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

Virat Kohli, soul provider of India's batting

Dec 28, 2014: It was in Australia in 2011 that Virat Kohli announced himself as an emerging talent in Test cricket. Now, as the leader of a young batting group, he has owned the stage

Zimbabwe news

Whatmore set to be named Zimbabwe coach

Dec 28, 2014: Dav Whatmore is expected to be appointed as Zimbabwe's coach ahead of the 2015 World Cup, replacing Stephen Mangongo who was sacked from the position earlier in December after a five-month tenure

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

Australia's butter fingers

Dec 28, 2014: Australian teams were renowned for their exceptional catching and fielding. This side is letting those standards slide

NZ v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Christchurch, 3rd day

Watling pleased with seamers' toil

Dec 28, 2014: BJ Watling praised the New Zealand quicks' perseverance on what was a drier day for them than the previous one, in which they had taken 10 wickets

NZ v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Christchurch, 3rd day

Karunaratne's day of self denial

Dec 28, 2014: Sri Lanka's left-handed opener likes nothing more than to play his shots, but after paying for some impetuosity by being dropped he has marked his return with a new-found steel

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

From waterboy to warrior

Dec 28, 2014: Ajinkya Rahane was part of India's bench strength for several series before he finally got his opportunity. He's made it count on the most testing tours

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

India's biggest stand outside Asia in 10 years

Dec 28, 2014: Stats highlights from the third day of the third Test between India and Australia in Melbourne

The record

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NZ v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Christchurch, 3rd day

Follow-on resistance, and Karunaratne's highest

Dec 28, 2014: Stats highlights from the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Christchurch

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

Australia surge after Kohli-Rahane special

Dec 28, 2014: The centrepiece of day three was a stand of 262 between Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli, which left Steven Smith wondering where his next wicket was coming from and also kept open the prospect of an outright result

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Christchurch, 3rd day

New Zealand on top despite Karunaratne 152

Dec 28, 2014: Dimuth Karunaratne's maiden Test century redressed a poor start to the day for Sri Lanka as they kept the threat of New Zealand's seamers at bay

ACC news

ACC fears funding cut impact

Dec 28, 2014: The Asian Cricket Council fears that the downsizing of its operations could spell an end to a lot of its development work in Asia, including the staging of several age-group and women's tournaments

Enough with the on-field chatter

Dec 28, 2014: One of these days there's going to be an ugly altercation between players on the field

Could McCullum win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Dec 28, 2014: The boys discuss McCullum's sixes, the delightful Hagley Oval, and Mark Vermeulen

Bangladesh

Late highs fail to mask wretched year

Dec 28, 2014: Save for the rout of Zimbabwe and a few individual gains, 2014 was a year of resignations, bans, suspensions and demoralising defeats for Bangladesh

My First World Cup

Robin Peterson: 'Being knocked out felt worse in 2011'

Dec 27, 2014: Twenty-two-year-old Robin Peterson soaked in the feeling of playing a World Cup at home in 2003, even though he only got one game

Indian domestic cricket

The ups and downs of Munaf Patel's journey

Dec 27, 2014: Off the selectors' radar for the past three years, Munaf Patel seems to have accepted that he may never play for India again. But that doesn't stop him from enjoying the game, although the IPL exclusion still hurts him

SA v WI, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth, 2nd day

Du Plessis admits weather frustration

Dec 27, 2014: Faf du Plessis expressed his frustration after rain wiped out most of the second day's play in Port Elizabeth, believing that the weather had handed West Indies a way back into the game

Bangladesh news

BBL stint big help for World Cup preparation - Shakib

Dec 27, 2014: Shakib Al Hasan has said that his forthcoming three-week stint in the Big Bash League with Melbourne Renegades will considerably help his preparation for the upcoming World Cup

India news

Pragyan Ojha banned from bowling

Dec 27, 2014: Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been barred from bowling in competitive cricket after his action was found to be illegal