India's captaincy is impeding their Test progress

Jan 11, 2015: You can't blame their bowlers entirely for not taking 20 wickets in each Test when Dhoni and Kohli's field settings and tactics have been pretty dismal

Mushfiqur gears up

Jan 11, 2015: By his own reckoning his best performances came last year. Now, as Bangladesh head to the World Cup, he's looking to keep it going

World Cup 2015

Clarke given February 21 World Cup deadline

Jan 10, 2015: Michael Clarke has been given until Australia's second World Cup match against Bangladesh on February 21 to prove his fitness as he recovers from hamstring surgery

World Cup 2015

Narine picked for World Cup

Jan 10, 2015: West Indies have picked Sunil Narine among their 15 members headed for the World Cup. As reports suggested, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are not among the squad

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Christchurch

New Zealand battle past Jayawardene ton

Jan 10, 2015: Sri Lanka discovered that at Hagley Oval what goes for New Zealand's Test team goes for their ODI outfit as well: the hosts' seamers are deadly dangerous, their top order is daunting and their lower-middle order can turn matches on their own too

Afghanistan v Ireland, Dubai Triangular Series

Ireland survive wobble to win

Jan 10, 2015: Ed Joyce's 51 and a steady 52-run partnership between Andy Balbirnie and Alex Cusack helped Ireland survive a couple of batting wobbles to secure a three-wicket win against Afghanistan in their opening game of the Dubai triangular series

Pentangular One Day Cup 2014-15

Warriors in final after chasing 316

Jan 10, 2015: A century from Sohaib Maqsood helped Baluchistan Warriors gun down 316 in just 41 overs against Punjab Badshahs and book their place in the Pentangular One Day Cup final

Bangladesh news

Sabbir, Nasir key fielders for Bangladesh - Halsall

Jan 10, 2015: Sabbir Rahman and Nasir Hossain have the ability to bolster Bangladesh's overall fielding in the World Cup, according to the team's fielding coach Richard Halsall

England news

Pietersen wants to face England

Jan 10, 2015: Kevin Pietersen said he wants to face his former team-mates after a spot opened up in the Prime Minister's XI

Stars v Renegades, BBL 2014-15, Melbourne

Melbourne Stars survive frantic final over

Jan 10, 2015: An incredible encounter between the Melbourne Stars and the Melbourne Renegades came down to the final ball, with Stars edging the win following a tight call from the third umpire

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd T20, Johannesburg

South Africa must quell Gayle

Jan 10, 2015: There were two different games played during the opening match in Cape Town: the one by Chris Gayle and then the one by everyone else

Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney, 5th day

The sangfroid that saved India

Jan 10, 2015: Faced with the negative momentum that threatened to drag India down, Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar showed plenty of self-possession to pull their team to safety

James Neesham takes flight

Jan 10, 2015:

Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney, 5th day

'We played the kind of cricket we wanted to' - Kohli

Jan 10, 2015: India are satisfied with the effort on the last days in Melbourne and Sydney, but Virat Kohli said they are not seeking pleasure from the fact that Australia lost 0-4 when they last toured India

Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney, 5th day

'Adelaide set up series' - Smith

Jan 10, 2015: Steven Smith was "satisfied" with a 2-0 victory over India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and lauded his bowlers for performing so well on helpless tracks

Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney, 5th day

Australia 2, India 0, Pitches 4

Jan 10, 2015: Australia won this series in spite of some of the flattest pitches seen down under for years. It is three decades since Melbourne and Sydney both ended in stalemate

South Africa v West Indies, first T20, Cape Town

Gayle lights up Newlands

Jan 10, 2015: His batting display was nothing short of a night of fireworks

Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney, 5th day

Four Tests, 5870 runs

Jan 10, 2015: Stats highlights from the fifth day of the fourth Test between India and Australia, in Sydney

Ford Trophy 2014-15

Murdoch ton hands Wellington first win

Jan 10, 2015: Wellington finally won their first match in this season's Ford Trophy, their first in five attempts, on the back of a century from Stephen Murdoch and a four-for from fast bowler Brent Arnel

World Cup 2015

Mohammad Tauqir to captain UAE at World Cup

Jan 10, 2015: Mohammad Tauqir has been named captain of UAE's squad for the World Cup, replacing Khurram Khan