England news

England fined for Lord's over-rate

Jun 17, 2014: England have been fined for their slow over-rate during the Lord's Test against Sri Lanka

Bangladesh v India, 2nd ODI, Mirpur

The impatient opener

Jun 17, 2014: Plays of the day from the second ODI between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur

Schoolboy takes 10 for 2

Jun 17, 2014: On the day England's bowlers fell a wicket short of a remarkable Test win at Lord's, a 13-year old bowler took astonishing figures of 5-3-2-10 to bowl Sexey's School to victory

Zimbabwe news

Zimbabwe A tour of Bangladesh put on hold

Jun 17, 2014: Zimbabwe's cricketers have had just three days of international cricket in 2014 and their drought is set to continue as the A team's tour to Bangladesh, which was scheduled to begin later this month, has been postponed

Cricket

Is there life after cricket?

Jun 17, 2014: Neil Manthorp, writing for Business Day Live, explains how difficult it is for Cricketers to sustain a living once they retire from the game

England cricket

Save all the Root praises

Jun 17, 2014: Jon Hotten, writing in his blog the Old Batsman, believes that while Joe Root's 200 at Lord's was no doubt impressive, it hardly signals a return to form for the batsman

Spirit of cricket

Stop walking

Jun 17, 2014: Let the umpires do their job. Walking - even when done with the best of intentions - undermines them

Bangladesh v India, 2nd ODI, Mirpur

Binny 6 for 4, India defend 105

Jun 17, 2014: Stuart Binny's 6 for 4 outweighed debutant Taskin Ahmed's 5 for 28 as India snatched victory in an incredible low-scoring encounter

How to solve the over-rate problem

Jun 17, 2014: Enough of the dawdling. It's time to make 15 overs an hour mandatory

WI v NZ, 2nd Test, Port-of-Spain, 1st day

Our patience paid off - Jerome Taylor

Jun 17, 2014: Jerome Taylor has attributed West Indies' resurgence on the first day of the Trinidad Test to a strategy of waiting it out on a grassy surface at Queen's Park Oval

West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Port of Spain, 1st day

'Jerome Taylor was exceptional' - Latham

Jun 17, 2014: Tom Latham, New Zealand's opening batsman, said West Indies' bowlers, led by Jerome Taylor, made batting difficult for the side on the opening day of the second Test in Port-of-Spain

Time to dump the coin toss?

Jun 17, 2014: Let the home team prepare the kind of pitch they want but let the visitors decide whether to bat or field first on it

The incredibly malleable spirit of cricket

Jun 17, 2014: It's possible for two people to argue for hours about someone "crossing the line" without anyone knowing what or where the line is

Craig's list, and Shillingford's smiting

Jun 17, 2014: Also, New Zealand's Caribbean record, England's youngest double-centurions, and four-fors without fivers

England v Sri Lanka, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 5th day

Sri Lanka encouraged by battling draw

Jun 16, 2014: Despite a final nerve-wracking session, the tourists had plenty to take away from the first Test as they avoided a first defeat at Lord's since 1991

England v Sri Lanka, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 5th day

Cook heard Pradeep inside edge

Jun 16, 2014: While his team launched into a celebratory huddle, Alastair Cook knew what he had heard. The edge from Nuwan Pradeep into his pad, which Paul Reiffel missed, was big enough for Cook to pick it from slip

England v Sri Lanka, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 5th day

Pradeep was confident - Mathews

Jun 16, 2014: Nuwan Pradeep approached the last five balls of the match with confidence, as he walked out to deny Stuart Broad and England, his captain Angelo Mathews revealed after the match.

England v Sri Lanka, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 5th day

Plenty of ticks for England selectors

Jun 16, 2014: England's new era selections in detail after the first Test at Lord's

England v Sri Lanka, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 5th day

Pradeep makes his stand

Jun 16, 2014: Sri Lanka were left relying on the unlikeliest of heroes as a dramatic last hour drew to its conclusion

England v Sri Lanka, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 5th day

Sangakkara a maestro in convoluted drama

Jun 16, 2014: In a match to highlight all that is great about Test cricket Kumar Sangakarra showed his class and without him Sri Lanka were done for