Essex bowled West Indians out for 146 and closed the second day of the tour match at Chelmsford 292 runs in front with seven second-innings wickets in hand.

Following the latest Rajasthan Royals' batting collapse, Shane Warne has called on his top order to take more responsibility if the team is to defend their title of IPL champions

A round-up from the second weekend of Friends Provident Trophy action

Derbyshire have given contracts to Dan Redfern, Jake Needham, Jonathan Clare and Paul Borrington which will keep the players with the club until the end of 2012

Pakistan captain Younis Khan was docked 50% of his match fee while the rest of the players were fined 20% of theirs

Adam Gilchrist and Sachin Tendulkar, respective captains of Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians, have been fined $20,000 each for maintaining a slow over-rate during the IPL game in Durban on Saturday

Kolkata Knight Riders have asked the senior pair of Aakash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar to return to India since they do not fit in the present "scheme of things"

Nasir Jamshed, the Pakistan opener, will return home after pulling his hamstring in the first match of the one-day series against Australia, team manager Yawar Saeed said Sunday

A committed Australia hit back to level the series on Friday and show they would not be swept aside by Pakistan's crafty spin

The Bangalore Royal Challengers' struggling campaign has received another setback with Rahul Dravid returning to India to be with his wife for the birth of their second child

The resting of first-choice players during major international series is causing concern for the Australian Cricketers' Association

A round-up from the Championship as the latest matches come to a close with Derbyshire notching victory against Surrey

If Warwickshire go on to miss out on the championship by a handful of points, they will surely rue the final day of this match

Alastair Cook made his return from a finger injury against the West Indians, at Chelmsford, but looked far from comfortable as he made 46 while Essex were bowled out for 263 on the opening day

Former Scotland international Ian Stanger has launched a scatching attack on the team's professionalism in the aftermath of their failure to qualify for the 2011 World Cup

It is an excitement unknown in one-day cricket but still loved by the traditionalist: the sight of a team fighting the odds trying to salvage a hard-earned draw

And so we have a new leader

Persistent Cape Town rains made sure that Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders didn't get on the park for their match

New Zealand Cricket has expressed disappointment over Richard Hadlee's apparent move to the unsanctioned American Premier League