New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Wellington, 2nd day

Williamson's fluency allowed me to keep going - Latham

Dec 16, 2018: Latham went to stumps on 121 off 256 balls - his strike rate a respectable 47 for the day - but had been much slower at the start of his knock

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Wellington, 2nd day

The frustrations of being Kane Williamson

Dec 16, 2018: The man and his team are among the best current operators, but on the world scale they occupy minimal column inches, airtime, or general intellectual space. They quietly absorb life's little injustices

Australia v India, 2nd Test, Perth, 3rd day

Finch cleared of serious injury after latest blow to finger

Dec 16, 2018: Aaron Finch was taken for x-rays on a possible fractured right index finger after he was hit by Mohammed Shami

Australia news

WACA chief lays blame at Cricket Australia for poor crowds

Dec 16, 2018: Christina Matthews, the WACA chief executive, also spoke about how the banned Cameron Bancroft has embraced his community service

Bangladesh v West Indies, 1st T20I, Sylhet

WI look to break five-game losing streak against upbeat Bangladesh

Dec 16, 2018: The match has been rescheduled twice in the last 48 hours, mainly due to some technical problems with one of the light towers. It will now start at 12.30pm local time

Australia news

Harbhajan broke down when apologising for 'monkeygate' - Symonds

Dec 16, 2018: The former Australia allrounder has opened up on the impact of the incident in Sydney ten years ago

Australia v India, 2nd Test, Perth, 3rd day

Virat Kohli only second to Don Bradman to 25 Test centuries

Dec 16, 2018: Stats about Virat Kohli's recent Test form and how he compares against other visiting batsmen in Australia

Australia v India, 2nd Test, Perth, 3rd day

Nathan Lyon establishes substantial lead for Australia

Dec 16, 2018: The offspinner claimed his seventh five-wicket haul against India to earn the hosts a 43-run lead, which grew to 175 by the end of day three

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Wellington, 2nd day

Tom Latham, Kane Williamson grind Sri Lanka on batting day

Dec 16, 2018: The pair's 162-run stand gave New Zealand a solid platform from which they can think of batting just once in the Test

Bangladesh v West Indies, 3rd ODI, Dhaka

Bangladesh's need for cooler heads and a better top order

Dec 16, 2018: ESPNcricinfo looks at five things that Bangladesh have learned from their ODI appearances this year.

Quiz

Which player has been on the losing side the most times in Test history?

Dec 16, 2018: And who was the most recent Test wicketkeeper to take a wicket?

IPL 2019

Sunrisers chase back-up for Warner, CSK need a left-arm quick

Dec 16, 2018: Knight Riders, meanwhile, will want to boost their overseas player stocks and Rajasthan Royals will be looking for an Indian fast bowler

Ranji Trophy 2018-19

Hardik Pandya takes five, Shubman Gill one short of double

Dec 15, 2018: Puducherry and Bihar completed victory inside two days; Jalaj Saxena made it a birthday to remember, and Shahbaz Nadeem got a maiden first-class 100

Pakistan in South Africa 2018-19

SA coach Gibson not worried about Amla's dip in form

Dec 15, 2018: Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram weren't particularly productive in their last Test series in Sri Lanka, but home comforts should remedy that

Mzansi Super League 2018

Balanced Jozi Stars start as favourites to lift inaugural title

Dec 15, 2018: Meanwhile, Blitz will hope to ride on their home advantage at one of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the world, and look to their big names for inspirational brilliance

Australia v India, 2nd Test, Perth, 2nd day

Kohli's method and Rahane's madness

Dec 15, 2018: The India captain took no risks on a pitch with bounce and an attack full of pace, but the vice-captain was more than happy for the ball to come onto his bat and then fly away to the boundary

Australia v India, 2nd Test, Perth, 2nd day

Brief lapse undoes hours of Australian work

Dec 15, 2018: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins bowled with the right balance between skill and emotion for most of day two. For one key sequence, however, they did not

India news

A rare perfect ten for Sidak and Rex

Dec 15, 2018: Rex Singh took all ten wickets in an innings in an Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. A month earlier, Puducherry's Sidak Singh had achieved the same feat at the Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy

Pakistan in South Africa 2018-19

'We now bat better outside the UAE than in the UAE' - Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur

Dec 15, 2018: Pakistan's coach has struck up a bullish note upon his team's arrival in South Africa for three Tests, five ODIs and three T20Is

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Wellington, 1st day

'Once a couple of guys got in, it was tough work' - Tim Southee

Dec 15, 2018: The fast bowler, who picked up his eighth five-for in Tests, also praised Niroshan Dickwella for playing a 'gem of an innings'