England v India, 2nd Investec Test, Lord's, 4th day

Another battle, another defeat on Planet Al

Jul 20, 2014: Alastair Cook has got used to feeling of the axe hanging over him. Only his team-mates can save England now

England v India, 2nd Investec Test, Lord's, 4th day

Dhoni and Cook take it slow

Jul 20, 2014: Stats highlights from the fourth day of the Lord's Test

Gloucestershire v Essex, NatWest T20 Blast, Cheltenham

Dent hands Essex rare defeat

Jul 20, 2014: Chris Dent hammered an unbeaten 55 off just 23 balls as Gloucestershire produced a shock NatWest T20 Blast victory Essex

Notts v Leicestershire, NatWest T20 Blast, Trent Bridge

Notts close to quarters after low-scorer

Jul 20, 2014: Nottinghamshire overcame a stuttering display with the bat to put themselves on the brink of the NatWest T20 Blast quarter finals with a 31-run victory over Leicestershire at Trent Bridge

Durham v Sri Lanka A, Tour match, Chester-le-Street

Gamage takes hat-trick in big win

Jul 20, 2014: Lahiru Gamage took a hat-trick as part of career-best figures of 5 for 33 as Sri Lanka A cruised to an eight-wicket victory against Durham

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day

South Africa pacers deliver when it counts

Jul 20, 2014: South Africa's seamers had no right to dominate in Galle like they did, but when their spinners failed to produce the goods, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel showed their class

England v India, 2nd Investec Test, Lord's, 4th day

Oh, Ravi Jadeja: India's warrior king

Jul 20, 2014: The allrounder splits opinion; awash with IPL cash and with three first-class triple hundreds. He is an in-your-face-cricketer trying to establish a Test career and took Lord's by the scruff of the neck

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day

SLC ensure tampering footage aired

Jul 20, 2014: Sri Lanka Cricket was able to ensure that the television footage of Vernon Philander's ball-tampering was aired 48 hours after the incident took place

India news

Ganguly set for administrative stint

Jul 20, 2014: Sourav Ganguly is set to be elected unopposed as the joint secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal during the AGM next week

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day

Only ourselves to blame for defeat - Mathews

Jul 20, 2014: Despite a ball-tampering row that cast a shadow over the Galle Test, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews laid the blame for the team's heavy defeat at their own doorstep

Zimbabwe v Afghanistan, 2nd ODI, Bulawayo

Raza century sets up huge Zimbabwe win

Jul 20, 2014: Sikandar Raza's maiden ODI century helped Zimbabwe crush Afghanistan by eight wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series

South Africa news

Smith will not return to Surrey

Jul 20, 2014: Graeme Smith has taken a step closer to full retirement with confirmation he will not complete his three-year deal with Surrey in 2015 after receiving medical advice following knee surgery

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day

I owe it to Donald - Steyn

Jul 20, 2014: Dale Steyn has said his inspiration to give his best is his bowling coach Allan Donald, while Hashim Amla said the declaration was based on the ground's chasing history

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day

A quintessential Sri Lanka collapse

Jul 20, 2014: Sri Lanka had a platform to spring towards an unlikely victory in Galle, but their batting line-up succumbed to the same weaknesses

England v India, 2nd Investec Test, Lord's, 4th day

Jadeja and Ishant have India believing

Jul 20, 2014: Fifteen overseas Tests have elapsed since India last won a Test outside their own country, but they will barely be able to curb their excitement that the run is about to end

National Performance Squad v South Africa A, Quadrangular A-team series, Palmerston

Behardien scripts South Africa A victory

Jul 20, 2014: Farhaan Behardien worked overtime to script a slim 10-run victory for South Africa A over National Performance Squad in Palmerston

Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day

SA's rare SL win, Sangakkara's elite club

Jul 20, 2014: Stats highlights from South Africa's rare Test win in Sri Lanka, at Galle

Is Jesse Ryder Mathew Sinclair in disguise?

Jul 20, 2014: The boys discuss the day-night Test match (and reckon it will be Adelaide), whether Jesse Ryder will make a New Zealand comeback, and are staggered again by Mark Vermeulen

Pakistan news

Iqbal alleges conspiracy over exclusion

Jul 20, 2014: Faisal Iqbal, the Pakistan middle-order batsman, is worried over his future after being denied a central contract and believes he has wrongly been kept out of the team

England cricket

Paranormal Activity: The London files

Jul 20, 2014: If the England team management's word is anything to go by, it turns there is in fact a valid reason why several of their players over the last few months have looked as if they had just seen a ghost