Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars, BBL 2015-16, Docklands

Stoinis, Pietersen ensure Stars triumph

Jan 9, 2016: After Marcus Stoinis' spell of 3 for 11 restricted the Melbourne Renegades to 6 for 155, the Stars chased the score down with rather ease, led by Kevin Pietersen's unbeaten 67

Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, 2nd T20, Sharjah

Growing teams in need of collective display

Jan 9, 2016: Afghanistan are poised to capture a second trophy on this tour unless Zimbabwe, who have lost two matches on the trot now, can get themselves out of their funk

Big Bash League 2015-16

Nevill run out off Zampa's nose

Jan 9, 2016: Adam Zampa ran out Peter Nevill in extraordinary fashion in the Melbourne derby at Docklands Stadium

India in Australia 2015-16

Injured Shami out of Australia tour, Bhuvneshwar named replacement

Jan 9, 2016: India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the Australia tour with a hamstring injury, the BCCI medical team has confirmed

Women's Big Bash League 2015-16

Priest, spinners hand Renegades Women easy win

Jan 9, 2016: Rachel Priest's 57, and opening stand of 72 with Dane van Niekerk, helped the Renegades reach 139 for 8, after which the Molly Strano's timely strikes thwarted Thunder's chase

T20's spiritual brother

Jan 9, 2016: Darts and cricket have plenty in common, and darts owes cricketers a tiny bit for its unexpected popularity as a televised spectator sport

Ford Trophy 2015-16

Fulton, Nicholls steer Canterbury to bonus-point win

Jan 9, 2016: Fifties from Peter Fulton and Henry Nicholls stretched Canterbury's unbeaten run in this season's Ford Trophy to five

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20, Auckland

Sri Lanka play for pride, and top ranking

Jan 9, 2016: Sri Lanka have lost more than they have won on this tour. To save the T20 series, and their No. 1 ranking in T20Is, they need to win in Auckland

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20, Auckland

New Zealand prepping Taylor for WT20 finishing role

Jan 9, 2016: Ross Taylor has made a significant move in the top order, as New Zealand attempt to fill the firepower void left by Brendon McCullum

India in Australia 2015-16

Paris hoping for home ODI debut

Jan 9, 2016: 23-year-old Joel Paris, who has been fast-tracked into the Australia ODI setup in the absence of Mitchell Starc, stands a chance of making his debut in the first ODI at the WACA

West Indies news

Sammy, Russell cut from WICB contracts list

Jan 9, 2016: West Indies' Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy has not been contracted by the WICB for 2015-2016, along with allrounder Andre Russell and spinner Sulieman Benn

The toughest finishing school in cricket

Jan 9, 2016: Many young England cricketers have honed their skills in the unforgiving world of Australian grade cricket. The latest generation is no exception

Twitter round-up

'Keep spine in one piece'

Jan 9, 2016: New Year resolutions and hashtag lessons in our first Twitter round-up of the year

Pitch Quality Index revisited

Jan 9, 2016: An objective, numbers-based analysis of pitches in Test matches, which indicates that the ICC's warning for the recent Nagpur wicket was justified

Test batting nominees

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2015 Test batting nominees: daddy doubles, and a debut ton at 35

Jan 8, 2016: The best Test batting in 2015 featured some heroic second-innings rescue efforts

ODI batting nominees

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2015 ODI batting nominees: tons of AB, and two Eden Park classics

Jan 8, 2016: Many ODI batting records were shattered in 2015, mostly in the southern hemisphere

Captain of the year nominees

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2015 Captain of the year nominees: leader of the pack

Jan 8, 2016: Five men come to mind when it comes to picking the captain of 2015

T20 batting nominees

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2015 T20 batting nominees: Guptill's charge, and Gayle's retort

Jan 8, 2016: The best T20 batting performances of the year include victorious innings in Harare and Lahore

T20I bowling nominees

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2015 T20I bowling nominees: the wild west in the Middle East

Jan 8, 2016: Flattened stumps were a regular occurrence for our T20 bowling nominees

ODI bowling nominees

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2015 ODI bowling nominees: World Cup wows

Jan 8, 2016: Performances from cricket's biggest tournament feature prominently in our pick of the best ODI bowling from 2015