India news

Tendulkar to retire after 200th Test

Oct 10, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar will retire from Test cricket after playing his 200th Test, which he is scheduled to play during the home series against West Indies in November

The most cricketous area in the world

Oct 10, 2013: The tour kicks off in Mumbai, with a visit to the maidans, where all of cricket is displayed in a microcosm

Board XI vs Development XI, four-day tri-series, 3rd day

Perera hits belligerent 150 as team folds

Oct 10, 2013: On the day Tillakaratne Dilshan officially announced his retirement, Kusal Perera made a play at his vacated opening position, slamming 150 from 142 balls on a rain-effected day three of the four-dayer at the P Sara Oval

Full coverage of Tendulkar's retirement

Oct 10, 2013: Full coverage of Sachin Tendulkar's announcement to retire from Tests

Sachin Tendulkar's retirement

Tendulkar's Mumbai roots

Oct 10, 2013: In his first three first-class innings for Mumbai, Sachin Tendulkar made 247 runs. Former Mumbai team-mates share their memories of a prodigy

India A v WI A, 3rd unofficial Test, Hubli, 2nd day

Pujara, Gambhir put India A ahead

Oct 10, 2013: Gautam Gambhir and Cheteshwar Pujara scored centuries as India A finished at a strong 334 for 3 against West Indies A in Hubli

Bangladesh v New Zealand, 1st Test, Chittagong, 2nd day

A tale of two innings

Oct 10, 2013: The numbers of BJ Watling and Mominul Haque's innings offer an insight into the mindset as both batsmen reacted quite differently when faced with a similar kind of pressure

Pakistan v South Africa 2013-14

Smith confident despite brief preparation

Oct 10, 2013: Graeme Smith does not feel underprepared ahead of next week's Test series against Pakistan despite being out of action since May and batting for only 30 minutes in the warm-up fixture against Pakistan A.

Sri Lanka news

Prasad throws hat into the ring

Oct 10, 2013: Former India fast bowler, Venkatesh Prasad, has confirmed his application for the position of Sri Lanka head coach

Australia news

Warner reveals home truths from Taylor

Oct 10, 2013: David Warner, the Australia batsman, has revealed he received some home truths from former Australia captain Mark Taylor about his floundering career

Bangladesh v New Zealand, 1st Test, Chittagong, 2nd day

Razzak praises Boult's discipline

Oct 10, 2013: Trent Boult's temperament is unlike that of a subcontinent tail-ender, as was evident from his patient knock, Bangladesh spinner Abdur Razzak has said

Sachin Tendulkar's retirement

34,273 runs and counting

Oct 10, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar's career in numbers

Sachin Tendulkar's retirement

Ear-splitting, earth-shaking, shiver-inducing

Oct 10, 2013: Cricket writers pick their abiding Tendulkar memory

Bangladesh news

Naimur and Mahmud elected BCB directors

Oct 10, 2013: The long-awaited BCB elections were held in Dhaka on Thursday, with two former Bangladesh captains, Naimur Rahman and Khaled Mahmud, being elected directors from their respective categories

India v Australia, only T20, Rajkot

Yuvraj blinder overcomes chase of 202

Oct 10, 2013: Yuvraj Singh unleashed trademark pick-up sixes and lofted drives to hit an unbeaten 77 off 35 and haul in the target of 202 with two deliveries to spare

Sri Lanka news

'Move to opener changed my career' - Dilshan

Oct 10, 2013: Tillakaratne Dilshan said his decision to open the innings in Test cricket was the most important in his 14-year career, as he retired from Tests on Thursday

Duleep Trophy semi-finals, 2013

Mithun makes most of rain-marred day

Oct 10, 2013: South Zone seamer Abhimanyu Mithun took three wickets against Central Zone before rain halted play in the second semi-final. Rain hit the first semi-final between North Zone and East Zone badly as well

India news

A collection of Tendulkar videos

Oct 10, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar talks about the emotions he felt after winning the World Cup in 2011, and how he went about tackling Dale Steyn in Cape Town earlier the same year. Also, some tributes

Momentum one-day cup

Challengers out for Cook's Lions

Oct 10, 2013: ESPNcricinfo previews the Momentum one-day cup with Lions looking the team to beat

Pakistan v South Africa 2013-14

Shehzad and Masood added to Test squad

Oct 10, 2013: Ahmed Shehzad and Shan Masood, both of whom are yet to play a Test, have been added to the Pakistan squad for the Test series against South Africa in the UAE