Pakistan news

Misbah to quit ODIs after World Cup

Jan 11, 2015: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said that he will retire from ODI cricket after the 2015 World Cup, but will continue playing Test cricket

Sunfoil Series 2014-15

Stephen Cook ton crushes Cobras

Jan 11, 2015: A round-up of the Sunfoil Series matches that ended on January 11, 2015

ICC news

Sangakkara returns to top of Test rankings

Jan 11, 2015: Kumar Sangakkara has reclaimed the top position in the ICC Test Players Rankings, following the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington, which the hosts won by 193 runs

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

Pakistan defend 138 to clinch series

Jan 11, 2015: Pakistan Women secured an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three ODI series against Sri Lanka Women, defending a total of 138 runs for a 12-run victory in the second match in Sharjah

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd T20, Johannesburg

Gayle leads West Indies in record chase

Jan 11, 2015: West Indies pulled off the highest successful run-chase in the shortest format, propelled by Chris Gayle's 90 off 41 balls

England's T20 debate

The long search for Twenty20 vision

Jan 11, 2015: As the Big Bash League pulls in the crowds, and county cricket administrators lobby to get the NatWest Blast on free-to-air TV, ESPNcricinfo undertakes a week-long debate about the future of T20 in England

Carlton Mid Tri-Series 2014-15

Pietersen sacking 'unnecessary' - Broad

Jan 11, 2015: Kevin Pietersen has received some sympathy from a former team-mate over the way his international career ended

Heat v Sixers, BBL 2014-15, Brisbane

Clinical Sixers cruise to victory

Jan 11, 2015: Sydney Sixers made light work of a 148-run chase against Brisbane Heat in Woollongabba, as their top and middle-order batsmen all chipped in with handy knocks to complete a six-wicket win

Bangladesh news

Rubel granted bail by Dhaka court

Jan 11, 2015: Bangladesh cricketer Rubel Hossain has been granted bail by a Dhaka court, three days after he was sent to jail in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act

World Cup 2015

Warner strikes 'arrogant' note for World Cup

Jan 11, 2015: David Warner is set to play his first World Cup and believes he can turnaround his middling ODI form during Australia's campaign

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Christchurch

Anderson beats his aggressive instincts

Jan 11, 2015: Corey Anderson may have risen to global attention for his world-record fastest century last January, but he had to rein in those natural instincts as he composed a match-winning 81 from 96 balls against Sri Lanka, Anderson said

Hurricanes v Scorchers, BBL 2014-15, Hobart

Bowlers' strangle wins it for Scorchers

Jan 11, 2015: A stranglehold by the Perth Scorchers bowlers dried up the boundaries for Hobart Hurricanes as they aimed for the final push in their chase but fell comfortably short of a middling target at Bellerive Oval

India in Australia 2014-15

Australia unearth two promising prospects

Jan 11, 2015: Australia claimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by beating India 2-0. Here's a rating of the performances of players who made those results

'Once every 20 years New Zealand fans will fill the MCG'

Jan 11, 2015: The boys discuss the World Cup squad, the three Tests against Australia at the end of the year, and Tim Southee's sixiness

Selection

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World Cup 2015

Lyon thwarted by fielding restrictions

Jan 11, 2015: The national selector effectively concluded that their leading Test spinner Lyon was not up to the task of bowling with only four run-saving men shielding the boundaries

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Christchurch

The offspinner who overcame McCullum's wrath

Jan 11, 2015: Plays of the day from the first ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Christchurch

World Cup 2015

A list of the World Cup squads

Jan 11, 2015: A list of all the World Cup squads

India in Australia 2014-15

India's tour carried by three batsmen

Jan 11, 2015: India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by going down 0-2 in Australia. Here's a rating of the performances of players who made those results

Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney

Hazlewood and Starc take strides

Jan 11, 2015: Australia had to settle for a draw in the Sydney Test, but the sight of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood hooping the reverse-swinging Kookaburra around late on day five was an encouraging one for the future