India in Sri Lanka 2010

Murali says goodbye and Paranavitana impresses

Aug 8, 2010: Muralitharan left in style, Pranavitana stepped up at the top and Mendis lost his mystery

India in Sri Lanka 2010

Sehwag sparkles and Raina grabs his chance

Aug 8, 2010: Sehwag entertained, Laxman proved his critics wrong again and Raina took his chance to play Test cricket in style

India in Sri Lanka 2010

Close series between rivals with bare cupboards

Aug 8, 2010: It is a credit to both teams that despite the overkill of cricket between the two nations, despite the dead pitch at the SSC, despite the lack of bowling resources, they played out two tense Test matches

England v Pakistan, 2nd npower Test, Edgbaston, 3rd day

Haider gives Pakistan hope as Swann takes six

Aug 8, 2010: Against all expectation Pakistan carried the second Test into the fourth day against an increasingly agitated England team as Zulqarnain Haider played the innings of his life

Champions League Twenty20 2010

Guyana have a tough act to follow

Aug 8, 2010: Fitness, fielding and simple cricket sense will be key if Guyana are to match T&T's fairytale performance from last year in the Champions League

England in Australia 2010-11

Buchanan joins ECB for Ashes planning

Aug 8, 2010: Australia's former coach John Buchanan has been enlisted by the ECB to help England with their preparations for this winter's Ashes series

Sri Lanka tri-series 2010

World Cup the focus in leisurely tri-series

Aug 8, 2010: Sri Lanka are the only team close to full strength for the tri-series, but New Zealand could benefit the most from the tournament

Bangladesh news

Klusener in line to be Bangladesh's bowling coach

Aug 8, 2010: Lance Klusener, the former South African allrounder, could be appointed Bangladesh's bowling coach, filling the vacancy that arose because Champaka Ramanayake quit the job due to illness

New Zealand news

Ryder feared for career after hotel incident

Aug 8, 2010: New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has said that he feared for his career while New Zealand Cricket was investigating his latest incident of misconduct

Fossil Mahmud

Aug 8, 2010:

A batsman of imagery and imagination

Aug 8, 2010: When Laxman takes the stage in his moment, he can conjure up the illusion that the crisis is not being tackled, it is being ignored

2010 Elite Player Series

Najeeb Amar leads Peaks to victory in EPS 2010 Grand Final

Aug 8, 2010: Hong Kong captain, Najeeb Amar, led his Peaks team to victory in the Grand Final of the inaugural Elite Player Series 2010.

Start the Car: The World According to Bumble

Bumble hits top gear

Aug 8, 2010: David Lloyd, English cricket's man of the people loses none of his wacko warmth in print

Run fests? Flat pitches? So last century

Aug 8, 2010: There's nothing modern about coma-inducing matches

Australian news

Hazlewood hopes for Test action

Aug 7, 2010: Josh Hazlewood, the New South Wales fast bowler, feels ready to step up to Test level if he gets the chance this summer

England v Pakistan, 2nd npower Test, Edgbaston, 2nd day

Butt plays down dead-ball row

Aug 7, 2010: Pakistan's problems were compounded on the second afternoon at Edgbaston as Umar Gul was sent for an MRI scan on a hamstring injury, and was ruled out of contention for the rest of the match

England v Pakistan, 2nd npower Test, Edgbaston, 2nd day

KP rides his luck in fight for form

Aug 7, 2010: Kevin Pietersen outscored the entire Pakistan team in his first-innings knock of 80 today, but it'll take a few layers of dust on the scorebook before that stat manages to outshine its mitigating circumstances

England v Pakistan, 2nd npower Test, Edgbaston, 2nd day

Ajmal proves his Test credentials

Aug 7, 2010: Saeed Ajmal showed great control and guile to pick up his first five-wicket haul in just his sixth Test

England U19 v Sri Lanka U19, 1st ODI, Cambridge

England hold their nerve in tense win

Aug 7, 2010: England Under-19 were made to work hard in another closely-fought encounter but held their nerve to defeat Sri Lanka Under-19 by three wickets with just four balls to spare at Fenner's

Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Cheltenham, 4th day

Mitchell's second ton seals six-wicket win

Aug 7, 2010: Daryl Mitchell's second century of the match and 94 from Moeen Ali led Worcestershire to a six-wicket win over Gloucestershire in their County Championship Division Two clash at Cheltenham