Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord's, 1st day

Mullaney graft leads safety quest

Sep 11, 2013: Nottinghamshire have one of the most attractive batting line-ups in the county game. Seldom can they have been as becalmed as this

Worcestershire v Hampshire, New Road, 1st day

Vince profits after Moeen miss

Sep 11, 2013: James Vince's third LV= County Championship century of the season saw Hampshire put themselves in a promising position on a rain-shortened first day New Road.

Kent v Essex, Canterbury, 1st day

Shah lands tellings blows for Essex

Sep 11, 2013: It is not often that the first day of a four-day game begins and ends under floodlights. But Owais Shah didn't seem to mind as he landed some telling blows for Essex on day where the September sun was second best.

Sussex v Yorkshire, Hove, 1st day

Yorks held up by diligent Brown

Sep 11, 2013: Ben Brown's unbeaten 78 held up Yorkshire after the visiting seam attack had made good use of winning the tossing and bowling first

Somerset v Surrey, Taunton, 1st day

Time may be up for Trescothick

Sep 11, 2013: After four years it might be beneficial for all concerned for Marcus Trescothick to hand over the Somerset captaincy

Lancashire v Leicestershire, Old Trafford, 1st day

Moores confident in youth policy

Sep 11, 2013: Lancashire may have undergone a makeover of their Championship line-up but coach Peter Moores is confident their decision to blood more players will make them more competitive in Division One next summer.

Derbyshire v Durham, Derby, 1st day

Survival bigger than promotion - Krikken

Sep 11, 2013: Derbyshire coach Karl Krikken began this season believing his team could compete at the higher level and, with safety now a realistic prospect, says survival this year would be a bigger achievement than last season's promotion

Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Harare, 2nd day

Vitori's handstand and the run-out verdict

Sep 11, 2013: Plays of the day for the second day of the second Test in Harare

England v Australia, 3rd NatWest ODI, Edgbaston

Rain ruins second match of series

Sep 11, 2013: The rain, which is threatening to turn this series into a non-event, prevented Australia from taking advantage of a strong start at Edgbaston after they had removed Australia's top order

Australia news

WACA stripped of Test in 2014-15

Sep 11, 2013: Perth is the major casualty of Australia's truncated 2014-15 Test summer, stripped of its annual match for the first time since 1976-77

England news

Ashes legend Hoggard to retire

Sep 11, 2013: Matthew Hoggard, the swing bowler who helped England regain the Ashes in 2005, has announced his retirement after an 18-year career.

Cricket

'How is cricket remembered?'

Sep 11, 2013: Gary Naylor, writing in his blog 99.94, explains that our memories of cricket matches are largely exaggerated, while Jonathan Wilson writes that there is so much drama happening in the actual game, that even a fictionalized account of the same seems trite

West Indies in India 2013-14

Ishank Jaggi replaces injured Saurabh Tiwary

Sep 11, 2013: The selectors have rectified an error they had made in selecting the injured Saurabh Tiwary for the upcoming Challenger Trophy

Pakistan cricket

Mediocrity isn't helping Pakistan

Sep 11, 2013: Who ever raised a Rome with an army of Hun tribesmen? Or is it that we do not want to construct a Rome, and are content with our little village?

Blocked

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Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Harare, 2nd day

Younis, Misbah stabilise Pakistan

Sep 11, 2013: It was down to the old firm of Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq to stabilise Pakistan after the top order wobbled again

Kalabagan v Victoria, Dhaka Premier League 2013, Savar

Rain forces abandonment

Sep 11, 2013: The Dhaka Premier League match between Victoria Sporting Club and Kalabagan Cricket Academy was abandoned without a ball being bowled, forcing the teams to split points as a result

How do bowlers adapt to different wickets?

Sep 11, 2013: There's plenty of discussion on what batsmen ought to do when encountering challenging pitches, but much less for bowlers

Indian cricket

Have the India selectors done well in picking Sehwag, Zaheer and Gambhir for the A team?

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Sri Lanka news

Herath, Sangakkara win top honours at SLC awards

Sep 11, 2013: Rangana Herath was rewarded for a stand-out year by picking up honours at the SLC Awards for Best Cricketer of the Year and Best Test Bowler of the Year