England Lions v New Zealand A, Tri-series, New Road

Rutherford takes NZ A to tri-series success

Aug 12, 2014: Abundant batting line-up or not, England Lions have not advanced their World Cup claims by the manner in which they have twice been dismantled by an experienced New Zealand A in the Royal London tri-series

Zimbabwe v South Africa, only Test, Harare, 4th day

Taylor pleased with fighting effort

Aug 12, 2014: Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor said he had plenty of positives to take away from Harare, even though his team slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in four days

England Women v India Women, only Test, Wormsley

Can India make case for Test future?

Aug 12, 2014: Only three of the India Women's team have played Test cricket but their one-off Test against England, the most well-funded women's team, will be an important marker for the future

Mahela Jayawardene retires from Test cricket

Master of silken savagery

Aug 12, 2014: He was an artiste who crafted the most technically demanding shots to perfection but lived for the pure adrenaline of battle

County news

Leicestershire pin hopes on Asian community

Aug 12, 2014: A desire to embrace the talent and enthusiasm of the Asian community will be at the heart of Leicestershire's strategy under their new chief executive

Bangladesh news

Mominul braces for short-ball trial

Aug 12, 2014: Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque said that he was preparing himself to play the short balls better as he felt opponents abroad would target his rib cage

India domestic news

BCCI sets up committee to oversee disputed domestic associations

Aug 12, 2014: The BCCI is set to form a five-member committee, headed by Karnataka State Cricket Association secretary Brijesh Patel, to oversee the cricket affairs of disputed associations

Pakistan news

Ajmal move reveals ICC's firm hand

Aug 12, 2014: The scrutiny over Saeed Ajmal is one of the signs that the ICC is taking greater control in the process of identifying suspect bowling actions by backing match officials and bringing uniformity in testing

Pakistan news

Kaneria appeal 'totally without merit'

Aug 12, 2014: An application by Danish Kaneria to have his life ban imposed by the ECB overturned has been dismissed as "totally without merit" by the UK's Court of Appeal

India news

Gavaskar, Nicholas escape unhurt in road accident

Aug 12, 2014: Sunil Gavaskar and Mark Nicholas have been in a road accident while travelling from Manchester to London between the fourth and fifth Investec Tests, but went unhurt

The weatherman

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Zimbabwe v South Africa, only Test, Harare, 4th day

Piedt ensures South Africa triumph

Aug 12, 2014: Zimbabwe had competed ably for 10 sessions in Harare, but they wilted in the face of reverse swing and prodigious turn after lunch on the fourth day as South Africa cantered to a nine-wicket victory

South Africa news

Smith named Ram Slam T20 tournament director

Aug 12, 2014: Graeme Smith, the former South Africa captain, has been named tournament director and brand ambassador for the Ram Slam T20 Challenge

India in England 2014

Does Dhoni believe India can win?

Aug 12, 2014: Harsha Bhogle, in the Indian Express, wonders whether MS Dhoni believes, deep down inside, in the very crevices of his intent, that India can beat England

India's thesaurus-meltingly bad showing

Aug 12, 2014: The idiotically compressed schedule seems to be affecting India's batsmen more than either side's bowlers

Is Pakistan's slow approach now holding them back?

Aug 12, 2014: Under Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan have had a lot of success when they have batted for time and strangled teams with spin. But they may need a different tactic now

Aaron driven by need for speed

Aug 12, 2014: Varun Aaron is not about to sacrifice his pace, fear of injury be damned

Bad starts, and plenty of noughts

Aug 12, 2014: Also, lowest totals to include fifty partnerships, match awards in your final Test, most five-fors without reaching 100 Test wickets

Five of Mahela Jayawardene's best innings

Graceful steel

Aug 12, 2014: A maiden Test hundred, a century at Lord's, a triple against South Africa, and a 180 when his team-mates floundered are among Mahela Jayawardene's virtuoso performances

'You had to learn to survive first, then think about the opposition'

Aug 11, 2014: Alvin Kallicharran talks about coming up the hard way, the lessons captaining West Indies taught him, and the rebel tour of South Africa