New Zealand domestic news

Martin returns home to Canterbury

Jun 17, 2009: Chris Martin has announced he will return to Canterbury next season after spending the past four summers at Auckland

Troupers v Androids

Jun 17, 2009: The upper body of Botha, the paunch of Yuvraj, and the light from the heavens - all on display at Trent Bridge

The true love

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Green, mean and dreary

Jun 17, 2009: South Africa should be crowd favourites but it seems their fate to be boring as England - only better

The Ashes 2009

Last spinner standing

Jun 17, 2009: Not since 1989 have Australia sent a slow bowler to England and expected so little

The Ashes 2009

Australians put through gruelling workout

Jun 17, 2009: Australia's six Test specialists have joined their team-mates, who have endured a tough week of training

This sporting life

Jun 17, 2009: Football, tennis, baseball on screen, and some cricket - there's a welter of games on offer in England in the summer

The short format's big role

Jun 17, 2009: The purists may sneer at it, but Twenty20's most vital role will be in making cricket popular in places where it isn't

Dale Steyn

'Pitch leg, hit off'

Jun 17, 2009: South Africa's speediest quick answers readers' queries about his favourite mode of dismissal, passing on trade secrets in the IPL, and more

Duckworth-Lewis

Duckworth and Lewis just want to be understood

Jun 17, 2009: Charles Randall speaks to the inventors of the system

EW Swanton: Vibrant leadership at heart of Leics' success (23 Sep 1998)

Jun 17, 2009: "THEY like playing and don't need motivating", said Leicestershire's cricket manager, Jackie Birkenshaw, who went to speak of the friendships which reflected a stronger team spirit than any he had known

Slow centuries, and Kamran Akmal's new record

Jun 16, 2009: No boundaries in hundreds, four stumpings in an innings, and the bail that wouldn't budge

India v South Africa, World Twenty20, Trent Bridge

Smith thrilled as variety shows

Jun 16, 2009: There is no such thing as a meaningless victory in a tournament that is so much about momentum

ICC World Twenty20

Where did it all go wrong for India?

Jun 16, 2009: India swaggered into England lugging heavy reputations and massive expectations but looked anything but a champion side

Plays of the day

Jeers mate!

Jun 16, 2009: Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights match between India and South Africa at Trent Bridge

Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, FP Trophy, Bristol

Lewis lifts Gloucester to semi-finals

Jun 16, 2009: Gloucestershire's new-ball pair of Jon Lewis and Steve Kirby sealed their side's place in the semi-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy with seven wickets between them, as Nottinghamshire's campaign hit the buffers at Bristol

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, ICC World Twenty20, Trent Bridge

Sri Lanka take unorthodox route to success

Jun 16, 2009: Sri Lanka's unique approach to learning and playing cricket has certainly given them an edge over their opponents in this tournament

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, ICC World Twenty20, Trent Bridge

New Zealand flounder against Mendis

Jun 16, 2009: Daniel Vettori was adamant his batsmen picked Ajantha Mendis but acknowledged he was a bowler of quality

Warwickshire v Durham, Edgbaston, 1st day

Blackwell powers Durham performance

Jun 16, 2009: On another low, slow Edgbaston track where timing the ball proved difficult for all his colleagues, Blackwell compiled his first championship century for Durham

County Championship round-up

Trescothick century lifts Somerset

Jun 16, 2009: A round-up of the latest County Championship action