Stephen Fleming has requested that the umpires standing in the second Test against Sri Lanka, in Wellington, (starting Monday) remove their black trousers because the New Zealand batsmen were finding it almost impossible to pick up the ball from

County cricketers could represent two teams in a season under a new loan system that has been agreed between the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) and the ECB, in an attempt to curb the influx of foreign players into the county game

The Pakistan cricket team received a minor shock when they reached Ranchi as an unidentified person hurled a stone at their team bus

Ajit Agarkar has been called in to the side for the third one-day international against Pakistan as a replacement for the injured Laxmipathy Balaji

Cricket fans in Australia will get a chance to watch the Women's World Cup final in South Africa after television network Foxtel today secured the rights to show the game live from SuperSport Park in Pretoria

Pakistan has recalled Danish Kaneria for the third one-day international against India at Jamshedpur, in place of Arshad Khan

Zimbabwe A's tour of Kenya next month has been thrown into doubt by continuing squabbles inside Kenya, according to a report in the Zimbabwe Independent

Sourav Ganguly is hoping luck will favour him as he attempts to get out of his run of poor form

West Indies sealed their three-match one-day series against South Africa after knocking off their target with 23 overs and seven wickets to spare

Mudassar Nazar has arrived back in Kenya and is set to resume his coaching duties despite reports that he was about to turn his back on the country

Phil DeFreitas, the last active English cricketer who knows how it feels to win the Ashes, has announced that he is retiring at the end of the forthcoming season

Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka, to be played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington starting on April 11

Pakistan's tour of India, well-conducted so far, was blemished when an unidentified person threw a stone at the Pakistan team bus at the Ranchi airport

Auckland won the State Championship 2004-05 with a seven-wicket triumph over Wellington in the final at Auckland's Eden Park Oval

The ICC has revealed that Namibia will host the semi-finals and final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup in October

Bennett King, the West Indies coach, has cautioned his bowlers against bowling no-balls in the second Test in Trinidad starting tomorrow

Ryan Hinds, who struck a patient 48 in the first innings of the opening Test against South Africa, has been ruled out of the second game due to a viral illness

Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka, to be played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington starting on April 11

Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka, to be played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington starting on April 11

Inzamam-ul-Haq has had his second run-in with the ICC match referee, Chris Broad, in the space of a fortnight, after receiving a reprimand for his reaction to being given out in the second one-day international against India at Visakhapatnam