Cricket News

Yorkshire took a giant step towards qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 by beating Lancashire by 19 runs in front of a 10,350 crowd at Headingley.

Defending champions Leicestershire slumped to their fifth defeat in six games in the Friends Life t20 North Group

Pace bowlers Steve Patterson and Mitchell Starc were quick to make their mark on the first day of Yorkshire's match against Northamptonshire

A hundred from Luke Wright helped Sussex maintain their unbeaten record in Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C as they eased to a four-wicket win over Yorkshire

Mitchell Starc, the Australia left-arm quick, will not be able to make his Yorkshire debut this week after being deported following a visa error

Andrew Gale, Yorkshire captain, has earmarked his county's match against Gloucestershire at Bristol on May 9 as Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc's debut for the county.

Phil Jaques, the former Australia batsman, has had his registration as a non-overseas player for Yorkshire cleared by the ECB

Yorkshire are close to a deal with Mitchell Starc as their coach, Jason Gillespie acts to strengthen their pace bowling resources

Nathan Coulter-Nile pressed his case for an Australia call-up with a compelling allround display, but New South Wales were still able to achieve a four-wicket victory over the Warriors

Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, has been dropped from the ODI squad for the remainder of the triangular series following the worst batting slump of his limited overs career

Mitchell Starc's presently irresistible blend of swing, speed and direction is all in the wrist - the result of a fiendishly simple piece of advice from Wasim Akram

In the end just one run separated the two sides with Marcus North run out off the last ball to give Sydney Sixers the narrowest of victories over Perth Scorchers

Nathan Lyon's recall in place of a fast bowler will be the only change to Australia's XI for the fourth Test against India at Adelaide Oval, the national selector John Inverarity has confirmed

As Mitchell Starc swung the ball at the WACA, it was hard to tell if it was the breeze or his wrist position that was making it work. But the way he hooped the ball in the Big Bash League last week, it seems it is a skill that he is starting to master

Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon might have to wait until the morning of the match to find out which of them will carry the drinks for the third Test against India in Perth

A lethal spell of swing bowling from Mitchell Starc led the Sydney Sixers to a 17-run win in a rain-affected game over cross-town rivals Sydney Thunder at Stadium Australia

Australia's young fast bowling spearhead James Pattinson is out of the remainder of the Test series against India after scans revealed the early signs of stress fractures in the metatarsal bone of his left foot

Ryan Harris has been deemed fit to return to Australia's squad, but Shane Watson's prospects for the remainder of the Test summer look increasingly cloudy

Mitchell Starc's debut day for Australia began with a pep-talk from Richie Benaud. It ended with two wickets and an enhanced reputation

Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle and Ben Cutting have been named as the Australian pace quartet for the first Test against New Zealand