The former Pakistan captain and coach has labelled the shortest format of the game "a virus" which could signal the death of Test cricket

Worcestershire have released Kabir Ali from the final season of his contract with the club after an ongoing dispute

The Indian government has distanced itself from the results of the IPL auction, where none of the 11 Pakistan players up for sale attracted any bid

VVS Laxman will be returning to India from the two-Test series in Bangladesh after injuring his finger while dropping a catch in the first Test in Chittagong

Buoyed by a brilliant century from Ben Stokes, England came back strongly to defeat India in the last league match of the Under-19 World Cup in Lincoln

A round-up of the second day's action in the fourth round of the RBS Pentangular Cup

England's latest Test captain, Alastair Cook, has his best years ahead of him, according Graham Gooch, England's most prolific Test run-scorer and Cook's batting mentor.

Defending champions Ireland will be aiming for their first victory in the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup when they go up against Afghanistan in Dambulla on Thursday

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has hit out at the IPL organisers after none of the Pakistan players were sold in the auction held in Mumbai yesterday

Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has said he is raring to go in the five-match ODI series against Australia, beginning in Brisbane on Friday

Naeemuddin Aslam's maiden first-class hundred bolstered the United Arab Emirates on the first day of their Intercontinental Shield match against Uganda at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. He finished unbeaten on 120 as UAE went to stumps on 314 for

Centuries from Mohammad Kaif and Parvinder Singh put Central Zone in a strong position against East Zone

Sussex will retain the services of Dwayne Smith, the West Indies allrounder, for this year's domestic Twenty20 competition. His signing is subject to his being granted a work permit, however, as Smith's Kolpak status expired in October last year and so he

The IPL is set to become the first sporting event to be broadcast live on the internet video-sharing platform, Youtube, thanks to a partnership with Google

A round-up of the sixth day's games at the Under-19 World Cup

The teenage wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy will make her international debut in next month's Rose Bowl series after Australia's captain Jodie Fields was ruled out with a serious hamstring injury

Wasim Akram has expressed surprise over the appointment of Eric Simons as bowling consultant for the Indian team

The teenager Mitchell Marsh has been named in the Prime Minister's XI side to take on the West Indians in Canberra on February 4

Karen Rolton, the former Australia captain, has announced her retirement from international cricket after a 14-year career

Marcus North has defended his position as Australia's Test No. 6 and will use the next few weeks in Sheffield Shield cricket to try to regain his best form ahead of the tour of New Zealand