Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, SSC

'Have to be on our toes every session' - Misbah

Aug 13, 2014: Misbah-ul-Haq has said Pakistan are ready to square off against Sri Lanka and insisted that his team is capable of bouncing back hard

Jayawardene retires from Test cricket

'Mahela an unbelievable team man' - Mathews

Aug 13, 2014: Angelo Mathews hailed Mahela Jayawardene's influence on Sri Lanka's dressing room on the eve of his farewell Test

West Indies cricket

The world of Chris Gayle

Aug 13, 2014: The Telegraph's Oliver Brown travels to Jamaica to meet Chris Gayle and discovers that behind the laidback attitude is a cricketer disappointed at the lack of recognition for his performances on the field

Zimbabwe v South Africa, only Test, Harare

Elgar reprimanded for hitting stump with bat

Aug 13, 2014: Dean Elgar, the South Africa batsman, has been reprimanded after pleading guilty to a Level 1 breach of the ICC code of conduct during the fourth day's play in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare

India Women in England 2014

Reliving the triumph of 2006

Aug 13, 2014: India Women's cricketer Snehal Pradhan reminisces about the last time the women's team played a Test in England, a historic win made all the more memorable by Jhulan Goswami's bowling

Australian cricket

Are Australia selectors scared of Phil Hughes?

Aug 13, 2014: Geoff Lemon, in the Guardian, wonders why the Australia selectors continue to ignore Phillip Hughes despite the batsman's strong show of form on the domestic circuit

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Colombo

Pakistan hope to spoil Jayawardene's farewell

Aug 13, 2014: Pakistan will slip from third to sixth in the ICC Test rankings if they lose the series, and squaring it will be a difficult ask against a Sri Lanka side determined to give Mahela Jayawardene a winning farewell

South Africa in Zimbabwe 2014

Injured Hendricks out of Zimbabwe ODIs

Aug 13, 2014: South Africa pacer Beuran Hendricks has been ruled out of the Zimbabwe ODI series after sustaining a back injury while playing for South Africa A in Australia

Australia news

Hughes 'a 100-Test player' - Clarke

Aug 13, 2014: Phillip Hughes is used to getting bad news from Australia's selectors, having been dropped from the Test team three times, but captain Michael Clarke believes Hughes will become a permanent fixture in Australia's side over the next decade

West Indies cricket

Caribbean cricket tipping overboard

Aug 13, 2014: Players, selectors, captains and coaches aren't to blame for the systematic decline of West Indies cricket. The WICB is responsible

The complex art of picking openers

Aug 13, 2014: An opening pair requires good form and a happy blend of personalities to succeed. Perhaps Cook needs a new partner in the Strauss mould

Words cricket needs to ban

Aug 13, 2014: We can start with the hideous Moeenalitharan

Offbeat

Cricket no laughing matter

Aug 13, 2014: More than 130 years after a riotous cricket match in Dundee was abandoned after a team of clown cricketers were attacked by a spectator, the city will stage a similar and hopefully more sedate version of the event on August 24

Indian women's cricket languishes under the BCCI

Aug 13, 2014: While other teams have progressed since the men's and women's cricket boards merged, India continues to lag behind, both on and off the field

Fazal swings it Pakistan's way

Aug 13, 2014: Sixty years ago, Fazal Mahmood inspired Pakistan to an incredible triumph against England

Australia A v South Africa A, Townsville

O'Keefe ready for UAE audition

Aug 12, 2014: Spinner Steve O'Keefe is hoping his shoulder stands up to the rigours of a four-day match against South Africa A this week as he auditions for a possible place in Australia's Test squad

Warwickshire v Surrey, Royal London Cup, Edgbaston

Chopra returns in style as Warwickshire climb table

Aug 12, 2014: An unbeaten 92 by Varun Chopra and a whirlwind unbeaten 43 from 15 balls by Laurie Evans overwhelmed Surrey as Warwickshire brought alive their Royal London Cup campaign with victory by 111 runs

Mahela Jayawardene retires from Test cricket

'We watched cricket, we talked cricket'

Aug 12, 2014: On the eve of Mahela Jayawardene's final Test, his team-mate, best friend and fellow batting superstar Kumar Sangakkara speaks about what made him, and them, tick

England news

Counties could have gone bust - Collier

Aug 12, 2014: David Collier has revealed that "seven or eight counties" could have gone out of business had the ECB not made changes to the running of the English game

Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014

Gamage called up as cover for Eranga

Aug 12, 2014: Right-arm seam bowler Lahiru Gamage has been called up to the Sri Lanka squad as injury cover for Shaminda Eranga, who has developed inflammation in his hip following the first Test against Pakistan