WA Chairman's XI v England XI, Perth, 3rd day

England left with much to ponder

Nov 2, 2013: England travel to Hobart with questions about the composition of their side for the first Test still largely unanswered after completing a none-too-convincing draw in their opening tour match against a Western Australia XI

HRV Cup 2013-14

Bowlers star in big Otago win

Nov 2, 2013: Offspinner Mark Craig spearheaded an incisive bowling performance from Otago, as they comprehensively beat Canterbury by 47 runs in the HRV Cup in Christchurch

Corruption in the IPL

IPL probe panel to meet Mumbai Police

Nov 2, 2013: The three-man probe committee appointed by India's Supreme Court to investigate the IPL 2013 corruption and spot-fixing scandal will meet Mumbai Police joint-commissioner Himanshu Roy and the BCCI's anti-corruption unit in Mumbai on November 5 and 6

South Australia v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, Glenelg, 4th day

SA scrounge draw despite Boyce's seven-for

Nov 2, 2013: Cameron Boyce spun through seven batsmen on a turning pitch but was unable to prevent South Australia from scrounging a draw against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match at the Glenelg Oval

Victoria v WA, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne, 4th day

Gritty North secures draw for Warriors

Nov 2, 2013: Reinventing himself as an opening batsman, Marcus North ground out a century to frustrate Victoria and secure a draw for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at the MCG

Indian cricket

'Please call me Sachin'

Nov 2, 2013: Sachin Rana tells the Times of India how his whole identity was shaped after the success of Sachin Tendulkar

NSW v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield, Blacktown, 4th day

Doolan leaps into Ashes contention, Tigers stumble to win

Nov 2, 2013: Alex Doolan added his name to the Australian selectors' Ashes batting shortlist with an outstanding century as Tasmania stumbled to a nervy two-wicket victory over New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield opener at Blacktown Oval

India v Australia, 7th ODI, Bangalore

India edge sixathon with Rohit Sharma's 209

Nov 2, 2013: It is an indictment of how skewed the contest between bat and ball has become that for 2961 ODIs, no batsman broke the 200-run barrier and now three have done it in the last 467 matches

Bangladesh v New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Fatullah

McCullum ruled out as NZ aim to prevent whitewash

Nov 2, 2013: Bangladesh are in a rare position of already having won the series ahead of the final ODI, but can they make it 3-0 against New Zealand?

Australian cricket

Australia's smiling assassin

Nov 2, 2013: Andrew Wu, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, talks to a number of people about George Bailey, and details the rise of Australia's ODI captain through the ranks

The buzz

The Tendulkar ticket

Nov 2, 2013: Billboards, cakes, tickets - Tendulkar is the theme for everything you do

West Indies v England, 2nd women's ODI, Trinidad

Cross, Taylor help England rout West Indies

Nov 2, 2013: Sarah Taylor's 74-ball 55 helped England Women chase down 127 within 34 overs for a seven-wicket win against West Indies Women in the second ODI. Earlier, fast bowler Kate Cross decimated the West Indies' top order to set up a low run-chase

Pakistan v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Dubai

'Shouldn't relax after winning' - Misbah

Nov 2, 2013: Misbah-ul-Haq warned his team against complacency after their series-leveling, 66-run win against South Africa in the second ODI, stating there were still problems in Pakistan's batting that needed to be rectified

Momentum One Day Cup 2013-14

Van Zyl ton takes Cobras closer to play-offs

Nov 2, 2013: A round-up of all the games played in the Momentum One Day Cup on November 1, 2013

Feature

Dangerous pitches, and a first-ball six

Nov 2, 2013: Before Tendulkar shot to fame at the first-class and international levels, he set the Mumbai club circuit on fire

Danny Morrison! Boom!

Nov 2, 2013: Bangladesh did well to beat New Zealand, but the star of the day sat in the commentary box

Is George Bailey a Test No. 6?

Nov 2, 2013: He has had a fine run in India, but swatting full tosses out of Nagpur is no indication of a batsman's ability to see off James Anderson's outswingers in Brisbane

Ian Botham

'I've never been in awe of anyone'

Nov 2, 2013: Not even Viv Richards. Ian Botham on his first ton, first wicket, and more

Is any total safe anymore?

Nov 2, 2013: Scoring at more than six runs per over no longer comes fraught with huge risk and considerable damage

Review: Raw

An exorcism on paper

Nov 2, 2013: Martin Crowe's autobiography is an admirable, and brutal, effort at self-assessment