Hampshire v Bangladesh A, tour match, Ageas Bowl

Dawson the difference in Hants win

Aug 6, 2013: Liam Dawson's all-round performance made the difference between Hampshire and Bangladesh A who lost by eight runs at the Ageas Bowl.

England v Pakistan, Under-19 tri-nation tournament, Sleaford

Imam century too much for England

Aug 6, 2013: Imam-ul-Haq made a century as Pakistan Under-19s beat England in the second match of the tri-series also featuring Bangladesh. Imam's 120 put his side out of reach as England fell well short in pursuit of 289.

South Africa A v Australia A, tri-series, Pretoria

Marsh, Coulter-Nile star in high-scoring chase

Aug 6, 2013: Australia A claimed first points in the tri-angular series against South Africa A and India A in a high-scoring chase

Women's cricket

Edwards in charge of England quest

Aug 6, 2013: Charlotte Edwards will lead England's quest to regain the Women's Ashes which begins with the sole Test match on Sunday.

Nam v Afg, Intercontinental Cup, Windhoek, 3rd day

Dawlatzai hat-trick caps off big win

Aug 6, 2013: Medium-pacer Izatullah Dawlatzai capped off a perfect day for Afghanistan's bowlers with a hat-trick as Afghanistan pummelled Namibia by ten wickets in Windhoek

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 3rd T20, Hambantota

Dilshan powers Sri Lanka to consolation win

Aug 6, 2013: Sri Lanka's batsmen found fluency for the first time in the Twenty20 series, as the hosts rode a furious start and a fast finish to a conciliatory six-wicket win in Hambantota

Zimbabwe news

Zimbabwe cricketer goes missing in Ireland

Aug 6, 2013: The Irish Police is searching for Sharyce Saili, a Zimbabwe cricketer, who went missing after the ICC Women's World Twenty20 qualifiers, which concluded in Dublin last week

County news

Somerset dealt blow with loss of Rehman

Aug 6, 2013: Somerset's hopes of avoiding relegation in the County Championship have been dealt a crushing blow with the news that Abdur Rehman, the left-arm spinner, will not be available to fulfil his county contract.

Sri Lanka v India, 2nd Youth ODI, Kurunegala

Zol, bowlers star in tight India win

Aug 6, 2013: India Under-19s beat Sri Lanka Under-19s by 22 runs in the second Youth ODI in Kurunegala

The Investec Ashes 2013

DRS 'hasn't worked well' - Flower

Aug 6, 2013: Andy Flower, the England team director, admitted the Decision Review System "hasn't worked well at all" in the Investec Ashes series but does not advocate a return to the days of no technology

Northamptonshire v Durham, Flt20 quarter-final. Northampton

Kamikaze Stokes catching the eye

Aug 6, 2013: Blessed with an ability to swing the bat liberally and be equally care-free in the field, Ben Stokes is a bright spark for Durham who is catching the eye of England's hierarchy

Surrey v Somerset, FLt20 Quarter-final, The Oval

Ageless Mahmood still going strong

Aug 6, 2013: Azhar Mahmood is in the twlight of his career but still plays with the zest of youth as he travels the world for Twenty20

Test cricket

Should umpires continue to decide when players come off for bad light?

Aug 6, 2013:

Pakistan in Zimbabwe 2013

Jamshed, Irfan left out of Pakistan Test squad

Aug 6, 2013: Pakistan have left out Nasir Jamshed, Taufeeq Umar and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed from the 15-member Test squad for the tour of Zimbabwe, and have included Adnan Akmal and Khurram Manzoor

Australia news

Clarke rises to second in batsmen rankings

Aug 6, 2013: Michael Clarke has moved up to second in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, following his 187 in the fourth Ashes Test

Pakistan in Zimbabwe 2013

Pakistan's Zimbabwe tour dates confirmed

Aug 6, 2013: The dates for Pakistan's full tour of Zimbabwe have finally been announced little more than two weeks before the first match

The Investec Ashes 2013

Watson's opening role under scanner

Aug 6, 2013: Shane Watson's rebirth as a Test opener could be short-lived with Australia's brains trust considering reinstating David Warner at the top of the order for the fourth Test in Chester-le-Street

The Investec Ashes

Controversies overshadow quality of cricket

Aug 6, 2013: Michael Vaughan, writing for the Telegraph, bemoans the DRS, and Paul Hayward explains why Alastair Cook can't count himself as a great captain yet. Aaron Timms of the Guardian labels David Warner as a "Kuta Beach backpacker" that the team could do with

Indian cricket

'He isn't yours alone anymore, CM saab'

Aug 6, 2013: Gaurav Kalra, writing for IBN Live, explains why Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was wrong to tweet about Parvez Rasool's non-selection

Bangladesh news

Preference to BPL leads to clash in BCB

Aug 6, 2013: Two BCB committees are at loggerheads over the 2013-14 domestic calendar after the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was given a better time slot in place of a popular first-class competition