The sportsman's cliff

Jul 30, 2013: What must it be like to face your mortality just when your peers in other fields are beginning to excel in their professions?

Bunnies and big scorers

Jul 30, 2013: Also: Australia's worst losing streak, Kohli's one-day record, the first South African to play for England, and England's whitewashes

The ghosts of 1956

Jul 30, 2013: Australia have been tentative against Swann's offspin. At Old Trafford, where history's greatest spin performance was delivered, they must watch out for him

Ashes Classics: Part 3

Most memorable Ashes bowling performance

Jul 30, 2013: Vote on our shortlist of classic Ashes moments that have taken place in England since 1981

And that's tea

Jul 29, 2013: A peek at a tradition enshrined in the longer versions of the game

Kent v Hampshire, Flt20 South Group, Canterbury

Carberry's Canterbury run-spree continues

Jul 29, 2013: Former Kent batsman Michael Carberry took his Canterbury run-spree for July to 303 in three innings as he put his old side to the sword and helped inspire Hampshire to a seventh South Group win as they beat a youthful Kent by 62 runs.

Bangladesh news

Board promises BPL player payments before Eid

Jul 29, 2013: The BCB has vowed to pay local players their dues from the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League before the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays

Joker, competitor, team man

Jul 29, 2013: Zimbabwe left-arm spinner Ray Price combined humour and intensity in an international career that spanned over a decade

Spirited Derbyshire fall short

Jul 29, 2013: Injuries to Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Albie Morkel scuppered Derbyshire's T20 campaign - now it's time to think about rebuilding for 2014

Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, semi-finals, Dublin

Pakistan, Sri Lanka through to World T20

Jul 29, 2013: Sadia Yousuf's career-best figures of 4 for 9 led Pakistan Women to a nine-wicket win over Ireland Women in the first semi-final, which qualified them for the World T20 2014

Australia news

Respected administrator Dixon dies

Jul 29, 2013: Queensland cricket is in mourning over the loss of the state's long-time chief executive Graham Dixon, who succumbed to brain cancer on Saturday night at the age of 61 after a battle lasting more than a year.

England v Australia, 3rd Investec Test, Old Trafford

Old Trafford's long road back

Jul 29, 2013: Lancashire bet their house on a redevelopment that would return Test cricket to Old Trafford; with the arrival of Australia, that dream has been realised

CPL 2013

Philander eyes shorter formats

Jul 29, 2013: Vernon Philander, the South Africa seamer, hopes to use his stint in the Caribbean Premier League as a means to breaking into South Africa's limited-overs squads

County news

Burns cuts short Leicestershire stay

Jul 29, 2013: Joe Burns, the Australian batsman who has been representing Leicestershire as an overseas player, is to return home early due to injury

England news

Break can be good for Finn - Fraser

Jul 29, 2013: Angus Fraser, Middlesex's director of cricket, believes that a period away from the scrutiny of international competition can help Steven Finn return to his best form

The Investec Ashes 2013

Mushtaq offers reverse-swing tips to England bowlers

Jul 29, 2013: Mushtaq Ahmed, the England spin-bowling coach, has said he has been sharing tips on the art of reverse swing with England's fast bowlers

Seven straws for Australia to clutch at

Jul 29, 2013: They go to Old Trafford down two Tests, but not everything is gloomy. Like, how their heads aren't messed up by that sexy siren called Success

Pakistan news

Urdu commentator Munir Hussain dies

Jul 29, 2013: Munir Hussain, the legend of Urdu cricket commentary in Pakistan, has died aged 83 of a cardiac arrest in Karachi

CPL 2013

CPL should answer WICB's money problems

Jul 29, 2013: The inaugural Caribbean Premier League begins on the backdrop of a disappointing international season for West Indies, but the tournament promises to fill stadiums across the islands and pump in plenty of revenue to the West Indies Cricket Board

Investec Ashes 2013

Australia '93 v Australia '13: How times have changed

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