Indian cricket

Do India even like playing Tests?

Sep 5, 2014: Harsha Bhogle, writing for the Indian Express, tries to make sense of India's disdain towards Test cricket

County news

Hogg retires due to back problem

Sep 5, 2014: Less than 12 months after helping Lancashire back into Division One and being named the club's Player of the Year, Kyle Hogg has been forced to retire by a severe back injury

India news

Botham 'should get his facts correct' - BCCI secretary

Sep 5, 2014: The BCCI has criticised former England captain Ian Botham's comments on the Indian Premier League, saying the latter needed to get his facts right.

County news

Varun Aaron to join Durham

Sep 5, 2014: India fast bowler Varun Aaron will join Durham as an overseas player for the final few weeks of the County Championship season

England v India, 5th ODI, Headingley

Root century sets up consolation victory

Sep 5, 2014: Joe Root's century powered England to 294, a total which India had little chance of chasing after their top-order collapsed

Australia v Pakistan, 4th women's T20, Gold Coast

Dominant Australia complete 4-0 sweep

Sep 5, 2014: Meg Lanning's brisk 46 off 28 balls lifted Australia Women to a total of 139 that eventually proved too much for the Pakistan Women in the fourth and last T20 in Gold Coast

The unquestioning loyalty of the sports nut

Sep 5, 2014: True sports fans are like Harley-Davidson loyalists. Poor marketing and tacky innovations will never turn them away from the game they love

Australia news

Khawaja defends his work ethic

Sep 5, 2014: Usman Khawaja has said the communication from Australia's management around the homework saga in India last year was not strong enough, and the handling of the situation was "very disappointing"

England's problems against spin

Sep 5, 2014: Unlike other teams which play spin better, England have lost too many wickets to slow bowlers in the middle overs, suggesting a riskier approach to scoring runs

Illy the groundsman

Sep 5, 2014: Former England captain Ray Illingworth tended the square at Farsley Cricket Club till his health gave way. He still helps out there most days

The plot to destabilise Indian cricket

Sep 5, 2014: Football has not been sitting by idly in recent months, you know

India in England 2014

England abuse hints at deep malaise

Sep 4, 2014: An alarming portion of the British Asian population not only does not cheer for the English team, it rejoices in abusing and ridiculing those from their own background who succeed

Warwickshire v Kent, Royal London Cup, Edgbaston

Warwickshire return to Lord's, but English cricket should worry

Sep 4, 2014: The contrasting expressions on the faces of the players told the story: whatever the gentle decline in popularity of county cricket over the last couple of decades, the prospect of a Lord's final still means a great deal

India news

Fate of BCCI AGM likely to be known on Sunday

Sep 4, 2014: A decision over whether to convene or delay the BCCI's annual general meeting (AGM) is likely to be taken at an informal meeting of BCCI members in Chennai on Sunday

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

Du Plessis in the form of his career - de Villiers

Sep 4, 2014: South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes that Faf du Plessis is in the form of his international career, after the batsman struck his third hundred of the series to power South Africa into the final

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

'Could have won if we supported Taylor' - Chigumbura

Sep 4, 2014: Zimbabwe didn't have a realistic chance of qualifying for the final, but they could have beaten South Africa if Brendan Taylor had more support at the other end, Elton Chigumbura has said

Pakistan news

Afridi backs under-fire Misbah

Sep 4, 2014: Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi, who is being tipped to replace Misbah-ul-Haq as captain of the ODI team for next year's World Cup, has come out in support of his current captain

Bangladesh news

Four new faces in Bangladesh A squad

Sep 4, 2014: The selectors have named four newcomers in the Bangladesh A squad for the first four-day match against Zimbabwe A

England news

Moeen calls for greater home support

Sep 4, 2014: Moeen Ali has once again proved himself to be a fearless advocate of Britain's maturity as a multi-cultural nation by telling the British Indians who booed him at Edgbaston that he looks forward to the day when they support England

Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014

SL play down Shehzad-Dilshan incident

Sep 4, 2014: Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sri Lanka Cricket are unconcerned about religion-focused comments Ahmed Shehzad had supposedly made to Dilshan following the third ODI, although the PCB have issued Shehzad an official reprimand