Target 399? No worries

Dec 31, 2014: Five of the most bizarre List A scorecards of 2014

'I wanted to prove my community could also shine on the big stage'

Dec 31, 2014: Former South Africa batsman Ashwell Prince looks back on his career: quotas, moving up the order, the best bowlers he faced, and more

A Brisbane classic of the '60s

Dec 31, 2014: India may only have a handful of wins in Australia, but the number of close contests are often forgotten, starting with this one in 1967-68

'I cannot believe what happened'

Dec 31, 2014: Five of the most bizarre first-class scorecards of 2014

The case of the shrinking horizons

Dec 31, 2014: Even as the ICC claimed to envision a bigger, more global game, the decisions it took in 2014 further stifled even the overachievers among the Associates

Sunfoil Series 2014-15

Abbott, McLaren give Dolphins innings win

Dec 30, 2014: A round-up of the Sunfoil Series matches that ended on December 30, 2014

World Cup No. 5: the big story

Mike Procter on the 1992 World Cup: 'We left knowing that we put South Africa on the map'

Dec 30, 2014: South Africa hadn't expected to be invited to the 1992 World Cup, and when they were, they did not think they would make it to the semis

England news

OBE for former ECB chief Collier

Dec 30, 2014: David Collier, the former chief executive of the ECB, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours

MS Dhoni retires from Tests

'Dhoni led by example, not rhetoric' - Dravid

Dec 30, 2014: Calling MS Dhoni an "inspiration" on the day he retired from Test cricket, Rahul Dravid said he was a captain who led "more by example than by rhetoric or by words"

Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne, 5th day

India pull no punches

Dec 30, 2014: Attack has been a good slave for India's batsmen this series, but they shouldn't let it become a bad master

MS Dhoni retires from Tests

No sentimental farewell for a practical man

Dec 30, 2014: All his cricketing life MS Dhoni has been obsessed with keeping the emotion out of it. He was never going to make leaving an emotional act. No farewell Test, speech or even press conference. Boom. Gone

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth, 5th day

South Africa brush off West Indies' gains

Dec 30, 2014: With barely 200 overs bowled in the Test, both teams were left to assess their own performances with each deciding they had plenty to be pleased about

India news

'Dhoni calmly told me, I want to quit Test cricket' - BCCI secretary

Dec 30, 2014: BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said India captain MS Dhoni's decision to retire had not been made in haste

England review 2014: Biggest Surprise

The return of Fred

Dec 30, 2014: ESPNcricinfo writers nominate the Biggest Surprise in English cricket in 2014

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Group B, 3rd day

Bengal solid in follow-on, MP crumble

Dec 30, 2014: A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group A matches played on December 30, 2014

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Group B, 3rd day

Delhi scent win as Sood grabs nine

Dec 30, 2014: A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group B matches played on December 30, 2014

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth, 5th day

Harmer's call-up a warning to Tahir

Dec 30, 2014: Offspinner Simon Harmer has been added to South Africa's Test squad for the New Year's Test against West Indies in Cape Town, following Imran Tahir's expensive showing in Port Elizabeth

Dhaka Premier Division 2014-15

Prime Bank go top with big win

Dec 30, 2014: A round-up of the Dhaka Premier Division matches on December 30, 2014

MS Dhoni retires from Test cricket

38 stumpings, 78 sixes, 21 home wins

Dec 30, 2014: A look back at the key numbers from MS Dhoni's Test career, as batsman, captain, and wicketkeeper

Sixers v Scorchers, BBL 2014-15, Sydney

Pattinson three wipes out Thunder

Dec 30, 2014: James Pattinson, returning from a chronic back injury, broke Sydney Thunder's batting and scripted Melbourne Renegades' first victory of the Big Bash League season