Press conferences? Spare us

Dec 4, 2013: Enough of young men in baseball caps boringly answering questions that shouldn't have been asked

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Rare unchanged team for Clarke

Dec 4, 2013: Australia's captain Michael Clarke named an unchanged team for the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, the first time he has been able to do so since the corresponding match last summer against South Africa

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Can Australia hold their unfamiliar lead?

Dec 4, 2013: ESPNcricinfo's preview of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval

World Cup Qualifiers

Christchurch to host WC 2015 Qualifier games

Dec 4, 2013: Christchurch's journey back to a host city for top-level cricket will take another significant step early next year when the Hagley Oval will hosts its first international match during the World Cup Qualifiers

The importance of Bres

Dec 4, 2013: Workmanlike players like him can be pillars for teams, not to mention foils to a side's superstars

'It's good to live as normal a life as possible'

Dec 4, 2013: Keith Bradshaw battled cancer throughout 2013, but has happily declared himself fit for the Adelaide Ashes Test and cricket's many challenges beyond

Pump up the volume

Dec 4, 2013: It's time to turn the stump mikes all the way up, and leave them that way

Role reversal and ugliness add to the excitement

Dec 4, 2013: Australia are on top, Johnson is firing, Cook and Flower are struggling, Clarke and Lehmann are clicking. We can't wait for Adelaide

New Zealand v West Indies, 1st Test, Dunedin, 2nd day

Taylor double-century sets up New Zealand

Dec 3, 2013: A maiden double-century by Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand cashed in on the platform laid by the top order to declare the innings on 609 for 9 soon after tea on the second day of the Dunedin Test

India in South Africa 2013-14

Less-significant South Africa tour still vital yardstick for India

Dec 3, 2013: This curtailed tour might not be the bumper series India's fans and team had been building up towards, but it is one that still holds a lot of cricketing significance for them

Premier Limited Overs Tournament

Big wins for Ragama, Nondescripts

Dec 3, 2013: A round-up of all the matches played in the Premier Limited Overs Tournament on December 3, 2013

Bangladesh news

Chance for Bangladesh to fix T20 woes

Dec 3, 2013: Bangladesh will prepare for the upcoming World Twenty20, which they are hosting, with three T20 matches against their A team

India in South Africa 2013-14

South Africa faced with Kallis conundrum

Dec 3, 2013: With Jacques Kallis being part of South Africa's plans for World Cup 2015, they have to work out the best way to build their eleven around the veteran allrounder - no easy task at the moment

SNGPL v ZTBL, Faysal Bank T20 Cup, final

Usman Khan, Haris Sohail star in convincing ZTBL win

Dec 3, 2013: Left-arm pacer Usman Khan's maiden five-wicket haul in Twenty20 matches, as well as a quickfire fifty from Haris Sohail, helped Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited thump Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited by 78 runs in Lahore and secure the Faysal Bank Departmen

County news

Bradshaw revives franchise debate

Dec 3, 2013: Keith Bradshaw, the former MCC chief executive, believes the ECB and the counties will have to revisit the concept of a Twenty20 franchise competition in the future

Canada news

Canada let go of coach Logie

Dec 3, 2013: Gus Logie, the coach of Canada, has been let go due to the team's lack of results, Cricket Canada announced on Tuesday

India in South Africa 2013-14

Test batting on Dhoni's mind ahead of ODIs

Dec 3, 2013: MS Dhoni's half hour against the red ball in the nets, two days ahead of the South Africa ODI series, suggests he is thinking hard about his Test-match technique and team combination

MCC news

MCC reveal innovative Warner Stand

Dec 3, 2013: The redevelopment of Lord's will begin with the Warner Stand being replaced and MCC have released innovative plans of the first phase of the project.

ICC news

ICC chief backs new ODI rules

Dec 3, 2013: Dave Richardson has defended the new ODI regulations - fewer fielders in the outfield and two new balls - saying they have made the game more attacking

ICC news

BCCI discusses restructure in sharing of ICC revenue

Dec 3, 2013: The BCCI is understood to be in favour of a sharing of ICC revenue that better reflects the size of its financial contribution to the game, rather than an equal split among all Full Member nations