Australia news

WACA stripped of Test in 2014-15

Sep 11, 2013: Perth is the major casualty of Australia's truncated 2014-15 Test summer, stripped of its annual match for the first time since 1976-77

England news

Ashes legend Hoggard to retire

Sep 11, 2013: Matthew Hoggard, the swing bowler who helped England regain the Ashes in 2005, has announced his retirement after an 18-year career.

Cricket

'How is cricket remembered?'

Sep 11, 2013: Gary Naylor, writing in his blog 99.94, explains that our memories of cricket matches are largely exaggerated, while Jonathan Wilson writes that there is so much drama happening in the actual game, that even a fictionalized account of the same seems trite

West Indies in India 2013-14

Ishank Jaggi replaces injured Saurabh Tiwary

Sep 11, 2013: The selectors have rectified an error they had made in selecting the injured Saurabh Tiwary for the upcoming Challenger Trophy

Pakistan cricket

Mediocrity isn't helping Pakistan

Sep 11, 2013: Who ever raised a Rome with an army of Hun tribesmen? Or is it that we do not want to construct a Rome, and are content with our little village?

Blocked

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Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Harare, 2nd day

Younis, Misbah stabilise Pakistan

Sep 11, 2013: It was down to the old firm of Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq to stabilise Pakistan after the top order wobbled again

Kalabagan v Victoria, Dhaka Premier League 2013, Savar

Rain forces abandonment

Sep 11, 2013: The Dhaka Premier League match between Victoria Sporting Club and Kalabagan Cricket Academy was abandoned without a ball being bowled, forcing the teams to split points as a result

How do bowlers adapt to different wickets?

Sep 11, 2013: There's plenty of discussion on what batsmen ought to do when encountering challenging pitches, but much less for bowlers

Indian cricket

Have the India selectors done well in picking Sehwag, Zaheer and Gambhir for the A team?

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Sri Lanka news

Herath, Sangakkara win top honours at SLC awards

Sep 11, 2013: Rangana Herath was rewarded for a stand-out year by picking up honours at the SLC Awards for Best Cricketer of the Year and Best Test Bowler of the Year

The Fawad question

Sep 11, 2013: Why the controversy surrounding Fawad Ahmed has nothing to do with sponsorship. Or drinking

The red badge of courage

Sep 11, 2013: There are several reasons for sporting success but it's possible that bravery exerts the foremost influence

It's not Fawad's fight

Sep 11, 2013: We tend to be too eager to saddle sportspeople with the burden of being catalysts for social change

My life with the beast that never sleeps

Sep 11, 2013: ESPNcricinfo is an all-consuming endeavour, and one that inspires an enormous sense of obligation among those who work for it

England v Australia, 3rd NatWest ODI, Edgbaston

Voges backs Johnson for Ashes

Sep 10, 2013: Adam Voges has said that Mitchell Johnson is "doing everything right" in his bid to win a recall to Australia's Test side

Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Harare, 1st day

Masakadza hails Junaid's spell

Sep 10, 2013: Junaid Khan's opening spell in the second Test was described as "one of the best I have faced," by Zimbabwe's No.3 Hamilton Masakadza

India news

BCCI-CAB case set for next hearing

Sep 10, 2013: The Supreme Court hearing in the BCCI v Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) case resumes on Wednesday with the board's lawyers expected to argue its case instead of filing a reply to the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by CAB

Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Harare

Why Zimbabwe need more Tests

Sep 10, 2013: Zimbabwe showed good application in the first two sessions and with more Test experience they could avoid being suckered into traps set by the Pakistan bowlers after tea

England v Australia, 3rd NatWest ODI, Edgbaston

Giles takes a long-term view

Sep 10, 2013: England's selection policy for this one-day series has split opinion - and defeat at Old Trafford suggested they will struggle to match Australia - with the role of Ben Stokes as a third seamer a key issue