Cricket at the crunch

Feb 17, 2009: Recent events have shown that the game is not immune to the global economic meltdown

Impressive debuts, and scoring 343 and losing

Feb 17, 2009: Openers managing identical scores, most international wickets, and Tadpole

South Australia v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide, 4th day

Redbacks sneak home despite Hartley century

Feb 16, 2009: Queensland's lower order collapsed in a frenetic finish to hand South Australia a valuable 19-run victory

West Indies v England, 3rd Test, Antigua, 2nd day

Collingwood keeps England in command

Feb 16, 2009: Paul Collingwood scored the eighth century of his Test career as England cemented their dominance of the second Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground. His efforts, coupled with important cameos all down the order, ensured that the platform laid by Andrew

Tasmania v Western Australia, Sheffield Shield, Hobart, 1st day

Robinson bucks trend on bowlers' day

Feb 16, 2009: Wes Robinson provided the only batting highlight on a day dominated by the seamers at Bellerive Oval, where Tasmania closed the first day struggling in reply to 189

Victoria v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne, 2nd day

Near-miss for Hodge but Victoria find their mark

Feb 16, 2009: Brad Hodge missed a hundred by two runs as he was responsible for building a healthy lead for Victoria against New South Wales

West Indies v England, 3rd Test, Antigua, 2nd day

Windies prepare for pitch battle

Feb 16, 2009: One over from Andrew Flintoff was enough to show West Indies the task they face to save this Test

West Indies v England, 3rd Test, Antigua, 2nd day

Collingwood at core of England revival

Feb 16, 2009: A week ago England were beginning to comprehend their humiliation at Sabina Park yet now they have racked up a score more than 10 times their paltry 51. Andrew Strauss talked about getting back on the bike, but England have produced a performance that wo

West Indies v England, 3rd Test, Antigua, 2nd day

Pietersen and his histrionics

Feb 16, 2009: Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the second day between West Indies and England in Antigua

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

Australia arrive keen to remain No. 1

Feb 16, 2009: Ricky Ponting is hoping Australia will be able to regroup and beat South Africa in the manner that his team reclaimed the Ashes

Gujarat v Mumbai, Ranji Trophy one-day tournament, Rajkot

Pitch switch avoids farce in Rajkot

Feb 16, 2009: A near-repeat of the 1997 farce in Indore took place on the outskirts of Rajkot during the one-dayer between Gujarat and Mumbai

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 9th round, 4th day

ZTBL secure ten-wicket win

Feb 16, 2009: A round-up of the fourth day's play of the ninth round of matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Kenya news

Umpires boycott Nairobi's twenty20 tournament

Feb 16, 2009: Kenya's umpires are boycotting the country's premier club Twenty20 tournament in a dispute over payments

Ranji Trophy ODI tournament, 2nd day

Mumbai suffer second straight loss

Feb 16, 2009: The results from the second day of the Ranji Trophy one-day tournament 2008-09

County News

Andy Pick appointed Nottinghamshire bowling coach

Feb 16, 2009: Andy Pick, the England Under-19 head coach, has been appointed as Nottinghamshire's bowling coach, replacing former England medium-pacer Phil Defreitas

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Markets

Feb 16, 2009: Sporting Index's guide to spread markets

Indian Premier League 2009

Jaipur could lose its IPL matches

Feb 16, 2009: Lalit Modi has warned that the home matches of the Rajasthan Royals could be moved out of Jaipur if the state government continued to be uncooperative

Sri Lanka in Pakistan 2008-09

Sri Lanka focussed on Jayawardene farewell

Feb 16, 2009: Ahead of a two-day match before the Test series begins, Thilan Samaraweera reckons Sri Lanka have had no problems adjusting to conditions in Pakistan

The Mohammad Asif saga

IPL rejects request for change of Asif's ban period

Feb 16, 2009: The IPL drug tribunal has rejected the PCB's request to revise the ban imposed on Mohammad Asif

Pakistan news

Shoaib aims to return for Bangladesh tour

Feb 16, 2009: Shoaib Akhtar has targeted the Bangladesh tour next month for his return to the Pakistan side after a knee injury ruled him out the two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting next week