News Index

Kenya in Scotland 2013

Scotland to host Kenya in five-match series

Jun 18, 2013: Scotland will host Kenya for a five-match series between June 30 to July 10, and the teams will play two World Cricket League matches, two T20 matches and one Intercontinental Cup match

The Investec Ashes 2013

Australia low on confidence - Bailey

Jun 17, 2013: George Bailey, Australia's stand-in captain for the Champions Trophy, has admitted that Australia are low on confidence, reasoning that the fate of the Ashes hinges on the result of the first couple of Tests

Australia v SL, Champions Trophy, Group A, The Oval

Sri Lanka propelled by a little Mahela magic

Jun 17, 2013: Mahela Jayawardene is adept at making hard runs when his team needs him, and he did so again in this match

Australia v SL, Champions Trophy, Group A, The Oval

The remake that has gone bust

Jun 17, 2013: Long gone are the days when any group of Australian cricketers were world-beaters. Now the best they've got just doesn't look good enough

Australia v SL, Champions Trophy, Group A, The Oval

Watson's diminishing returns

Jun 17, 2013: With the retirement of Michael Hussey and injury to Michael Clarke, Australia desperately needed Shane Watson to perform at the Champions Trophy

Australia v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy 2013, The Oval

When Clarke gave Bailey the Moyes glare

Jun 17, 2013: Tweet report for the Champions Trophy game between Australia and Sri Lanka

County cricket

Adams' failure not all his own making

Jun 17, 2013: Problems arguably out of his control contributed to Chris Adams' downfall and have clouded his legacy

Ireland v Australia A, Belfast, 4th day

Henriques four sees off Ireland

Jun 17, 2013: After three competitive days, Ireland were overturned on the final day in Belfast as Moises Henriques' four wickets bowled Australia A to a 93-run victory

County news

Five years, one trophy for Adams

Jun 17, 2013: A timeline of Chris Adams' tenure at The Oval as he is sacked after five years

Bangladesh domestic news

Top cricketers threaten to pull out of Dhaka league

Jun 17, 2013: Top cricketers in Bangladesh have threatened to "stay away" from this season's Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League after the BCB proposed a change in the players' transfer system

County news

Adams' sacking no knee-jerk reaction

Jun 17, 2013: Surrey's mid-season sacking of Chris Adams and his assistant Ian Salisbury is more the preserve of football than cricket

Corruption in the IPL

Chandila sent to three-day police custody

Jun 17, 2013: Ajit Chandila, the suspended Rajasthan Royals cricketer, has been sent to three-day police custody by a Delhi court for interrogation under provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act

Australia v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy, Group A, Cardiff

Sri Lanka hold their nerve to reach semi-final

Jun 17, 2013: A victorious Sri Lanka will play in Cardiff on Thursday. A humbled Australia will start pondering the Ashes, and the state of disrepair their cricket has fallen into

County news

Chris Adams sacked by Surrey

Jun 17, 2013: Chris Adams has been sacked as Surrey's team director while his assistant, Ian Salisbury, has also lost his job

India in West Indies 2013

India squad unchanged for West Indies tri-series

Jun 17, 2013: India have name an unchanged squad from the one playing in the Champions Trophy for the ODI tri-series in the West Indies, which begins on June 28

England v NZ, Champions Trophy, Group A, Cardiff

NZ come up short when it counts

Jun 16, 2013: On Groundhog Day for England and New Zealand, gloom descended on the Kiwis despite their previous form

Essex v Lancashire, YB40 Group B, Chelmsford

Chapple torments Essex again

Jun 16, 2013: Simon Katich and Glen Chapple put Essex to the sword once more as Lancashire won by 64 runs in the Yorkshire Bank 40 Group B match

Durham v Scotland, YB40 Group B, Chester-le-Street

Durham crush sorry Scots

Jun 16, 2013: Durham bowled Scotland out for 91 before wrapping up a seven-wicket Yorkshire Bank 40 triumph at Chester-le-Street, as the visitors' miserable form in the competition continued

Worcestershire v Netherlands, YB40 Group A, New Road

Netherlands claim first scalp

Jun 16, 2013: Netherlands clinched their first Yorkshire Bank 40 victory of the season after beating Worcestershire by six wickets in a rain-affected match at New Road

England v NZ, Champions Trophy, Group A, Cardiff

Never write off Alastair Cook

Jun 16, 2013: England's captain has proved the doubters wrong on many occasions and continues to improve as a batsman and play a key role for his side