Australian cricket

Hick's role reversal

Oct 20, 2013: Peter English of the Guardian prods Graeme Hick, now a high performance coach in Brisbane, about working for the old enemy and how he would arrest the problems faced by Australia in recent times

County cricket

Ageless Chapple goes on into the 40s

Oct 20, 2013: Glen Chapple, the Lancashire club captain, will play on into his 40s after agreeing a one-year extension to his deal until the end of 2014 season

'I always thought I have to do something extraordinary'

Oct 20, 2013: Sohag Gazi has come a remarkably long way considering the little support he got during his early years in Bangladesh cricket

Australian cricket

Fawad's twists and turns

Oct 20, 2013: David Sygall in Sydney Morning Herald captures the twists and turns that saw Fawad Ahmed represent Australia in limited-overs cricket

NSW v Victoria, Ryobi Cup, North Sydney Oval

Warner ton sets up comfortable NSW win

Oct 20, 2013: David Warner scored his successive hundred as New South Wales chased down Victoria's target of 312 with seven wickets to spare

New Zealand cricket

Ryder, a player worth supporting

Oct 20, 2013: Chris Cairns, writing for Fairfax NZ news, believes that Jesse Ryder boasts both the talent and the numbers to get his career back on track. In the same paper, Ryder opens up to Aaron Lawton about the brutal assault he suffered in March that almost claime

South Zone v North Zone, Duleep Trophy final, 4th day

Second successive day abandoned, Chand ruled out

Oct 20, 2013: Overnight rain ruined the outfield at Nehru stadium in Kochi forcing the fourth day of the Duleep Trophy final between North Zone and South Zone to be abandoned without a ball being bowled

Afterlife

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New Zealand news

Ryder targeting return to NZ side

Oct 20, 2013: New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder is hoping to make a return to the international side for the upcoming home tours against West Indies and India

WI U-19s v Bangladesh U-19s, 6th ODI, Guyana

Hetmyer, Lewis help WI level series

Oct 20, 2013: Half-centuries from Shimron Hetmyer and Fabian Allen guided West Indies Under-19s to a competitive total, which proved beyond the reach of Bangladesh-Under 19s in Guyana

India v Australia, 3rd ODI, Mohali

Don't need to spoon-feed bowlers - Dhoni

Oct 20, 2013: India captain MS Dhoni, who had hit the third-highest score for a No. 6 batsman to lift his wobbling side to above 300, admitted that the bowling is a headache that is getting worse for the team

India's tour of South Africa

Shortened SA tour likely in December

Oct 20, 2013: N Srinivasan and Chris Nenzani have "in principle agreed" for India to play three ODIs, a warm-up game and two Tests in South Africa in December, ESPNcricinfo understands

Bangladesh v NZ, 2nd Test, Mirpur

Bangladesh chase maiden Test win against NZ

Oct 20, 2013: A preview of the second and final Test of the series between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Mirpur

Bowlers are becoming an endangered species in limited overs

Oct 20, 2013: Heavier bats, shorter boundaries, and the two new balls are killing the contest

Jimmy Adams

'Only Bradman had a better record at that stage'

Oct 20, 2013: After his first 12 Tests, Jimmy Adams was close to legendary

Waiting for the boys

Oct 20, 2013: You're never too grown up to be an autograph-hunting, hotel foyer-pacing fan

India v Australia, 3rd ODI, Mohali

'Attacking seamers was our only chance' - Faulkner

Oct 19, 2013: India's death-bowling problems are well documented, and Australia's batsmen seemed to know all about them, timing their late assault in Mohali to perfection to complete an improbable chase

India v Australia, 3rd ODI, Mohali

Raina fails Johnson's short-ball examination

Oct 19, 2013: Plays of the day from the third ODI between India and Australia in Mohali

India vs Australia, 3rd ODI, Mohali

Dhoni goes third at No. 6, and past 5000 as captain

Oct 19, 2013: Stats highlights from the third India-Australia ODI, in Mohali

India v Australia, 3rd ODI, Mohali

The Ishant Sharma over that changed the game

Oct 19, 2013: With 44 needed off 18, India seemed to have the match well within their grasp. Then James Faulkner slammed 30 off an Ishant Sharma over, and the game turned on its head