IPL 2015

Deepak Hooda announces himself on the big stage

Apr 15, 2015: Three games in, 19-year-old Deepak Hooda is already his team's biggest hitter and most economical bowler. Those familiar with Hooda's career, however, aren't surprised by his meteoric rise

Offbeat

Gambhir's generosity rescues Indian ice hockey

Apr 15, 2015: Not many are aware that India even has a Ice Hockey team, but Gautam Gambhir is, and he has taken it as a "moral responsibility" to support the sport, donating Rs 4 lakh to the cash-stripped Ice Hockey Association of India

Bangladesh News

Hathurusingha plays down tension with BCB

Apr 15, 2015: Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said prolonging the slanging match with his colleagues at the BCB would do disservice to the players

Australia U-19s v England U-19s, 2nd Youth ODI, Bunbury

Richardson, Thornton set up crushing Australia win

Apr 15, 2015: Australia Under-19s' new-ball pair of Jhye Richardson and Henry Thornton shared three wickets apiece to set up a crushing win against England Under-19s in the second ODI - the 1000th Youth ODI - in Bunbury

Richie Benaud 1930-2015

Benaud in the wires

Apr 15, 2015: John Coomber of the AAP shares a Richie Benaud anecdote from 1977 when the Australians were playing Gloucestershire in Bristol

Australia news

Gillespie joins Strikers, ponders Redbacks

Apr 15, 2015: Jason Gillespie has been confirmed as coach of Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League and will ponder the option of also taking on the job of South Australia coach

The James Anderson style of excuse

Apr 15, 2015: No swearing, no wickets, says the fast bowler

IPL newsfile

Illness keeps Gambhir off KKR flight

Apr 15, 2015: A round-up of IPL news on April 15, 2015

West Indies v England, 1st Test, North Sound, 2nd day

Moeen set to replace Rashid

Apr 15, 2015: Moeen Ali looks set to replace Adil Rashid in the England Test squad touring the Caribbean

Test cricket: 'Worried, me?'

Apr 15, 2015: An interview with cricket's long-suffering format

The wrecking ball and the subtle knife

Apr 15, 2015: Ian Botham will soon be overtaken by James Anderson as England's leading Test leading wicket-taker. The two couldn't be more different from each other

Wisden 2015

Everyone's little brother

Apr 15, 2015: The untimely death of Phillip Hughes left an indelible mark on Australian cricket

Wisden 2015

Brazen, bizarre and breathtaking

Apr 15, 2015: Simon Hughes evaluates the remarkable technique of Kevin Pietersen, the Picasso of batting

Wisden 2015 - Leading woman cricketer in the world

Meg Lanning

Apr 15, 2015: Wisden's leading woman cricketer in the world for 2015

Wisden 2015 - Leading cricketer in the world

Kumar Sangakkara

Apr 15, 2015: Wisden's leading cricketer in the world for 2015

2015

Apr 15, 2015: The 2015 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2015, Ahmedabad

Mumbai lose Rohit in translation

Apr 14, 2015: The modern tactic is to hold the big hitter back in T20s, but Rohit Sharma is much more than that and using him at No. 4 means he has to play a game he is no longer used to

Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2015, Ahmedabad

Morris' dance and Pollard's rope trick

Apr 14, 2015: Plays of the day from the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad

Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2015, Ahmedabad

Smith 79* makes it three in a row for Royals

Apr 14, 2015:

IPL 2015

Onus on Yuvraj, Mathews to lift gloom

Apr 14, 2015: Defeat against Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday will make Delhi Daredevils the first team to lose 12 consecutive games. Yuvraj Singh and Angelo Mathews have both been in such a situation before, and will be key to bringing back that winning feeling