The month of Mendis

New Zealand finished their tour of England on a good note

Periodic fits of morality do cricket good, and the uproar over the Grant Elliott run-out might well do so, but perhaps not for the reasons that first come to mind

Umpiring howlers, a new twist on the reverse sweep, and more runs than you can shake a stick at - in our round-up of the on-field performance highlights for June

It was a day of records and near-records at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen, as a rampant New Zealand team totally outclassed a threadbare Ireland by a record ODI margin of 290 runs

New Zealand can't quite begin their long journey home yet, and with the taste of victory champagne still fresh following the series victory at Lord's on Saturday they now have two ODIs in Aberdeen, the first of which is against Ireland

Will Luke presents the plays of the day from the fifth ODI at Lord's

It made for instructive viewing to see Daniel Vettori celebrate his three wickets today

England have a habit of raising, then dashing, everybody's hopes that they have finally cracked the formula for one-day cricket

At no point in the last 50 years has the country that invented the game stood at the top of the rankings. They have only themselves to blame