Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2013, Jaipur

Quicks fire Rajasthan Royals to second win

Apr 8, 2013: A brace of double-wicket overs from Rahul Shukla and Siddharth Trivedi was the decisive blow that secured a consecutive victory for Rajasthan Royals this season

Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2013, Mumbai

Stumbling stars collide

Apr 8, 2013: ESPNcricinfo previews the match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils at the Wankhede Stadium

Cricket news

Cricket advertising in India on a sticky wicket

Apr 8, 2013: In Outlook Business, Krishna Gopalani analyses a shift in corporate thinking that's forcing sponsors to question their cricket-related advertising spends

India v Bangladesh, 1st women's ODI

Harmanpreet guides India to five-wicket win

Apr 8, 2013: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored her seventh ODI fifty to guide the side to a five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first ODI in Ahmedabad

County previews

Little cause for Worcs optimism

Apr 8, 2013: Worcestershire's thin squad will need a dose of luck if promotion is to be contemplated

County news

Lease helps Gloucs to record profit

Apr 8, 2013: Gloucestershire have had their financial belts tightened to the point of suffocation in recent years but a sign of more breathing space was delivered in financial results for 2012

Pakistan

Losing our religion

Apr 8, 2013: The Pakistan cricket team has transfixed the world and given succour to a nation for more than half a century - but the scandals and snubs are beginning to take their toll on the coming generation

IPL 2013

Parnell appears in court, gets bail

Apr 8, 2013: Wayne Parnell has surrendered in a Mumbai court and been subsequently granted bail after allegedly testing positive for recreational drugs last year

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2013, Bangalore

Teams clash again after Super Over thriller

Apr 8, 2013: ESPNcricinfo previews the ninth match of IPL 2013 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bangalore on April 9

IPL 2013

Royals throw out Pinky

Apr 8, 2013: A pink doll as punishment; that's now history at Rajasthan Royals

New Zealand Under-19 v Australia Under-19, 3rd Youth ODI

New Zealand prevail in thriller

Apr 8, 2013: New Zealand Under-19 pulled off a close last-ball, one-wicket win, their first of the series, against Australia Under-19 in the third Youth ODI between the two teams

Peter Fulton's marvellous metamorphosis

Apr 8, 2013: From knocking about with the numerical nobodies, he is now mingling with the mathematical megaliths

Newsfile, April 8

Dravid and Watson fit

Apr 8, 2013: Round-up of the IPL news on April 8

Regional Super50 2012-13

Trinidad and Tobago win six games in a row

Apr 8, 2013: A round-up of Regional Super50 matches played on April 7, 2013

Australia news

Hartley, Coulter-Nile win state awards

Apr 8, 2013: The wicketkeeper Chris Hartley has been named Queensland's player of the year for 2012-13 while the fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile won Western Australia's equivalent award after a strong summer

Allow three bowlers to bowl 12 overs each in ODIs

Apr 8, 2013: It's time to tip the scales slightly in favour of the bowling side, and thereby improve the quality of the contest

Canada looks to come in from the cold

Apr 8, 2013: The national team is in tatters right now and the board still isn't efficiently run, but the new president is hoping things are going to change

Merv Hughes and Paul MacLean

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Australian cricket

Australia and the 'Flintoff Effect'

Apr 8, 2013: Australia's impatience to find the rare, effective allrounder in recent years hasn't resulted in much gain

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, Hyderabad

A temperamental bail, a rare Gayle fail

Apr 7, 2013: Plays of the day from the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore