India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Where to from here for Australia?

Mar 5, 2013: Australia have eight days to regroup before the third Test in Mohali. They will need them, to take a good hard look in the mirror

SL Emerging Team v Bangladeshis, Matara, 3rd day

Ashraful targets second coming

Mar 5, 2013: Mohammad Ashraful will see a doctor in Galle for an eye allergy that has recurred several times in the last eight years

England news

Swann fears for Ashes fitness

Mar 5, 2013: Graeme Swann has admitted he fears that the state of his right elbow could threaten his involvement in this year's back-to-back Ashes series

Sri Lanka news

Malinga to face SLC inquiry

Mar 5, 2013: Lasith Malinga will be the subject of a behavioural inquiry after he exchanged unfriendly words with media waiting outside Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo during the recent contracts crisis

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Mismatch in skills makes for no-contest

Mar 5, 2013: India had more skill and determination than Australia in the conditions in Chennai and Hyderabad and the results reflected that

England

Bairstow in the spotlight

Mar 5, 2013: Jonny Bairstow can't find a way into the England side at the moment but the memory of his early exploits still burns bright

India news

Teams demand less gruelling Ranji schedule

Mar 5, 2013: The captains and coaches of all the domestic teams in India demanded more time between Ranji Trophy matches during the annual captains and coaches' conclave that was held on Tuesday in Mumbai

SL Emerging Team v Bangladeshis, Matara, 3rd day

Mominul, Ashraful push cases for selection

Mar 5, 2013: Mohammad Ashraful and Mominul Haque firmed up their chances of playing the first Test with significant innings on the last day of the tour game in Matara

Cricket between the ads

Mar 5, 2013: Watching cricket on TV in India is getting depressing because of the inexcusable and illegitimate plethora of intrusive advertisements in the cricket telecasts

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Hayden helps struggling batsmen

Mar 5, 2013: Few Australian batsmen are more qualified to give advice on scoring runs in India than Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke, and the two men were locked in intense discussions out on the field after the end of the Hyderabad Test

Sri Lanka news

Samaraweera could retire from international cricket

Mar 5, 2013: Thilan Samaraweera has indicated he would like to retire from international cricket in a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket, but the board is yet to accept his retirement

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2012-13

Matara cricket in good hands

Mar 5, 2013: Matara is no different from the usual coastal towns in Sri Lanka, be it the sun, the curved coconut trees, the humid air or the recovery from the 2004 tsunami destruction

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

'Our shot selection was horrible' - Clarke

Mar 5, 2013: Michael Clarke has suggested that there could be changes to Australia's line-up for the third Test in Mohali

Bangladesh news

BCB yet to clear Shakib, Tamim for IPL

Mar 5, 2013: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will take a call on Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal's participation in the Indian Premier League after discussion with the team management as the tournament clashes with Bangladesh's tour to Zimbabwe

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Losing after a first-innings declaration

Mar 5, 2013: Stats highlights from India's convincing win in the second Test of the four-match series

SL v WI, 3rd Women's T20, Colombo

Daley dose too much for SL; WI take series

Mar 5, 2013: Shanel Daley's five-for and a hard-hitting half-century by Stafanie Taylor helped West Indies rout Sri Lanka in the third Twenty20 in Colombo and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Clarke to move up the order

Mar 5, 2013: Michael Clarke has confirmed that he will move up the order from his customary No.5 position after Australia's shambolic display in both innings in Hyderabad

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad

Pujara's ton decisive in India clinching second Test

Mar 5, 2013: Cheteshwar Pujara's double century helped India beat Australia, by an innings and 135 runs, in the second Test match in Hyderabad to take a two-zero lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Captaincy success 'overhyped' - Dhoni

Mar 5, 2013: With the win in Hyderabad, MS Dhoni has become the most successful Indian captain in Tests

Australian cricket

Singing or shouting?

Mar 5, 2013: I covered the entire Ashes tour of England in 1989 and I hadn't looked at these photographs since that time.