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Eng head home after Ashes wake-up call
Alastair Cook's team return to England under no illusions they pulled off a great escape against NZ and can ill afford any further lapses in intensity ahead of back-to-back Ashes series later this year. Read full article

Pride but no redemption for NZ
Redemption was not a word New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum would bother to countenance after his side were denied a test series victory against England after the final match on Tuesday. Read full article

Misbah-ul-Haq rings alarm bells for Pakistan
Disappointed Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said on Tuesday his team faces an alarming situation after losing both its test and one-day series to South Africa. Read full article

Relief and disappointment for Cook in NZ
Alastair Cook breathed a sigh of relief that his side managed to scrape out a nail-biting draw in the series-deciding third test against New Zealand on Tuesday. Read full article

Clarke out for seven to ten weeks
Michael Clarke is expected to be sidelined for up to 10 weeks as he recovers from a back injury, making him unavailable for the Indian Premier League and doubtful for the Champions Trophy in England. Read full article

Australia can be No 1 again - Arthur
Australia can bounce back from their 4-0 humbling away to India and become the top test nation within two years, according to head coach Mickey Arthur. Read full article

Belligerent Prior saves England blushes
Wicketkeeper Matt Prior produced a belligerent century to ensure England saved the series-deciding third test against New Zealand at Eden Park on Tuesday. Read full article

Rain ends SL-Bangladesh encounter
The second one-day international between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at Hambantota was abandoned due to rain on Monday. Read full article

Fulton joins elite company
Peter Fulton opened his shoulders and effortlessly picked up a full Stuart Broad delivery and slammed the ball into the northern stand at Eden Park for the fifth six of his innings. Read full article

'Eng's focus on Eden Park not Ashes'
England's minds would not turn to their Ashes series against Australia as they enter the final day of their New Zealand tour on Tuesday still needing to bat out 90 overs to save the third test and series. Read full article

NZ on top after setting mammoth target
Part-time spinner Kane Williamson took two wickets just before stumps to put New Zealand firmly in charge of the series-deciding third test against England at the end of the fourth day at Eden Park on Monday. Read full article

Hambantota unchanged despite bees, blackout
Sri Lanka will host Monday's one-day international against Bangladesh at the same venue where their first game was disrupted by bees and a blackout, an official said. Read full article

Prior looks on bright side
Matt Prior was doing his best to paint the cheery side of reality after New Zealand tilted the series-deciding third test in their favour following the third day's play at Eden Park on Sunday. Read full article

India embarrass Aus with 4-0 whitewash
India passed their target of 155 for the loss of 4 wickets to seal victory in the fourth test and complete a 4-0 series whitewash over Australia on the third day of the fourth and final test in Delhi on Sunday. Read full article

NZ wobble as England fight back
England's bowlers dragged their side back into the third test against New Zealand as they reduced the hosts to 35 for three in their second innings at stumps on the third day at Eden Park on Sunday. Read full article

Dilshan ton overshadows Tamim
Tillakaratne Dilshan hammered an unbeaten 113 to fire Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first one-dayer, marked by a power failure and bees' invasion on Saturday. Read full article

'Two lost wickets disappointing, hard work ahead'
Losing two wickets late in the day was not a disaster for England but they would need to work hard to slowly overhaul New Zealand's first innings of 443 on the third day of the series deciding third test. Read full article

India take small lead despite Lyon's five
Nathan Lyon took 5-94, but India managed to eke out a four-run lead by stumps, ending the the second day of the fourth test against Australia in Delhi on Saturday on 266 for eight. Read full article

Advantage NZ after Boult double-strike
Trent Boult grabbed two wickets as New Zealand reduced England to 50 for two and seized the advantage at the end of the second day of the deciding third test at Eden Park on Saturday. Read full article

Windies nail sixth successive test win
Shane Shillingford grabbed another five wicket haul to bowl West Indies to a second successive test win over Zimbabwe but this time in front of a delirious home town crowd in Dominica on Friday. Read full article