County news

Yorkshire 'very healthy' despite loss

Mar 5, 2013: Yorkshire were unable to return to profit in 2012, despite a sharply increased turnover

County news

Wheater denies wicketkeeping guarantee

Mar 5, 2013: Adam Wheater has said he received no assurances of a first-team place as wicketkeeper at West End despite claims made by Paul Grayson

County news

Haggett wins second chance at Kent

Mar 5, 2013: Kent have signed former Somerset allrounder Calum Haggett

County news

Moores wins coaching accolade

Mar 5, 2013: Peter Moores has been accepted on to UK Sport's Elite Programme for world-class coaching development

All in the mind

Mar 5, 2013: We are used to the complaint that there is too much cricket played nowadays, but what if there was too little? You'd be forced to indulge in games played out entirely in the imagination - just as Godfrey Evans once did

England news

Neil McCorkell dies aged 100

Mar 5, 2013: Neil McCorkell, who kept wicket for Hampshire between 1932 and 1951, has died less than three weeks before his 101st birthday

History

The life and times of the extraordinary Bob Crisp

Mar 5, 2013: Andy Bull in The Spin recounts tales from the extraordinary life of former South African Test cricket Robert Crisp

Faysal Bank One-Day Cup 2012-13

Sami among wickets as Karachi trounce Lahore

Mar 5, 2013: A round-up of matches played in the Faysal Bank One-Day Cup

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Where to from here for Australia?

Mar 5, 2013: Australia have eight days to regroup before the third Test in Mohali. They will need them, to take a good hard look in the mirror

SL Emerging Team v Bangladeshis, Matara, 3rd day

Ashraful targets second coming

Mar 5, 2013: Mohammad Ashraful will see a doctor in Galle for an eye allergy that has recurred several times in the last eight years

England news

Swann fears for Ashes fitness

Mar 5, 2013: Graeme Swann has admitted he fears that the state of his right elbow could threaten his involvement in this year's back-to-back Ashes series

Sri Lanka news

Malinga to face SLC inquiry

Mar 5, 2013: Lasith Malinga will be the subject of a behavioural inquiry after he exchanged unfriendly words with media waiting outside Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo during the recent contracts crisis

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Mismatch in skills makes for no-contest

Mar 5, 2013: India had more skill and determination than Australia in the conditions in Chennai and Hyderabad and the results reflected that

England

Bairstow in the spotlight

Mar 5, 2013: Jonny Bairstow can't find a way into the England side at the moment but the memory of his early exploits still burns bright

India news

Teams demand less gruelling Ranji schedule

Mar 5, 2013: The captains and coaches of all the domestic teams in India demanded more time between Ranji Trophy matches during the annual captains and coaches' conclave that was held on Tuesday in Mumbai

SL Emerging Team v Bangladeshis, Matara, 3rd day

Mominul, Ashraful push cases for selection

Mar 5, 2013: Mohammad Ashraful and Mominul Haque firmed up their chances of playing the first Test with significant innings on the last day of the tour game in Matara

Cricket between the ads

Mar 5, 2013: Watching cricket on TV in India is getting depressing because of the inexcusable and illegitimate plethora of intrusive advertisements in the cricket telecasts

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Hayden helps struggling batsmen

Mar 5, 2013: Few Australian batsmen are more qualified to give advice on scoring runs in India than Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke, and the two men were locked in intense discussions out on the field after the end of the Hyderabad Test

Sri Lanka news

Samaraweera could retire from international cricket

Mar 5, 2013: Thilan Samaraweera has indicated he would like to retire from international cricket in a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket, but the board is yet to accept his retirement

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2012-13

Matara cricket in good hands

Mar 5, 2013: Matara is no different from the usual coastal towns in Sri Lanka, be it the sun, the curved coconut trees, the humid air or the recovery from the 2004 tsunami destruction