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Shaun Marsh had weightier matters on his mind as the Brisbane Test loomed, but when it is all over he will turn his thoughts to a two-year deal with Glamorgan

David Hopps22-Nov-2017Shaun Marsh, who won a surprise recall by Australia for the start of the Ashes series, has been named as Glamorgan’s overseas player for the next two seasons.Marsh’s main concern 24 hours before the start of the first Test at the Gabba was to recover from a stiff back, which curtailed his final practice session, but when the Ashes are done and dusted he will be heading to south Wales.Glamorgan have secured Marsh in all three formats of the game and he will be available for the full county season subject to the 2018 IPL draft. If he gains an IPL contract, he will join up with Glamorgan following his commitments in India.Marsh has played in nine out of 10 IPLs, only missing the second season of the tournament in 2009, but at 34 his presence in 2018 cannot be taken for granted.There again, he has just won his eighth recall to Australia’s Test squad in a career that has spread over 23 Tests, as well as 68 matches in limited-overs formats, in the past decade.His pedigree in T20 is impressive – he is also a three-time winner of BBL with Perth Scorchers.Marsh is reasserting county cricket loyalties. He played for Glamorgan during the T20 campaign of 2012, as well as being a member of the Australian touring party for the 2015 Ashes played in England and Wales. He spent part of last season with Yorkshire.”I’m extremely excited to join Glamorgan for the 2018 season,” he said, lifting his attention from Ashes preparations for a few seconds. “I have some great memories of the club when I played in Cardiff in 2012 and I’m glad to be back.”Securing my county future for the long term has always appealed to me so I jumped at the opportunity when it came. There is a lot of exciting young talent at the club and hopefully I can put in some good performances so we can bring some silverware to Wales.”Marsh’s experience makes him a road-tested option and he will blend will with Glamorgan’s exciting new crop of homegrown products.Hugh Morris, Glamorgan’s director of cricket, said: “We wanted to bring in someone who is experienced at international level, can bat at the top of the order and can play in all three formats of the game, and Shaun ticks all of those boxes for us.”In many ways that makes Marsh a direct replacement for the South African Jacques Rudolph, who spent four seasons at Glamorgan as a captain and top-order batsman before retiring at the end of last season.

Semi-final against India awaits host nation after knocking off paltry target of 72

Valkerie Baynes04-Aug-2022England will play India in the Commonwealth Games semi-finals after a fiery start from Katherine Brunt spurred them to a thumping win over New Zealand in their final group stage match at Edgbaston.New Zealand will face gold-medal favourites Australia in Saturday’s other semi-final after crumbling to their third-lowest T20I total as Brunt, Issy Wong and Sarah Glenn claimed economical hauls of two wickets each.Playing without Heather Knight, their captain who was ruled out of the entire tournament with a hip injury that is expected to take some months to heal, Alice Capsey top-scored for England for the third straight match as the hosts overhauled a tiny target with 50 balls to spare, treating the 10,892-strong crowd to a stirring home victory.NZ bear the BruntBrunt set England off to the perfect start when she sent Sophie Devine’s leg stump cartwheeling with a brilliant offcutter as the batter tried to defend on just the fourth ball of the match.In Brunt’s second over, she removed Amelia Kerr with an equally impressive delivery that beat the bottom edge as Kerr tried to heave over the leg side and clipped the top of middle stump in what turned out to be a wicket maiden, leaving Brunt with 2 for 2 from as many overs at that point. She ended the match with 2 for 4 from three overs.No let-up from EnglandWhen Wong entered the fray soon after, she struck with her fourth ball as Suzie Bates – by now New Zealand’s great hope – picked out Nat Sciver at midwicket. All of a sudden, the White Ferns were 12 for 3, and they only managed to stretch their score to 21 for 3 by the end of the powerplay.Their woes deepened when Brooke Halliday ran herself out, charging down the pitch after Maddy Green had worked Sciver to the leg side but not taken more than a half step before holding her hand up. By the time Green screamed, “no, no!” her team-mate was virtually standing next to her and had to keep walking on to the dugout as Sciver gathered wicketkeeper Amy Jones’ throw and whipped off the bails at the non-striker’s end.Wong claimed her second when Hayley Jensen chipped to Danni Wyatt at point to leave New Zealand 35 for 5 at the halfway point of their innings. Spinners Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn – the latter taking two wickets in two balls – put England on the brink of bowling their opposition out before 10th-wicket pair Hannah Rowe and Fran Jonas managed to bat out the 20 overs.Runs reeled inEngland’s run-chase stuttered when Wyatt skied the last ball of the opening over, bowled by Jonas, towards midwicket and keeper Isabella Gaze ran into the gap to take the catch.Capsey, the 17-year-old England have thrown into the No. 3 position whenever they lose a wicket in powerplay – she is their leading scorer of the Games with 117 runs and second only to Bates overall – set out to marshall the pursuit once more. Fresh off her maiden international half-century in the previous match against South Africa, Capsey sent highly experienced White Ferns seamer Lea Tahuhu to the boundary four times in one over, thrice with authority through the off side before swinging her through square leg.Compounding New Zealand’s problems, captain Devine brought herself into the attack but was found to have overstepped when she had Capsey well caught on the ramp by Rowe. The damage was limited, however, when Capsey chipped Kerr to Devine at mid-off in the next over without adding to her 19-ball 23.Sophia Dunkley remains yet to pass 20 in this competition after she was bowled by a Kerr googly for 19 but then Jones, supported by Sciver, made light work of the deficit, finding the boundary four times to see their side home inside 12 overs.

Three of the tournament’s top five teams face off in Saturday’s games at the Women’s World Cup

The Preview by Sreshth Shah07-Jul-2017We are into the second half of the Women’s World Cup and with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and West Indies needing a miracle to qualify to the semi-finals, the focus has shifted to the top five teams and three of them will be in action on Saturday.

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South Africa and India face off in Leicester in a rematch of the recent World Cup Qualifier final in Colombo. That game went down to a last-ball finish, with India hitting a six to seal victory, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone if this one turns out to be equally thrilling.Five wins seems the bar for teams to feel confident of being in the final four in this Women’s World Cup. South Africa currently only have two, having endured a washout. While their batsmen have been quite reliable, recording the first instance of a team making 300 in a chase even if they couldn’t win it, the bowlers have been rather up and down. Last Sunday, West Indies were dismantled for 48, but three days later, England were allowed to make 373, helped by a stretch of 209 balls in the middle overs without a wicket. Considering South Africa are up against India, another batting powerhouse, Dane van Niekerk has some issues to sort out.Batsman Andrie Steyn, meanwhile, suffered an ankle injury at training and has been ruled out of the tournament. Medium-pacer Odine Kirsten, who picked up 4 for 10 in her last ODI in January, has been called up as replacement.India, with four wins in four games, already have one foot in the final four. Opener Deepti Sharma scored a crafty 78 against Sri Lanka, and the ever-dependent Mithali Raj has been hitting fifties for fun – she now stands on the cusp of history, 34 short of becoming the top-scorer in women’s ODIs. But India will still be wary that in the two games Smriti Mandhana has fallen early, they have not been able to score as quickly as they usually do.India’s spinners, led by their joint-leading wicket-taker Ekta Bisht, have done particularly well to defend whatever their batsmen have scored, be it 169 or 232. The contest between them and South Africa’s hard-hitting openers Laura Wolvaardt and Lizelle Lee will be fun to watch.In three matches, New Zealand’s top-scorer Suzie Bates has struck two fifty-plus scores and has been dismissed only once•ICC/Getty Images

The day’s second match features a potential mismatch. New Zealand‘s captain Suzie Bates began her campaign with a century and their wicketkeeper Rachel Priest smashed the fastest fifty in Women’s World Cup history and finished with 90 off 55 balls. By contrast, Pakistan‘s batsmen are barely maintaining a strike-rate of 50.New Zealand enter their fifth group match at fourth place after they thumped West Indies emphatically on Thursday. That meant they jumped above their other rivals from the Southern Hemisphere into the final qualifying spot, despite South Africa’s destruction of the same opponents only a few days earlier.Lea Tahuhu’s swing bowling at the top has troubled unsure batsmen and Pakistan’s top-order features such wobbliness. Tahuhu, who passed 50 ODI wickets on Thursday, will be featuring in her 50th ODI on Saturday. “When I started off, I was in and out of the team a little bit and in the last two years I have been really able to cement a place in the team and look to lead this bowling attack,” she said. “I take great pride in it and it will be a special thing to play my 50th game. It was nice to get to 50 wickets [against West Indies] but at the same time it was nice to get a good team win.”Combine Tahuhu’s pace with the wily spin of Amelia Kerr and the returning Leigh Kasperek and you have a well-rounded bowling unit. Their batting has been slow to start off at times, like in the game against Australia, but if Thursday’s win was any indication New Zealand’s batting has gone up another gear. Rachel Priest played like she was in a hurry to get to her team hotel while Suzie Bates once again oozed class with her batting. The two set up a sturdy middle order that has yet to come to the party in this tournament. With the group stages winding down, their strategy will have to ensure their net-run rate continues to remain better than South Africa at the very least.Pakistan have fallen away after their spirited, nail-biting opening display. Over their next three games, Pakistan have lost by over 90 runs every time. A high dot-ball percentage has hurt their scoring. Their top scorer of the tournament, Nahida Khan, has only 105 runs in four innings. Their highest total in their last three matches has been 131. They need their batting to click if they are to have any chance of arresting their losing streak.Their bowling has been far better, but has been let down by poor fielding. Sana Mir continues to break crucial partnerships, and how she uses herself and the other spinners will hold the key in their search for their first win. What has been most disappointing, though, has been Pakistan’s seeming lack of intent in searching for the win. Against Australia, chasing 291, it appeared that Pakistan simply looked to bat out their 50 overs; they eventually lost by 159 runs.

Stirling, Balbirnie, Dockrell and Adair kept Ireland in the game before Malik closed it out for the visitors

Karthik Krishnaswamy28-Jun-2022Deepak Hooda scored his maiden T20I hundred. Sanju Samson gave international cricket its first real glimpse of his sumptuous gifts. Paul Stirling reminded the IPL that he exists. Andy Balbirnie slogged and connected often enough to make up for the times he slogged and missed. Then Harry Tector, George Dockrell and Mark Adair showed that Ireland have hitting talent all the way down their line-up.It came down to one ball and six to get, in a chase of 226.Umran Malik had kept Ireland to 11 off the first five balls of this final over, and four of those runs had come off an edge. He had endured a difficult debut, delivering just the one over in a rain-shortened game, and had conceded 31 in his first three overs today. Not bad at all considering the scoring rate of this match, but it would all now boil down to this one last ball.Malik bowled it wide of off stump and Adair slashed through cover-point, but he couldn’t find the elevation he needed to turn this rip-roaring chase into a party like Bengaluru or Nelson or Southampton. India wrapped up the series 2-0, but this was the sort of game that should have wider implications in terms of cricket’s scheduling and economic flows. Will it? Who knows. But what a game.Malahide has been one of the freest-scoring grounds in world cricket of late. Before today, its average run rate of 9.12 had put it sixth among the 69 grounds that have hosted at least five T20Is since the start of 2018. By the end of Sunday’s surreal slugfest, Malahide had moved up to third place on that list, leapfrogging Hamilton, Centurion and Mount Maunganui.Samson and Hooda show off India’s bench strength

Hooda was on the bench throughout the last T20I series India played, and Samson wasn’t even in the squad. This was despite India resting a number of their regular top-order batters. Hooda got his chance in this series because Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer were unavailable, and Samson came into the side for this game because Ruturaj Gaikwad was out with a calf niggle.Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda added 176 for the second wicket•Sportsfile/Getty Images

Neither looked anything like a fringe player today during a partnership of 176 in just 87 balls – the highest for the second wicket in all T20Is and India’s highest for any wicket. It was only more evidence of India’s sheer depth of resources.And what watchable evidence it was. You need to be a special player experiencing a special day to not just outscore Samson but also better him for eye-catching strokeplay, and Hooda did both. The forays down the pitch to use his long levers to hit long and straight were awe-inspiring, but even better was his ruthless pulling and hooking of anything short. His maiden T20I fifty came up off 27 balls, and his hundred off 55.Samson followed in Hooda’s slipstream for most of the partnership, every now and again making spectators sit up with a moment of effortless timing – a full-face drive straight of mid-off, off Craig Young, was one notable instance. But he surged after reaching his fifty – hitting three sixes in the space of five balls before he was bowled by an Adair yorker – just as Hooda slowed down in his 90s, taking ten balls to go from 91 to 100. As a result, Samson ended up with a marginally better strike rate of the pair.Ireland hit back after they ended the Hooda-Samson stand, with Young and Adair conceding just 13 off the last two overs while taking three wickets. As it turned out, this mini-comeback, and Hooda’s slowdown, would nearly go on to have a result-changing impact.Ireland give India serious fright

Stirling’s T20I record against top oppositions – he had passed 20 only once in 17 innings against the traditional top eight teams – is one possible reason behind his never having featured in the IPL, but when he gets going, even the best can find him hard to stop. Bhuvneshwar Kumar found this out as Stirling pulled, slapped and whipped him for 6, 4, 4, 4 off the last four balls of his first over. Ireland’s chase was up and running.Paul Stirling gave Ireland a flying start•Sportsfile/Getty Images

Or was it? At the other end, Balbirnie tried to hit the leather off every ball he faced, but he was struggling to connect, and hadn’t yet got off the mark after seven balls. But a shuffling sweep for six off Bhuvneshwar got his innings going, and while he continued to play and miss, he also kept clearing the ropes. With Stirling finding the boundary regularly, Ireland remained in touch with their required rate. They ended their powerplay 73 for 1, after Ravi Bishnoi bowled Stirling with a googly. India were 54 for 1 at the same stage.At the ten-over mark, Ireland were still in the game at 107 for 2. Balbirnie began the second half of their innings ominously, with a four and a paddled six off Harshal Patel. But Harshal – who endured a difficult day when his slower ball kept slipping out and ending up as full tosses – struck off the next ball, Balbirnie slapping a short ball straight to the off-side sweeper.The next nine balls brought no boundaries, and Ireland suddenly needed 102 off the last 48 balls. Tector, their half-centurion in the first T20I, was in the middle, but would the rest of their batting be able to keep this pursuit going?They would. Dockrell hit the first ball he faced for an inside-out six over the covers, and that began a phase when Ireland hit three sixes and four fours in the space of 16 balls to bring the equation down to 38 off 18. Bhuvneshwar dismissed Tector in the 18th over, but that didn’t stop Ireland either, as Adair kept their boundary blitz going.It came down, in the end, to one ball, and one hit. On another day, Adair may have connected more sweetly. On this one, Malik and India prevailed.

Brathwaite will be part of a team that is looking to put pressure on Surrey at the top of the Division One table

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Aug-2018Nottinghamshire have bolstered their batting for the County Championship run-in by signing West Indian Kraigg Brathwaite after Quinton de Kock was withdrawn from his deal by Cricket South Africa.Brathwaite goes straight into Nottinghamshire’s squad for their match against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl. They are currently second in Division One, nine points behind Somerset, with Surrey holding a considerable lead at the top.Brathwaite is a proven Test match opener, averaging 37.94 over 49 Tests, which included scores of 134 and 95 against England at Headingley last year when West Indies produced a memorable chase on the final day.He does not feature in T20 cricket – so there is no clash with the ongoing CPL – and is a rarity among the current generation having never played in the format in his career.”I’m excited about getting going at this great Club and hopefully I can help the side push for the Championship title in the run-in,” said Brathwaite.”Being able to call Trent Bridge home for a few weeks will be a great feeling and I’ll be looking to give my best for the team across the final five games. Testing myself in English conditions will develop my game and I’m hoping to continue my good form with the bat, starting on Sunday.”Mick Newell, Nottinghamshire’s director of cricket, said: “Kraigg will bring great experience to the side having played nearly 50 Test matches and we hope he can continue his form on these shores. Put simply, he adds quality and depth we’re hopeful that he can make contributions in the final weeks of the season.”

The Cricket Advisory Committee needed more time and to speak to the India captain Virat Kohli before finalising on Anil Kumble’s successor

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Kohli will be consulted, but he’s not the main decision-maker – Ganguly

India will continue to be without a head coach for the tour of Sri Lanka, which begins on July 26, after Sourav Ganguly said the Cricket Advisory Committee needed more time and to speak to the India captain Virat Kohli before finalising on Anil Kumble’s successor.The CAC, which also includes Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, had interviewed Lalchand Rajput, Richard Pybus, Tom Moody, Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri – Phil Simmons wasn’t available – for the job. Ganguly said the panel did not want to make a rushed decision without speaking at length to the stakeholders who would be working with the coach after the appointment was made.”We feel there is no hurry at the moment,” Ganguly said on Monday in Mumbai. “Sri Lanka tour is in a week’s time, the board headed by [secretary] Amitabh Choudhary and [CEO] Rahul Johri will probably continue with the same set for the time being.”We want to speak to Virat Kohli once he is back from America, all three of us along with the respective people concerned. We will explain to him that the coaches want to function in a certain way and make sure that everybody is on the same page before we make the announcement, because once we make the announcement it has to be till the [2019] World Cup.”You got to give credit to Virat that he is just completely straight about it. He has no input, he has not sent any names, but we feel as the Advisory Committee that he is the captain, which is the most important thing in cricket. He and everyone of us need to be on the same page because for us Indian cricket is more important. We are just a small bit; the main bit is the players who are going to play with the coach.”India have been without a head coach since the end of the Champions Trophy in England in June, when Kumble’s one-year term came to an end. Kumble had been offered an extension to cover India’s tour of the West Indies immediately after the Champions Trophy, but he declined owing to a breakdown in his relationship with Kohli. The India captain had earlier told BCCI officials that some players were uncomfortable with the “intimidating” style of Kumble’s man management.

British businessman and family had arranged their trip to Australia round the chance to watch the Ashes

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Jan-2018England’s best-known group of travelling fans – the Barmy Army – were planning to pay tribute before the Sydney Test to the cricket-loving group who died in a seaplane tragedy in the city.Richard Cousins, the head of the catering company Compass, was one of five Britons who died, along with the Australian-based pilot, when the Sydney Seaplanes flight plunged into the sea on a return flight from Rose Bay on Sydney harbour.Mr Cousins, 58, and his sons William and Edward had designed their holiday itinerary in Australia around attending the Melbourne and Sydney Tests. They lost their lives, as did Mr Cousins’ fiancee Emma Bowden, 48, and her daughter Heather, despite frantic rescue attempts.The Barmy Army were to hold a minute’s silence before friendly matches against the The Richies – a group of Australian cricket supporters who attend matches in the guise of Richie Benaud – and then before the ‘The Bashes’, a T20 Series between The Barmy Army and their Australian counterparts, The Fanatics, at Coogee Oval.Mr Cousins, had announced in September that he would retire from Compass this year after more than a decade as chief executive. He was due to marry Ms Bowden, a journalist, later this year.The OCS stand at Surrey’s Kia Oval’s ground was constructed in 2005 in a joint venture with the Compass Group. Cousins was also a Surrey member.Surrey’s chairman, Richard Thompson, said: “Having met Richard last month, we talked at length about his desire to become more involved with Surrey CCC after his retirement. Surrey have lost a great friend and partner.”Richard was both a great man and a great businessman. Sometimes you can be one; but not both. Richard managed both with real sincerity and integrity. He was a one off.”

The Sri Lanka captain, who has come under fire, following the team’s poor showing in Tests in South Africa, has said he is ready to continue as a player even if he is removed as captain

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Jan-2017Angelo Mathews, who is nominally in charge of Sri Lanka until after the 2019 World Cup, has said that he would have no protests if he was sacked from the captaincy following his side’s horrendous Test showing on their tour of South Africa.Sri Lanka lost all three Tests by heavy margins, leading for calls for Mathews to resign even though the limited-overs leg of the tour is barely underway.Mathews, who became Sri Lanka’s youngest Test captain, at 25, left the tour after the second T20 in Johannesburg on Sunday after suffering a sprained ankle but he dismissed suggestions that he had given serious consideration to stepping down after four years in charge.”I haven’t thought about it,” he said in an interview in the Colombo . “I will not run away from pressures. Anyone can say anything. If I feel this is the time or if the selectors say, I’m open to it. Whatever others say, I’m not bothered.”It’s not in my control. If the selectors or Sri Lanka Cricket think they need a change and believe someone else is ready to do the captaincy, it’s not at all a problem for me. As long as I enjoy the game, I will keep playing. I just want to try and perform well as a team and I will always help whoever is captain in the future as well.”Sri Lanka Cricket’s CEO Ashley de Silva also stated that prior to the tour Mathews had indicated he might need time off for family reasons. His wife Heshani is expected to give birth to the couple’s first child shortly. Injury had brought the date of his departure forward a little.After a third T20 in Cape Town on Wednesday, with the series tied at 1-1, Sri Lanka and South Africa embark upon a five-ODI series, with Upul Tharanga taking over from Mathews. A stronger performance over 50 overs would leave Sri Lanka in better heart ahead of the Champions Trophy in England later this year.”I know I am answerable but, as captain, I have done the best possible,” Mathews said. “I worked closely with the coach [Graham Ford]. I always discussed with the selectors when it came to the team. It has been a collective effort. But if someone wants to put the blame on me, so be it.”Mathews’ early experience of the job was a good one. He led Sri Lanka to a first Test win against England and had support from players of the calibre of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. Those senior players have gradually retired from view, leaving him to lead a largely inexperienced side which struggled to compete in the South Africa Test series.”Players like Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva have not played much Test cricket, forget about playing outside Sri Lanka,” Mathews said. “So, we need to give them opportunities. Let everyone blame me, it’s fine. I can take it but let’s not blame the other players. They need support and encouragement and not to be put down.”For the moment, he continues to lead in typically pugnacious style, tries to win matches and awaits his fate in philosophical fashion.”I’m not here to be captain forever and I will never be captain forever,” he said. “This is just a passing cloud. I am not afraid to lose it and I don’t need it forever. I’m not afraid to step down or lose it or to keep it. I can play under any captain no matter who he is. As long as I perform, I have a lot more to give to the team and the country.”

Among ODI bowlers, Ngidi returned to the top 20 and in the T20I bowlers’ rankings Holder reached a career-best 26th

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-2022South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has jumped up four places in the ICC ODI rankings for batters to move to fifth place and Rassie van der Dussen has gone up 10 spots to reach a career-best 10th position. de Kock re-entered the top five for the first time since the 2019 World Cup after he topped the run charts with a total of 229 runs (124, 78 and 27) in the three ODIs against India as South Africa blanked them 3-0, while van der Dussen was second on the list with 218 runs.Captain Temba Bavuma went up 21 places to reach a career-best 59th position, with the help of a century against India. Opener Shikhar Dhawan – India’s top-scorer in the series with 169 runs in three innings – moved up one place to 15th position. Rishabh Pant went up five spots to 82nd position.Among bowlers, Lungi Ngidi returned to the top 20 with his five wickets in the series – joint-second most with Jasprit Bumrah – to be placed on 20th, Keshav Maharaj moved to a career-best 33rd, and Andile Phehlukwayo, the top wicket-taker of the series, went up seven places to 52nd.Afghanistan batter Rahmat Shah also made gains, moving up seven places to joint 36th position with an aggregate of 153 runs against Netherlands recently. For Netherlands, Scott Edwards’ series-leading tally of 208 runs saw him go up 97 places to 100th spot. From Sri Lanka, Charith Asalanka went up from 52nd place to a career-best 46th spot.In the T20I rankings, Jason Roy’s knock of 45 in the second T20I against West Indies took him up one place to 15th while Brandon King went up 28 places to 88th spot after his unbeaten 52 in the series opener.Among T20I bowlers, Jason Holder moved to a career-best 26th spot with his Player-of-the-Match performance of 4 for 7 in the opening game, and Akeal Hosein gained 40 places to reach 33rd with economical figures of 1 for 15 and 1 for 6 over seven overs in the two games.

All the stories and reaction following the death of one of the game’s greatest

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Mar-2022March 30
As it happened – Shane Warne’s state memorial service
News – Shane Warne Stand unveiled as MCG crowd bids their hero an emotional farewell
March 29
Interviews – Tendulkar, Lara, Dravid, Jayawardene, Younis, Kirsten and Bell on the magic of facing Shane Warne
Video – Tendulkar: Warne could spin the ball from day one on Australian surfaces
Video – Lara: ‘Warne never gave up, he always produced that miracle delivery’
Video – Dravid on Warne: ‘What amazed me was the amount of time he spent discussing cricket’
Video – Shastri: ‘Warne’s knowledge of cricket was unreal’March 21
Video – Ponting: ‘Warnie would’ve said don’t sit back and do what you love’March 20
News – Shane Warne’s funeral takes place in MelbourneMarch 12
Shannon Gill – Warne’s magic was made for televisionMarch 10
Osman Samiuddin – What Shane Warne’s greatest deliveries tell usMarch 9
Photo feature – Goodbye, Hollywood: pictures of Warne’s life off the fieldMarch 7
Mark Nicholas – Warne gave us so much and he had so much more to give
News – ‘Dad, this doesn’t feel real’ – Shane Warne’s family speak of their pain and loss
March 6
Brydon Coverdale – In praise of Shane Warne, cricketing genius
News – Warne had chest pains before leaving Australia – Thai police
Ian Chappell – ‘People put down their beer every time Warne came on to bowl’
Reactions – Matthew Hayden – ‘Shane Warne mesmerised the best of the best’
Reactions – Brett Lee: ‘Every young kid that watched Test cricket wanted to be Warne’March 5
News – Great Southern Stand at MCG to be named after Shane Warne
Andrew Miller – Shane Warne: the showman who could do hard graft
Alex Malcolm – Everyone wanted to be ‘The King’
Mark Nicholas – ‘Warne never gave us someone he was not
Ian Chappell – Warnie was a generous, honest champion
Feature – Shane Warne’s greatest hits: bossing World Cups, to blindsiding England
Reaction – Border: Warne is the Bradman of legspin
Reaction – Kumble: ‘Next generation will miss experience he had to offer’
Reaction – Jadeja: ‘Thankful to Warne for providing me the IPL platform in 2008’
March 4
News – Shane Warne dies aged 52
As it happened – Tributes and reaction
Reactions – Warne’s death leaves cricket fraternity ‘shocked and gutted’
Timeline – The highs and lows of Shane Warne’s cricketing career
Stats from the archive – A magician and a match-winner
In photos – Remembering Shane Warne
Reaction – Cummins: ‘Rest in peace, King’
Reaction – Root: Warne ‘loved the game of cricket and was a joy to be around’