Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Swansea, 1st day

Hogan takes five but day ends even

Aug 21, 2013: 13 wickets fell on the opening day at Swansea, five of them to Australian Australian seamer Michael Hogan, who took 5 for 43 as Glamorgan dismissed Leicestershire cheaply before falling into their own difficulties

Essex v Northamptonshire, Colchester, 2nd day

Crook, Copeland give Northants control

Aug 21, 2013: Monty Panesar will not readily forget his debut for Essex. He was required to do so much bowling that he seemed to be on at both ends at once as Northamptonshire racked up 531

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 1st day

Kerrigan suffers on nightmare debut

Aug 21, 2013: Thrown in at the deep end and despite a promising record, Simon Kerrigan produced as wretched a performance as a specialist bowler has in Test cricket for many years

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 1st day

Talent frustrated no longer?

Aug 21, 2013: Shane Watson's innings was encouraging for Australia but its timing means the questions will remain for now

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 1st day

Watson plot most intriguing of many

Aug 21, 2013: England surprised everyone with their selections but the success of Australia's new No. 3 trumped even that

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 1st day

Australia celebrate Shane Watson Day

Aug 21, 2013: Shane Watson has appeared in several guises as an Australia player - they need him to stick with this one

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 1st day

End of a barren spell for Australia's No.3s

Aug 21, 2013: Stats highlights from the first day's action at The Oval

Pakistan news

Misbah calls for Pakistan's T20 league

Aug 21, 2013: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has suggested the idea of having a franchise-based Twenty20 league to groom young talent in the absence of any international cricket in Pakistan

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 1st day

Pot. Kettle. Lehmann

Aug 21, 2013: Tweet report for Day 1 of the final Ashes Test at the Oval

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 1st day

Watson takes it firmly in the neck

Aug 21, 2013: ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the first day at The Oval

Kent v Gloucestershire, Canterbury, 1st day

Harmison, Stevens rescue Kent

Aug 21, 2013: Ben Harmison scored his second hundred of the season against Gloucestershire and Darren Stevens hit an unbeaten 98 as Kent recovered from a poor start to dominate the opening day of their Championship Divistion Two clash at Canterbury

Warwickshire v Somerset, Edgbaston, 2nd day

Evans and Javid fulfil promise

Aug 21, 2013: Laurie Evans and Ateeq Javid added an unbroken 245 runs for the fourth wicket to restore Warwickshire's fortunes against Somerset

Derbyshire v Middlesex, Derby, 2nd day

Middlesex pretensions exposed by Derbyshire

Aug 21, 2013: Derbyshire extended their overnight score by over 100 runs before removing six Middlesex wickets to take a firm grip on the match

Australia news

Arthur reveals two-series strategy

Aug 21, 2013: Australia's former coach Mickey Arthur has revealed the tourists planned to inflict damage and gain intelligence on England in the away series before pushing hardest to regain the Ashes in the return bout at home

Pakistan news

Umar Akmal to consult neurologist

Aug 21, 2013: The Pakistan Cricket Board has sought the advice of a neurologist to further examine the batsman Umar Akmal, who spent a night at a hospital after a seizure on the flight to Jamaica last Wednesday

India news

Two senior coaches resign from NCA

Aug 21, 2013: Two senior members of the National Cricket Academy's coaching staff, batting coach Dinesh Nanavati and bowling coach Bharat Arun, have resigned, putting a question mark on the BCCI's plans of restructuring the Bangalore institution

County news

Jarvis completes Lancashire move

Aug 21, 2013: Kyle Jarvis has signed up for Lancashire on a three-year contract as a non-overseas player, subject to registration

Zimbabwe news

SACA helped Zimbabwe form player union

Aug 21, 2013: When Zimbabwe's players wanted advice on how to establish their own players' association, they turned to their big brothers for assistance

Caribbean Premier League

Twenty20s will have their way

Aug 21, 2013: Garth Wattley, writing for the Trinidad Express, argues against Rahul Dravid's recent comments that Tests are cricket's "life source"

Technology

Don't let DRS ruin on-field umpires

Aug 21, 2013: In the Hindu, Greg Chappell writes that if the DRS is to correct the howlers, the current system itself needs to be reviewed