Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars, BBL

Malinga helps Stars thrash Scorchers

Dec 12, 2012: Perth Scorchers were thrashed by Melbourne Stars in one of the most bizarre games of cricket ever witnessed in Australia

India v England, 4th Test, Nagpur

Can brittle India stop England?

Dec 12, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the fourth Test between India and England in Nagpur

India news

BCCI deadbats Amarnath's comments

Dec 12, 2012: The BCCI has chosen not to respond to the comments made by former selector Mohinder Amarnath in which he said that MS Dhoni's sacking from the captaincy role after the tour of Australia was blocked by the BCCI president

New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13

SA selectors looking for new blood

Dec 12, 2012: Lions' left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso and all-rounder Chris Morris are expected to receive their first call-up to South Africa's Twenty20 squad

England in India 2012-13

India have the character to bounce back - Dhoni

Dec 12, 2012: MS Dhoni, India's under-fire captain, has said this is the time for the team to show character

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Angelo Mathews ready for Test captaincy

Dec 12, 2012: Angelo Mathews has expressed enthusiasm for the leadership role and appears ready to take over the captaincy once Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka's current Test captain, steps down

New Zealand news

NZC chairman should resign - Greatbatch

Dec 12, 2012: Mark Greatbatch, the former New Zealand coach, has called for NZC chairman Chris Moller to resign in the wake of Ross Taylor being dumped as captain

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Hobart

Siddle stares down vegetarian critics

Dec 12, 2012: Peter Siddle has chewed up and spat out the suggestion that the absence of meat from his diet was the reason he was unable to recover from his Adelaide exertions

England in India 2012-13

Finn in doubt for Nagpur Test

Dec 12, 2012: Steven Finn has emerged as a major injury doubt ahead of the fourth Test in Nagpur after suffering a back injury

Australia v NZ Women, 1st ODI, Sydney

Bates slams ton in big win

Dec 12, 2012: An unbeaten century by Suzie Bates led New Zealand Women to a comfortable eight wicket win against Australia Women in the first match of the Rose Bowl

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Hobart

Wade's tenuous grip on gloves

Dec 12, 2012: Australia's wicketkeeper Matthew Wade is acutely aware of his tenuous place at the top of what is by far the national team's most competitive market

New Zealand news

NZC apologises to Ross Taylor

Dec 12, 2012: New Zealand Cricket chairman Chris Moller has apologised to Ross Taylor for the manner in which the team's captaincy changeover played out, but he said there was no need for heads to roll over the saga

New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13

New Zealand's Gillespie replaces Milne for SA T20s

Dec 12, 2012: New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne has been ruled out of the Twenty20 series against South Africa, after picking up an Achilles injury

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Hobart

I am number four, says Watson

Dec 12, 2012: Shuffled almost as often as a deck of cards in a poker den, Shane Watson's itinerant Test match batting career may finally have found a permanent home at No. 4

Not India

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Big Bash League 2012-13

Brad Young signs with Adelaide Strikers

Dec 12, 2012: Brad Young has become the latest veteran spinner to join the Big Bash League after signing with the Adelaide Strikers

India news

Dhoni sacking blocked by board chief - Amarnath

Dec 12, 2012: Former selector Mohinder Amarnath has pointed the finger at the BCCI president, N Srinivasan, for overruling the selectors' unanimous call for sacking of MS Dhoni as captain after the two whitewashes in England and in Australia

Being undroppable

Dec 12, 2012: A legend agonises over his life's quandaries

Way back when

In Surrey's service

Dec 12, 2012: He may have played just four Tests but Robin Jackman was an ever-present stalwart for his county through the 1970s

India v England, 4th Test, Nagpur

India will come out fighting, warns Swann

Dec 11, 2012: Graeme Swann has urged caution ahead of England's final Test against India, warning that the hosts will be desperate for a victory in Nagpur that would tie the series