball to reverse swing

Women's cricket

ICC defends move to cancel Americas Women's Championship

Jun 17, 2014: The ICC has defended itself from criticism it has received regarding the cancellation of the ICC Americas Women's Championship by stating that money that would have been spent to hold the event would be better used to fund grassroots initiatives

Sri Lanka news

SLC baggage master PD Nimal dies in accident

Jun 17, 2014: SLC's baggage master PD Nimal has died after being struck down in a traffic accident, the board has announced

Sri Lanka in England 2014

Bad news to ponder as Sri Lanka head north

Jun 17, 2014: Sri Lanka will take heart from the draw at Lord's, Angelo Mathews said at the end of the match. But as the team heads to chilly, unfamiliar Headingley they have enough bad news to temper their mood.