Bangalore v Chennai, IPL 2013, Bangalore

Royal Challengers in must-win situation

May 17, 2013: Preview for the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings in Bangalore

Hyderabad v Rajasthan, IPL 2013, Hyderabad

Sunrisers take lead in playoff race, Royals miss out on top two

May 17, 2013: Sunrisers Hyderabad gave themselves a lead over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the race for the final spot in the IPL playoffs with a comprehensive win over the troubled Rajasthan Royals

Zimbabwe news

Mangongo admits to pushing player

May 17, 2013: Stephen Mangongo, Zimbabwe's interim coach during their series against Bangladesh, has admitted to pushing one of his young players in a moment of rage

Gloucestershire building steadily through Klinger

May 17, 2013: After some scepticism about his worth, Michael Klinger has begun to produce with the bat and Gloucestershire are developing around their new skipper

IPL news

Royals' sponsor withdraws ads featuring Sreesanth

May 17, 2013: The effects of the arrest of three Rajasthan Royals players on allegations of spot-fixing have had their first off-field fallout, with one team sponsor reported to have withdrawn advertisements featuring Sreesanth

England v NZ, 1st Investec Test, Lord's, 2nd day

Taylor wrests initiative despite Anderson's 300th

May 17, 2013: Sustained pressure with the ball and a brave counter-attacking innings from Ross Taylor meant that New Zealand continued to hold a slight advantage

IPL fixing allegations

BCCI to discuss spot-fixing issue on Sunday

May 17, 2013: The BCCI has convened an emergency meeting of its working committee to discuss the fall-out of the IPL spot-fixing controversy, while Rajasthan Royals have begun their own investigations into the matter

Bowlers speak out

May 17, 2013: The hardest workers on the field react to the spot-fixing scandal

South Africa news

Tsotsobe switches to Lions

May 17, 2013: Lonwabo Tsotsobe will represent his third first-class club when he joins the Lions for the 2013-14 season

IPL 2013

IPL spot-fixing 'tip of the iceberg'

May 17, 2013: The Hindu editorial argues how Indian cricket's credibility is in a crisis, and that a major clean-up operation is required in order to prevent future dalliances between players and bookies

IPL fixing allegations

Sreesanth is 'totally innocent' - lawyer

May 17, 2013: The lawyer of arrested cricketer Sreesanth has insisted his client is 'totally innocent' and that he will seek bail during the next hearing

'England must be crapping themselves a wee bit'

May 17, 2013: Mike Lane, Dylan Cleaver and Paul Ford wade through cricket news (or ruse), review Lawrence Booth's Cricket, Lovely Cricket, feel happy being zero-expectation fans, and declare NZ's bowling to be better than what England will face in the Ashes

Newsfile, May 17

Gilchrist to retire from IPL at end of season

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IPL news

IPL spot-fixing crisis - live updates

May 17, 2013: ESPNcricinfo tracks the developments around the IPL 2013 spot-fixing crisis

Corruption in the IPL

Full coverage of the IPL spot-fixing allegations

May 17, 2013: Full coverage of the IPL spot-fixing allegations which involve three Rajasthan Royals players

May 17, 2013

Manish Pandey helps Pune oust Kolkata from tournament

May 17, 2013: Manish Pandey's 66 from 47 balls helped Pune beat defending champions Kolkata by seven runs on Wednesday to put them out of the tournament.

Rest of Sri Lanka v SLC Combined XI

Tharanga century leads Rest of Sri Lanka to victory

May 17, 2013: Upul Tharanga's 102, along with Chamara Kapugedara's 49, helped set the platform for a Rest of Sri Lanka win over SLC Combined XI with three wickets in hand, and two balls to spare

A cricket bucket list

May 17, 2013: Going on a tour, writing a match report, talking to Big Merv... try doing some of these things before you meet your maker

A time for anger, a time for action

May 17, 2013: Out of the shattered lives of three young men caught up in allegations of fraud, newer and stronger players must emerge

New Zealand's middle-order problems

May 17, 2013: New Zealand seem to have unearthed a solid opening combination, but they'll want more runs from their middle order, which has been the worst among the top teams since 2007