Gloucestershire v Australia A, Bristol, 1st day

Bird charts Ashes bowling blueprint

Jun 22, 2013: Miserly on his return to action for Australia A following the back injury that curtailed his India tour, Jackson Bird has outlined the tourists' Ashes bowling blueprint

Nottinghamshire v Sussex, YB40 Group A, Trent Bridge

Notts defeat mars Hussey return

Jun 22, 2013: David Hussey's return to Trent Bride attracted a crowd of 8,000 but Notts' unbeaten record was ended by Sussex

The contemporary style of Shikhar Dhawan

Jun 22, 2013: He's refreshing and fearless, and it will be interesting to see how he negotiates the tough period that inevitably follows a fairytale beginning

Gloucestershire v Australia A, Bristol, 1st day

Maddinson's rapid ton shows potential and pitfalls

Jun 21, 2013: A rapid hundred from Nic Maddinson showed why he is among the best young batsmen in Australia, but also why he still has a way to go

England v India, Champions Trophy, final, Edgbaston

England have 'proved people wrong' - Trott

Jun 21, 2013: Jonathan Trott believes England have "proved a few people wrong" about their approach to one-day cricket by reaching the Champions Trophy final

Yorkshire v Surrey, Headingley, 1st day

Gale ton steals the show

Jun 21, 2013: Another century from Andrew Gale gave the Yorkshire crowd some to cheer as Kevin Pietersen spent a full day in the field on his Surrey return

Derbyshire v Somerset, Derby, 1st day

Madsen, Johnson keep Derbs respectable

Jun 21, 2013: Derbyshire wicketkeeper Richard Johnson scored a defiant half-century to lead a lower-order fightback in their Championship match against Somerset

Bangladesh news

Dhaka Premier League postponed again

Jun 21, 2013: The BCB has postponed the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, Bangladesh's domestic one-day competition, for an unspecified period of time

Worcestershire v Glamorgan, New Road, 2nd day

Moeen joins exclusive New Road club

Jun 21, 2013: Moeen Ali's first double-century for Worcestershire heaped scoreboard pressure on a fast disintegrating Glamorgan in Division Two match at New Road

Leicestershire v Essex, Grace Road, 1st day

Napier strikes give Essex edge

Jun 21, 2013: Two late wickets gave Essex reason for cheer in their first Championship match since being bowled out for 20 by Lancashire a week ago

Lancashire v Northamptonshire, Old Trafford, 2nd day

Lancashire refute pitch claims after big win

Jun 21, 2013: Lancashire have dismissed criticism of the pitch at Old Trafford after wrapping up a convincing eight-wicket victory over Northamptonshire

Corruption in the IPL

IPL probe panel discusses procedure

Jun 21, 2013: Gurunath Meiyappan and the owners of CSK and Rajasthan Royals will have to depose before the inquiry commission, Ratnakar Shetty said

Bangladesh news

BCB unhappy with slow progress at World T20 venues

Jun 21, 2013: BCB president Nazmul Hassan is not happy with the pace at which the venues for the 2014 World Twenty20 - which will be hosted by Bangladesh - are being developed

England news

Pietersen feared serious injury

Jun 21, 2013: Kevin Pietersen has suggested that his fear of prolonged injury lay-offs was precisely the reason why last summer he wanted to retire from England's one-day side

Dicky Rutnagur 1931-2013

Journalist Dicky Rutnagur dies aged 82

Jun 21, 2013: Dicky Rutnagur, the former sportswriter and radio commentator, has died in London aged 82

The substitute

Jun 21, 2013:

West Indies tri-series

Injured Dilshan out of West Indies tri-series

Jun 21, 2013: Upul Tharanga will replace the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan in Sri Lanka's squad for the tri-series in West Indies, while Ajantha Mendis also gets a recall at Thisara Perera's expense

Champions Trophy 2013

Is England's watchful batting at the top the way to go in ODIs?

Jun 21, 2013:

An irrevocable loss to Australian cricket

Jun 21, 2013: Ricky Ponting's retirement deprives Australian cricket of an invaluable, intangible resource: 21 years of experience at state level

Fraternal Indo-Pak fans threaten to spoil fierce rivalry

Jun 21, 2013: What's with all the goodwill and brotherhood? It's enough to make an old-timer sick