England v Australia, 4th Investec Test, Chester-le-Street, 1st day

Bird, Lyon, Swann - a trip to the zoo

Aug 9, 2013: Exemplary DRS usage by Shane Watson, a brisk innings from Jonathan Trott and Australian dominance - strange things happened on Day 1 at Chester-le-Street

England v Australia, 4th Investec Test, Chester-le-Street, 1st day

Polyhedral dice decide Starc's fate?

Aug 9, 2013: ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the opening day at Chester-le-Street

Namibia v Afghanistan, WCL Championship, Windhoek

Shahzad, Nabi give Afghanistan huge win

Aug 9, 2013: Mohammad Nabi's all-round performance handed Namibia a crushing 190-run loss in the WCL Championship in Windhoek, giving Afghanistan two points and keeping them at fifth place in the points table, one point behind UAE

County news

Suspended Batty to miss FLt20 Finals Day

Aug 9, 2013: Gareth Batty will miss the Friends Life t20 Finals Day after being handed a two-match suspension following the on-pitch spat with Peter Trego during Surrey's quarter-final against Somerset at The Oval

Caribbean Premier League 2013

Caribbean dilemma: club or country?

Aug 9, 2013: The inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League has the ingredients to make it successful, but Orville Higgins, in the Jamaica Gleaner, highlights some of the concerns he has about the format of the tournament.

South Africa A v India A, Tri-series, Pretoria

Batsmen set up comfortable win for India A

Aug 9, 2013: A day after choking from a winning position against Australia A, India A's batsmen responded with a savaging of the South Africa A attack that helped the team register its first win in the tri-series

Cricket in unusual places

Cricketing postcards from Estonia

Aug 9, 2013: In an article on Wisden India, Sara Torvald, a Finland-based cricket fan, recounts a cricket tour that began on an online commentary forum and ended with three teams on a cricket pitch in Tallinn, Estonia

Women's cricket

Women's cricket on the up

Aug 9, 2013: Greater crowds and higher television coverage tally with England captain Charlotte Edwards prediction that women's cricket could attract as many people as the men's game writes Jenny Cornish in the Telegraph

India news

Umpire Anil Chaudhary nominated for ICC international panel

Aug 9, 2013: Umpire Anil Chaudhary has been nominated to the ICC's international panel of umpires by the BCCI

England v Australia, 4th Investec Ashes Test, Durham, 1st day

Lyon leads strong Australia display

Aug 9, 2013: Nathan Lyon's remarkably incisive contribution was central to England's sharp decline from 149 for 2 to 238 for 9 on the first day at Chester-le-Street

Sri Lanka news

Won't consider Surrey option until January - Ford

Aug 9, 2013: Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford has said he will not consider a coaching position with Surrey until his contract with Sri Lanka expires in January next year

Australia news

Law named Queensland and Brisbane Heat coach

Aug 9, 2013: Stuart Law has been appointed coach of both Queensland Bulls and Brisbane Heat for the next three seasons

St Lucia v Barbados, CPL 2013, St Lucia

St Lucia implode to suffer big loss

Aug 9, 2013: St Lucia Zouks imploded in a chase of 176 to suffer an 83-run defeat against Barbados Tridents in St Lucia on Thursday

A measure for the strength of a Test team

Aug 9, 2013: Introducing a method of boiling a team's prowess down to a numerical value

French cricket, with two bats

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Canada v UAE, WCL Championship, King City

Aziz, Anwar star as UAE beat Canada again

Aug 9, 2013: A four-wicket haul by offspinner Nasir Aziz and a fighting half-century from Shaiman Anwar helped UAE secure their second WCL Championship win over Canada in King City

New Zealand news

Styris in Northern Districts' final contracts list

Aug 9, 2013: New Zealand's six major associations have completed their contracting process for the 2013-14 season, handing out 14 contracts each

Can Australia defy the history of third Tests of the Ashes?

Aug 9, 2013: Or will they be squashed like bugs by the weight of the past and by England, who they squashed mercilessly all these years?

Cricket for the Nawabs

Aug 9, 2013: Hyderabad cricket in the 1970s had more than its fair share of characters: among them short-sighted umpires, legspinners with Elvis hairdos, and prodigious batsmen

The Siddle riddle

Aug 9, 2013: Australia's quintessential workhorse doesn't get much swing but there's enough movement to keep everyone guessing