Australia v West Indies, 3rd ODI, Canberra

Tourists' last chance on contrasting pitch

Feb 5, 2013: ESPNcricinfo previews the 3rd ODI between Australia and the West Indies in Canberra

New Zealand XI v England XI, T20, Whangarei

Broad hat-trick lights up England win

Feb 5, 2013: Stuart Broad, the England T20 captain, took a late hat-trick to light up what was already shaping up to be a comfortable win for England XI against New Zealand XI in Whangarei

India news

Raina targets fifty Tests

Feb 5, 2013: Suresh Raina, who was dropped from the India Test squad for the England series, believes he can extend his Test career to 50 Tests if he continues working hard

Australia news

Hodge comeback bid ruled out

Feb 5, 2013: Victoria have killed off Brad Hodge's faint Ashes hopes, electing not to take the former Test batsman up on his offer to play for the Bushrangers

Australia news

Watson's Test recall not guaranteed

Feb 5, 2013: Michael Clarke has warned Shane Watson faces much stiffer competition for a place in Australia's Test team by choosing to play as a batsman rather than an allrounder

England news

Vaughan tips England for Ashes double

Feb 5, 2013: Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, believes that the current side have "a great chance" to win back-to-back series against Australia in 2013

No strain, plenty of gain

Feb 5, 2013: The career of Bruce Reid, a cautionary tale in Australian cricket, has not been forgotten by those seeking to preserve the latest crop of young fast men

Frank Worrell and Martin Luther King

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English cricket's Asian challenge

Feb 5, 2013: Harnessing the interest of the UK's population of enthusiastic expats from the Indian subcontinent is going to be important to the future of the English game

Captains with glasses, and batsmen with tons

Feb 5, 2013: Also: most ducks in an ODI series, opening double-ton stands in the same match, most wickets in a calendar year, and most centuries in the County Championship

No thanks to the Pakistan board if the PSL succeeds

Feb 5, 2013: There does seem to be a market, and sufficient interest, in a T20 league in Pakistan, but the PCB's defensive mindset is not helping

Barisal Burners v Khulna Royal Bengals, BPL, Mirpur

Mahmood, Hodge power Barisal to victory

Feb 4, 2013: Barisal Burners came out on top in the battle to avoid the bottom spot in the league, thanks to Azhar Mahmood's all-round performance

South Africa v England, 2nd Youth Test, 2nd day

Sibley ton gives England slim advantage

Feb 4, 2013: An unbeaten century by opener Dominic Sibley helped England edge past South Africa's first-innings total in the second Test

Women's World Cup 2013

India not taking SL lightly in wide open group

Feb 4, 2013: None of the teams in Group A are through to the Super Six stage of the Women's World Cup yet, as they head into the final round of league matches

Women's World Cup 2013

Australia and NZ battle for points, Pakistan and SA for survival

Feb 4, 2013: The last round of matches in Group B of the Women's World Cup may not contain the intrigue of those in Group A, but there's plenty at stake in Cuttack

County news

Essex turn to football for chief executive post

Feb 4, 2013: Derek Bowden, a former chief executive at Ipswich Town FC, has been named as the new chief executive at Essex. He will join the club early in the season.

ZImbabwe in West Indies 2012-13

Zimbabwe cut coaching staff for West Indies tour

Feb 4, 2013: Zimbabwe will embark on their first Test assignment in over a year without key coaching personnel

Irani Cup 2012-13

Injured Agarkar to miss Irani Cup

Feb 4, 2013: Mumbai will be without their captain Ajit Agarkar for the Irani Cup match against Rest of India because the fast bowler was ruled out with a groin injury

Afghanistan news

Afghanistan XI to play series against Pakistan A

Feb 4, 2013: An Afghanistan XI will play limited-overs matches against the Pakistan A team and several regional sides as a part of their on-going conditioning training camp

Rankings news

South Africa players top all Test rankings

Feb 4, 2013: South Africa's current dominance of the Test scene is highlighted by the updated player rankings which give them the No. 1 batsmen, bowler and allrounder in the format