Pakistan v South Africa, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 1st day

Amla, a master of patience and adaptability

Oct 14, 2013: Hashim Amla began his innings like he has often done this year - inside the first ten overs - and batted with simplicity and consideration to bring up his 20th Test century

Bermuda news

Tucker appointed captain for qualifiers

Oct 14, 2013: 38-year-old veteran Janeiro Tucker has been appointed Bermuda captain for next month's World T20 qualifier, for which they named a 15-man squad.

Pakistan v South Africa, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 1st day

Pakistan ruing lack of third seamer

Oct 14, 2013: Mohammad Irfan's temporary exit from the field illuminated the issue of not having a third seaming option, with captain Misbah-ul-Haq having Saeed Ajmal operate at one end in order to rotate his depleted attack

North Zone v East Zone, Duleep Trophy semi-final, 5th day

Disappointing to go out on coin toss - Nadeem

Oct 14, 2013: Shahbaz Nadeem, the East Zone captain, said there was nothing his side could do when North Zone won their Duleep Trophy semi-final on the basis of a coin toss

Ireland news

Cusack returns for Ireland qualifiers

Oct 14, 2013: Ireland welcome back Alex Cusack to their squad for the World T20 Qualifier next month in a boost to their chances of winning a place in Bangladesh next year.

New Zealand in Bangladesh 2013-14

Ish Sodhi a 'good prospect' - Hesson

Oct 14, 2013: Twenty-year-old legspinner Ish Sodhi's progress has impressed New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, and he has earmarked the bowler as one for the future

SL A vs Development XI, four-day tri-series, 1st day

Sri Lanka A quicks prosper on first day

Oct 14, 2013: Sri Lanka A's fast bowlers enjoyed a fine day at Sinhalese Sports Club, sharing eight wickets to dismiss Development XI to 265 on day one of the second four-dayer of the tri-series

Pakistan v South Africa, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 1st day

Masood's birthday gift

Oct 14, 2013: Plays of the day from the first day of the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa in Abu Dhabi

India v Australia, first ODI, Pune

Revenge, and ghost faces

Oct 14, 2013: There was some Champions League hangover when India met Australia in Pune

North Zone v East Zone, Duleep Trophy semi-final, 5th day

North Zone win coin toss to make Duleep final

Oct 14, 2013: North Zone won a coin toss to qualify for the Duleep Trophy final, after their semi-final against East Zone was called off without either team securing a first-innings lead due to a wet outfield

Indian cricket

Quantifying Tendulkar's legacy

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County news

Ford to take over at Surrey in February

Oct 14, 2013: Graham Ford will coach Surrey after his contract with Sri Lanka expires in January, having signed a three-year contract with the county.

Australia cricket

Bold shots, bolder ambition for Finch

Oct 14, 2013: After an early struggle, Aaron Finch now feels at home in international company, and wants to use his strong India batting form as a springboard towards an Ashes place

Chittagong pitch helps no one

Oct 14, 2013: The batsmen got some batting practice, but otherwise it was soul-sapping stuff

Corruption in the IPL

Probably a little bit wrong on Gurunath's CSK role - Hussey

Oct 14, 2013: Michael Hussey, the Chennai Super Kings and former Australia batsman, has said he might have been "a little bit wrong" when he wrote in his autobiography that Gurunath Meiyappan, who was arrested for alleged illegal betting in May, was in charge of Super

Bangladesh v NZ, 1st Test, Chittagong

The Fulton paradox and other Chittagong subplots

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Indian cricket

Why the BCCI needs Rahul Dravid

Oct 14, 2013: In his column in the Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi makes a case for the BCCI to hasten and bring Rahul Dravid on board in a coaching role

India news

Sandeep Patil and the life of an Indian chief selector

Oct 14, 2013: In an article for the Open magazine, Akshay Sawai pieces together a profile of Sandeep Patil, the BCCI's chairman of selectors

Pakistan v South Africa, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 1st day

Amla makes century, Pakistan make inroads

Oct 14, 2013: Hashim Amla made his 20th Test century but couldn't prevent Pakistan from taking the advantage on the first day

Hong Kong in Australia 2013

Back-to-back wins for Hong Kong over the Cricket NSW Academy XI

Oct 14, 2013: Hong Kong beat the Cricket NSW Academy XI by 27 runs and 4 wickets in back-to-back T20 matches in Sydney.