The no-ball's sinister hue

Jan 17, 2015: What used to be an innocuous infraction has turned decidedly different since 2010

The first genuine legbreak in England in years

Jan 17, 2015: In which the author tries to cover up a faux pas made while talking to the Queen

Top Fives

Thrown in at the deep end

Jan 17, 2015: Players with little or no ODI experience who have been picked by Full Member countries for their 2015 World Cup squads

Shahid Afridi: 'The 1992 World Cup defined my cricket'

Jan 16, 2015: The Pakistan allrounder on the lessons his team's victorious campaign taught him about life, and how Imran Khan's attitude moulded him as a captain

South Africa v West Indies, 1st ODI, Durban

Miller goes long, Russell puts the boot in

Jan 16, 2015: ESPNcricinfo present the plays of the day from the opening ODI

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd women's T20, Sharjah

All-round Mir demolishes Sri Lanka

Jan 16, 2015: Pakistan captain Sana Mir's 48 runs and four wickets, including a hat-trick, helped her side level the T20 series against Sri Lanka 1-1 with a game left

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Group A, 4th day

Naman Ojha slams swift hundred in drawn game

Jan 16, 2015: A round-up of the Ranji Trophy 2014-15 Group A matches played on January 16, 2015

England Lions in South Africa 2014-15

Thorpe wisdom benefits Lions

Jan 16, 2015: Graham Thorpe feels the international scheduling is such that he is looking at whether the England Lions are good enough not for a ten-year career at the highest level, but an eight-year one

ICC WCL Division Two tournament preview

Namibia, Netherlands favourites for promotion

Jan 16, 2015: Namibia and Netherlands are favourites while Nepal have an outside chance at ICC World Cricket League Division Two to get back into the top flight of Associate cricket

Pakistan news

'Difficult to make combination without Ajmal' - Mushtaq

Jan 16, 2015: The suspensions handed out to Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez has meant Pakistan have had to rejig their bowling plans going into World Cup 2015, which, bowling consultant Mushtaq Ahmed said, is "difficult"

New Zealand news

Cairns pleads not guilty to perjury charge

Jan 16, 2015: Chris Cairns has submitted a plea of not guilty at a hearing at the Old Bailey ahead of his perjury trial

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Group C, 6th round, 4th day

Purkayastha takes 13 to rout Hyderabad

Jan 16, 2015: A round-up of Ranji Trophy 2014-15 Group C matches played on January 16, 2015

Australia v England, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Sydney

Australia re-open English scars

Jan 16, 2015: Australia hope they have re-opened the scars of last summer's English misery down under with a comfortable opening triangular series victory at the SCG, and the tourists' new captain Eoin Morgan certainly sounded disconsolate after his century served only

Ranji Trophy, Group B, 6th round, 4th day

Gujarat, Vidarbha collect three points

Jan 16, 2015: A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group B matches played on January 16, 2015

South Africa v West Indies, 1st ODI, Durban

Amla milestone sets up easy SA win

Jan 16, 2015: Hashim Amla became the fastest South African batsmen to reach 5000 ODI runs in a run-a-ball 66 in his 101st innings and set South Africa up to take the series lead.

Australia v England, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Sydney

David Warner's hundred seals bonus-point win

Jan 16, 2015: David Warner's quickfire 127 from just 115 balls helped Australia beat England by three wickets to steal a bonus point in the Carlton Mid ODI tri-series match played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.

World Cup 2015

Fletcher upbeat about India's World Cup chances

Jan 16, 2015: India coach Duncan Fletcher believes MS Dhoni's men have a "good" chance to win the World Cup, considering their performances in the last three ICC tournaments

Australia v England, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Sydney

Moeen's flick, and Finn's stumble

Jan 16, 2015: Plays of the day from the ODI between Australia and England in Sydney

Australia v England, Carlton Mid Tri-Series, Sydney

Morgan - 121, Rest of England - 93

Jan 16, 2015: Stats highlights from the first ODI of the Carlton Mid Tri-Series between England and Australia, in Sydney

Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series 2014-15

India still feeling their way to best World Cup combination

Jan 16, 2015: India are not the settled one-day squad they were in the lead-up to World Cup 2011, and at the top of their list of problems is their weak and inexperienced pace bowling