West Indies news

West Indies play, but problems persist

Oct 8, 2014: West Indies players have decided not to strike over what they perceived to be an unjust payment agreement signed by the WIPA and WICB. The issue however has not been resolved

India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi

Samuels' 126* powers WI to huge win

Oct 8, 2014: Marlon Samuels' sixth ODI century helped West Indies crush India by 124 runs in the series opener in Kochi

Pakistan v Australia 2014-15

Injured Junaid out of Australia series

Oct 8, 2014: Fast bowler Junaid Khan has been ruled out of Pakistan's series' against Australia in the UAE, after injuring his knee during practice

Tasmania v Victoria, Matador BBQs Cup, Brisbane

Wells, Rainbird set up big Tasmania win

Oct 8, 2014: Jonathan Wells scored his second one-day century and Sam Rainbird completed his first five-wicket haul as Tasmania thrashed Victoria at Allan Border Field in Brisbane

South Australia v WA, Matador BBQs Cup, Brisbane

Western Australia scrape home for tight win

Oct 8, 2014: Western Australia squeezed home for a three-wicket victory despite an outstanding bowling effort from young South Australia legspinner Adam Zampa in a low-scoring contest at the Gabba

Pakistan v Australia, 1st ODI, Sharjah

'We have lost confidence' - Misbah

Oct 8, 2014: Pakistan have lost confidence as a batting unit, and need "one or two good innings" to recover it, their captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said

New Zealand news

'We head into World Cup as the perennial dark horse' - McCullum

Oct 8, 2014: Brendon McCullum has said New Zealand go into the World Cup as "the perennial dark horse", on his team's visit to Melbourne

New Zealand Women news

Natasha van Tilburg in NZ high performance squad

Oct 8, 2014: New Zealand Women's high performance squad for 2014-15 includes 16-year-old wicketkeeper Natasha van Tilburg

Earth-shaking extracts

Oct 8, 2014: Exclusive snippets from the book you're all dying to read

India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi

Full text of Dwayne Bravo's letter to WIPA president Hinds

Oct 8, 2014: The following is a letter obtained by ESPNcricinfo, written on October 7, by Dwayne Bravo to WIPA president and chief executive Wavell Hinds

KP: The Autobiography

'I made mistakes, said things I shouldn't have said'

Oct 8, 2014: With his controversial autobiography about to be released, Kevin Pietersen talks about where things went wrong with England and why he needs to defend himself

A genius of self-belief and desire

Oct 8, 2014: Players achieve greatness in different ways. With KP, embryonic greatness poured out like incense

The psychology of bat-making

Oct 8, 2014: It's not the size of the bat that matters, it's the weight. And it's not in your hands, it's in your mind

Chucking: the irony

Oct 8, 2014: Just as political views may change over the course of time, our opinion of chuckers tends to be remarkably inconsistent. Case in point: Murali

India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi

West Indies players mull strike over pay structure

Oct 7, 2014: In an extraordinary and unprecedented move, West Indies players have come out strongly against WIPA president and chief executive Wavell Hinds, who they claim "hoodwinked" them while signing a new memorandum of understanding with the WICB last month

West Indies in India 2013-14

Does anyone care that the West Indians are here?

Oct 7, 2014: The West Indians are in India but there has been absolutely no build-up to this series, such has been the glut of cricket since the IPL

Pakistan v Australia, 1st ODI, Sharjah

Fawad Alam, the trend-setter

Oct 7, 2014: Plays of the day from the first ODI between Pakistan and Australia in Sharjah

Zimbabwe news

Chingoka named ZC's honorary life president

Oct 7, 2014: Former Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Peter Chingoka has been named one of the organisation's honorary life presidents

KP: The Autobiography

Revealed: the case against Pietersen

Oct 7, 2014: ESPNcricinfo is in possession of an official ECB legal document that lays out the key charges against Kevin Pietersen during the Ashes whitewash that brought his England career to an end

Bangladesh news

BCB offers Pakistan alternate home venue

Oct 7, 2014: The BCB reiterated Bangladesh will tour Pakistan only when the ICC agrees to send its officials for the fixtures but there was progress on other fronts during the meeting between the heads of the two boards