Leicestershire v Derbyshire, Grace Road, 1st day

O'Brien staves off Footitt threat

Jun 8, 2014: Derbyshire's seamer Tim Groenewald chose the rearranged match against Leicestershire, postponed after the death of Tim Poynton's father in a car accident, to announce that he would be leaving the county at the end of the season

Worcestershire v Hampshire, New Road, 1st day

Kervezee fights Moeen, Mitchell deficit

Jun 8, 2014: A Moeen Ali-less Worcestershire is a lesser team, but it was the early loss of Daryl Mitchell - the country's leading Championship run-scorer - that was a bigger blow in the context of the game

Kent v Essex, Canterbury, 2nd day

Bopara, Westley answer coach's call

Jun 8, 2014: Ravi Bopara and Tom Westley both recorded unbeaten centuries as Essex made a strong statement in reply to Kent's first-innings 387

India news

Sourav Ganguly to join Mudgal probe panel

Jun 8, 2014: Sourav Ganguly will join the Mukul Mudgal-led committee that is probing allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League

Sri Lanka in England 2014

Battle with England seamers pivotal, says Adams

Jun 8, 2014: Chris Adams, consultant to the Sri Lanka team, has said the key to Sri Lanka winning a Test series in England for the first time will be for their experienced batsmen to come out on top against England's seamers

Officiating the doosra

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West Indies v New Zealand, 1st Test, Kingston

Gayle eyes 'huge performance' in landmark Test

Jun 8, 2014: Chris Gayle has said that he is targeting a "huge performance" on his 100th Test, as West Indies look to begin their home series against New Zealand with a win

India news

Sunil Dev appointed India manager

Jun 8, 2014: Delhi and Districts Cricket Association Secretary Sunil Dev was today named manager of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming tour of England starting June 26

Bangladesh news

BPL tribunal hands over findings to ICC, BCB

Jun 8, 2014: The "reason judgement" from the BPL anti-corruption tribunal has been received by the the ICC and the Bangladesh Cricket Board

Cricket's twin towers of evil

Jun 8, 2014: If the game's custodians are serious about stamping out fixing and chucking they must empower umpires and encourage respected players to speak out and share information about wrongdoing

India news

BCCI threatened to form parallel world cricket body

Jun 7, 2014: The BCCI had threatened to form a parallel world cricket body before the England and Australia boards agreed to the restructuring of the ICC and decided to give a lion's share of its revenue to the India board

Jordan to blast Sri Lanka away 100/30

Jun 7, 2014: The first Test of the summer sees England field several new faces against Sri Lanka, Chris Jordan is set to be one of them and he has the power to blow Sri Lanka away. Back him at 100/30 to be England's top bowler at Lord's.

Northants v Sri Lankans, Tour match, Wantage Road, 3rd day

SL hopeful on Lakmal for Headingley

Jun 7, 2014: Sri Lanka remain hopeful that Suranga Lakmal will be fit for the second Test at Headingley, despite a hamstring injury keeping him out of the current squad

Worcestershire v Durham, NatWest T20, New Road

Whiteley strikes to send Worcs top

Jun 7, 2014: It's often a strategy, in rain-truncated games, to evaluate the conditions by bowling first. Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell had no hesitation in doing just that, following a two-hour delay, and his methods paid dividends as his side timed their tri

Kent v Essex, Canterbury, 1st day

Time is of the essence for Mills

Jun 7, 2014: Time-keeping has been a bit of an issue for Essex of late. So when Tymal Mills trotted onto the field some 80 minutes after his colleagues, a few in the crowd may have wondered whether another disciplinary ruling could be expected.

The Jamaican man mountain

Jun 7, 2014: In the last 14 years, Chris Gayle has produced some awe-inspiring innings and stood his ground whenever he perceived injustice from those in charge

West Indies v New Zealand, 1st Test, Kingston

First test for new-look West Indies

Jun 7, 2014: West Indies have undergone a shake-up since their last time in whites and the series against New Zealand will provide a good gauge to how their new captain, Denesh Ramdin, and a fresh pace attack fare

Australia cricket

Cricket soothes asylum seekers' woes

Jun 7, 2014: Phil Mercer of the BBC meets a group of Tamils seeking asylum in Australia and learns how cricket helps escape the dread they feel about going back home to Sri Lanka

Australia news

Queensland granted $4 million to aid game

Jun 7, 2014: Queensland is the first major financial beneficiary of Cricket Australia's new governance structure and financial distribution model, granted $4.05 million over three years to strengthen the game in the northern state

New Zealand in West Indies 2014

Doosra to be discussed with match referee - Hesson

Jun 7, 2014: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has said his team would seek clarifications from the match referee on how West Indies offspinner Shane Shillingord's illegal deliveries are policed