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Cricket: Ten clues the cricket match you are watching is fixed
All bets are on - the Pakistanis are coming. Forget ball tampering ... match tampering is the rage.

Cricket: Bat-friendly pitches could ruin Ashes
The series needs a groundsman willing to produce a spicy pitch that might yield a result other than a draw.

Cricket: Vettori set to play
Daniel Vettori will return to captain the Black Caps in the second ODI against India in Jaipur tonight.

Cricket: Taylor's plan to halt ODI slide
With every loss, the need for New Zealand to arrest their ODI slump grows as the situation makes grim reading.

Dunedin tech team pass first Ashes test
NZ technology passed its first international test at the first Ashes cricket match between Australia and England.

Cricket: Sangakkara jumps Tendulkar as best
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has regained the top spot from India's Sachin Tendulkar in the ICC player rankings for test batsmen.

Cricket: Vettori, McCullum hopeful of return
The Black Caps are hopeful Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum will both return for tomorrow's ODI against India.

Live scoring: The Ashes, Australia v England
Catch live scoring action of Day Two of the first Ashes test between England and Australia in Brisbane.

Cricket: The questions that still remain
The Black Caps still face some hard questions, with Pakistan next on the horizon, writes David Leggat.

Cricket: Siddle the hero on opening day
Working-class hero Peter Siddle's shock hat-trick, on his 26th birthday, dominated day one of the Ashes in Brisbane.

Live scoring: The Ashes, Australia v England
Catch live scoring action of the first Ashes test between England and Australia in Brisbane.

The Ashes: Clarke passed fit
Vice-captain Michael Clarke has been cleared to play in the first Ashes test against England which starts tomorrow.

Cricket: Black Caps crumble to defeat
The Black Caps rushed headlong to a crushing loss in the third test against India today.

The Ashes: Hauritz strikes note of optimism
Spin bowler Nathan Hauritz reckons he is still a chance to play in the Ashes for Australia despite being cut from the squad.

The Ashes: Khawaja a step closer to dream
Usman Khawaja's path to Test cricket remains uncertain but there's one thing for sure this week - he'll keep getting asked about his Muslim background.

Cricket: ICC wants code to fight corruption in cricket
The days of relative player informality in domestic cricket might be coming to an end.

The Ashes: KP an outcast says Warne
England coach Andy Flower has flatly rejected claims from Shane Warne that England batsman Kevin Pietersen feels like an "outcast".

Cricket: Indians on top as NZ sweat
New Zealand face a mammoth task simply to save the third cricket test and series against India.