Ireland v Australia A, Belfast, 2nd day

Sorensen bags five before rain

Jun 15, 2013: Max Sorensen completed his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket during the 16 overs possible before rain wiped out the second day against Australia A in Belfast

England v New Zealand, Champions Trophy, Group A, Cardiff

Hosts under pressure; poor weather looms

Jun 15, 2013: ESPNcricinfo previews the crucial match between England and New Zealand in Group A

Champions Trophy 2013

Giles denies tampering claims

Jun 15, 2013: Ashley Giles, the England one-day coach, has vehemently denied accusations made by Bob Willis that England have been tampering with the ball during the Champions Trophy

Caribbean Premier League news

CPL franchises announce team names

Jun 15, 2013: The Caribbean Premier League announced the team names and logos for the franchises through a media release on Friday

England cricket

When Prior nearly gave up wicketkeeping

Jun 15, 2013: In an extract from Matt Prior's autobiography in the Telegraph, the England wicketkeeper talks about the time he was dropped from the Test side and being informed of it while he was holidaying in New York

The perils of social media

Jun 15, 2013: Players will always get into trouble with alcohol. It's modern technology that they have to be wary of and learn to use wisely

India v Pakistan, Champions Trophy, Group B, Edgbaston

India spin to win in rainy Birmingham

Jun 15, 2013: The cricket at Edgbaston - because of the weather - was dreary and uncertain, but India eventually registered their first win over Pakistan in Champions Trophy

Chris Morris and Ray McKinnon

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Australia cricket

Ricky, please come back and save us

Jun 15, 2013: In an open letter to Ricky Ponting, Richard Hinds in the Sydney Morning Herald regrets having once ridiculed the idea of asking him to come out of retirement, but given Australia's desperate batting situation, the calls for his return might get lou

USA news

USACA plans to resume national tournaments

Jun 15, 2013: The USA Cricket Association (USACA) announced on Friday its intention to stage a Men's National Tournament at a newly developed cricket facility in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana beginning in 2014

West Indies' ball-beaters are too unreliable

Jun 15, 2013: They may be the star attractions of a Twenty20 slog-fest, but in the Champions Trophy, West Indies' batsmen have been disappointingly inconsistent

Australia news

McGrath to mentor young Australia players

Jun 15, 2013: Josh Hazlewood, Gurinder Sandhu and Kurtis Patterson, three of Australia's upcoming cricketers, will train under Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai

South Africa v West Indies, Champions Trophy, Group B, Cardiff

Unrelenting Steyn mutes power hitters

Jun 15, 2013: Dale Steyn can be an interesting yardstick to measure how good a batsman you are. Not for the first time in recent memory, he managed to suffocate the destructive Kieron Pollard

South Africa v West Indies, Champions Trophy, Group B, Cardiff

Six crucial moments

Jun 15, 2013: A look back at key moments which took away time from the already truncated virtual quarter-final encounter

A contest that brings cricket alive

Jun 15, 2013: The game can often seem dreary, predictable and endless. Not when India and Pakistan play each other

Statistics

All the quirky Test numbers

Jun 15, 2013: What's the lowest score that's never been made? How obsessed are batsmen with 100s? What's the most popular all-out total? A look at these, and many more unusual stats

2005

'Scared dinkum' and dead-drunk Australians

Jun 15, 2013: A drunk allrounder and players scared witless by a ghost provided an unsettling start to Australia's 2005 Ashes campaign

'The biggest change is the belief that we can beat any team'

Jun 15, 2013: Mushfiqur Rahim regrets his hasty resignation from captaincy, but despite the pressure of the job and the fixing scandal, he is satisfied with the team's consistency in the last six months

Dean Headley

'I knocked on the door for two years'

Jun 15, 2013: Dean Headley looks back at playing on the sidelines of his dad's matches and using his bats

Punish Root and Warner

Jun 15, 2013: Their crimes are hideous beyond belief