India A v WI A, 2nd unofficial Test, Shimoga, 4th day

Brathwaite makes century before game is drawn

Oct 5, 2013: Kraigg Brathwaite went ahead and brought up the only hundred of the match on a final day when everybody just went through their motions. The match was called off at 3.30pm, the earliest it could have been.

South Zone v West Zone, Duleep Trophy, Chennai, 3rd day

Malolan, Abhinav rattle West Zone

Oct 5, 2013: Offspinner Malolan Rangarajan and Abhinav Mukund picked up five wickets between them to put South Zone firmly on top in their Duleep Trophy quarter-final clash against West Zone in Chennai

Pakistan v South Africa 2013-14

Hafeez axed for South Africa Tests

Oct 5, 2013: Mohammad Hafeez has been dropped for Pakistan's Test series against South Africa in the UAE. Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan has made a return in the 12-man squad named by the PCB

Quadrangular Under-19 Series 2013-14, Visakhapatnam

India win series with 201-run victory

Oct 5, 2013: A round-up of the final and 3rd place play-off played on Saturday in the Quadrangular Under-19 Series in Visakhapatnam

Afghanistan news

Jubilant Afghanistan seek tougher opponents

Oct 5, 2013: The Afghanistan Cricket Board chief has hailed his team's achievement of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup and said it was the start of a new journey during which he wanted Afghanistan to be compared with Full Member nations

Champions League T20 2013

Injured Hodge to miss final

Oct 5, 2013: Rajasthan Royals batsman Brad Hodge will not be fit for the Champions League T20 final on Sunday, the Royals coach Paddy Upton has told ESPNcricinfo

Australia need to be Hussified

Oct 5, 2013: The Sheffield Shield needs to toughen up and national players must feature in it for at least two months before the Test season

Australian cricket

An ever increasing hankering to control

Oct 5, 2013: In the Australian, Gideon Haigh writes about how cricket boards are increasingly trying to control what is said and written about the game

English cricket

Three lions over the baggygreen

Oct 5, 2013: In the Independent, Kevin Garside speaks to Sam Robson, who was born in Sydney but is climbing the rungs in English cricket because of his dual citizenship

The fall of the Super Bananas

Oct 5, 2013: Chennai Super Kings lost two games in three days. Save the tale for your great grandchildren

Nannes' need for speed

Oct 5, 2013: Dirk Nannes on the special feeling of excitement that watching a really fast bowler awakens

Two thousand Tests, I've watched them all

Oct 5, 2013: Test matches burn bright in the memory whether you watched them or not

How do openers affect No. 3 batsmen?

Oct 5, 2013: The success or failure of openers shifts the average of No. 3 batsmen by about ten runs

Farokh Engineer

'I always idolised Muhammad Ali'

Oct 5, 2013: Farokh Engineer on meeting Ali, being rewarded for a catch in the outfield, and being yelled at despite having scored a century

Afghanistan v Kenya, WCL Championship, Sharjah

Afghanistan secure World Cup berth

Oct 4, 2013: Afghanistan secured their passage to Australia and New Zealand in 2015 by beating Kenya comprehensively for the second time in succession in Sharjah

Royals v Super Kings, 1st semi-final, CLT20, Jaipur

The accidental stumping

Oct 4, 2013: Plays of the Day from the first semi-final between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur

Indian cricket

'Power behind the throne'

Oct 4, 2013: Anjali Doshi, in Open explores the rise of Sundar Raman, a man who is not readily associated with power, but is the source of BCCI's financial might

Bangladesh news

Unopposed Akram becomes BCB director

Oct 4, 2013: Akram Khan, the former Bangladesh captain, and six others have been elected unopposed a week before the BCB elections will take place on October 10

Pakistan v South Africa 2013-14

Little more uncertainty this time - Smith

Oct 4, 2013: Smith's only cricket since his 74 for Surrey against Hampshire on May 6,was a warm-up game for his local franchise, the Cobras, this Wednesday. In 10 days' time, he will front up against the Pakistan attack and lead his team in the first Test since Februa

Afghanistan v Kenya, WCL Championship, Sharjah

Mature Afghanistan enter big league

Oct 4, 2013: Afghanistan cricketers have found a way to channel their aggression which has helped them focus, but the challenges have just begun, says the coach