Sri Lanka news

SLC to continue accepting applications for head coach

Oct 8, 2013: Sri Lanka Cricket will continue to accept applications for the position of head coach, despite the deadline having been eclipsed, an official statement has said

Dhaka Premier Division 2013

All-round Nizamuddin gives Khelaghar first win

Oct 8, 2013: A round-up of the DPL matches played on October 8

New Zealand in Bangladesh 2013-14

'Time to focus on the cricket' - Mushfiqur

Oct 8, 2013: With the BPL scandal embroiling Bangladesh cricket of late, Mushfiqur Rahim, the captain, wants the side and nation's attention to be focused solely on the upcoming New Zealand series

Australia in India 2013-14

Australia turn to Watson's experience for tips

Oct 8, 2013: Adam Voges has said that Australia's players will be keenly listening to Shane Watson's tips given the latter's experience of playing in India

England news

Pietersen accepts payout from Specsavers

Oct 8, 2013: Kevin Pietersen has accepted substantial libel damages from optician services group Specsavers over an advert that implied Pietersen might have tampered with his bat to deceive Hot Spot during the Ashes.

Afghanistan v Kenya, Intercontinental Cup, 3rd day

Afghanistan cruise to eight-wicket win

Oct 8, 2013: Kenya's tail wagged feebly, but their efforts served only to delay Afghanistan's victory on the third day of their Intercontinental Cup match in Dubai

Kenya cricket

The Tanmay Mishra and Kanga League affair

Oct 8, 2013: Taus Rizvi of DNA writes of how Mumbai's Kanga League has benefited Kenya allrounder Tanmay Mishra

The enigma of Harmy

Oct 8, 2013: The gap between his greatest and lowest moments frustrated spectators, but it also indicated the possibilities he could offer

West Indies tour of India 2013

'Know I could cause some problems' - Cotterrell

Oct 8, 2013: Sheldon Cotterell, the left arm seamer, is eager to make an impression after being called up for the West Indies Test team due to tour India in November

West India A in India 2013-14

From 'toilet block' to cricket field

Oct 8, 2013: How the KSCA Stadium in Hubli came to be through one man learning about outfields and pitches on Google, and another man implementing the what was learnt to transform a slope near a railway track into an even playing field

Pakistan A v South Africans, tour match, Sharjah

Top order keeps South Africans solid

Oct 8, 2013: Four of South Africa's top five strolled to half-centuries against Pakistan A in Sharjah on a surface reminiscent of the ones they played the two Test series on in 2010 for its lifelessness

West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st youth ODI, Providence

Lugg fifty takes West Indies U-19s home

Oct 8, 2013: West Indies Under-19s secured a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh Under-19s in the first ODI in Guyana to lead the seven-match series 1-0

Corruption in the IPL

Supreme Court allows Srinivasan to take charge

Oct 8, 2013: The Supreme Court of India has ruled that N Srinivasan can resume his duties as BCCI president, so long as he doesn't deal with any matters relating to the IPL

Bangladesh v New Zealand, 1st Test, Chittagong

'2010 series a lesson of what not to do' - McCullum

Oct 8, 2013: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has admitted that the 2010 series defeat against Bangladesh was damaging to the players, and he sees this tour as a chance to set things right

Bangladesh v New Zealand, 1st Test, Chittagong

New Zealand look to lay to rest the ghosts of 2010

Oct 8, 2013: New Zealand have always dominated Bangladesh in Test cricket to date, but this time they'll take the field with the 0-4 ODI thrashing they received on their previous visit at the back of their minds

Australia news

Warner ordered to play grade cricket

Oct 8, 2013: David Warner has been handed a suspended one-match ban by New South Wales and ordered to play the next three grade matches for his club Randwick Petersham after skipping their most recent fixtures

The fearless Indian scourge of chucking

Oct 8, 2013: Back in the 1970s and '80s, a certain umpire took it upon himself to rid the game of throwing

BCCI in couples counselling with Cricket South Africa

Oct 8, 2013: And Ajmal congratulates journalists for not misquoting him in this week's alternative news round up

The Hoggard definitive

Oct 8, 2013: The England bowler* looks at some of the great moments of his career: from being promoted to the Pudsey Congs 1st XI to his Test hat-trick and Ashes battles

Fifty tons of runs, and no bowling in Tests

Oct 8, 2013: Also, umpiring record for county matches, most one-day runs without playing a Test, starting off against different teams, and England's youngest players