Cricket News

The chief executive of the International Cricket Council, Malcolm Speed, has tonight been explaining why the ICC's technical committee rejected England's request for their World Cup match in Zimbabwe to be moved to South Africa

England's bowlers put in another clinical performance to set up what should be another manageable victory target at Buffalo Park against Border

England's World Cup build-up continued smoothly at Buffalo Park, where they strolled to a comprehensive win over Border in their second lead-up match

Craig White is encouraged by his comeback from injury after playing a useful role in England's World Cup lead-up against Border.

After considering England's diabolical run of misfortune with injuries throughout their recent Ashes tour, it would be wise to lay a finger - perhaps a whole hand for good measure - upon the trustiest plank of timber at your disposal before

On Tuesday evening David Graveney, chairman of the England selectors and chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association, was in London where World Cups seem to be like the buses

England selectors have today announced that Lydia Greenway, the Kent and England U-19 batsman, has been called into the women's Test squad to face Australia in a two Test Ashes Series later this month

A 14-man squad for the ECB National Academy tour to Malaysia and Sri Lanka was named today.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is to ask the World Cup technical committee to reschedule England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe.

Alec Stewart played a captain's innings to marshall his troops after England had a small taste of trouble in their opening World Cup lead-up match in Motherwell

LONDON, Feb 2 AP - Cricket's world governing body said today it doesn't want to publicise its security report on England's game against Zimbabwe in case details fall into the wrong hands

England all-rounder Craig White is to be given extra time to pass a fitness test prior to the World Cup

SYDNEY, AAP - Australia must be favoured because South Africa is carrying a passenger

Motivated by a desire to see why a country of four million people like New Zealand could hold a third ranking in world Test cricket, Englishman Phil Relf has been studying what makes New Zealand cricket tick over the summer

During the ICC Board of Directors' teleconference this morning, David Morgan, the ECB Chairman, did not put forward a formal resolution to the ICC Board to move England's match against Zimbabwe from Harare

England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Harare on February 13th will go ahead as planned after the International Cricket Council revealed that there had been no formal motion tabled by the England and Wales Cricket Board to have the fixture

The International Cricket Council have restated their position that England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Harare on February 13th will go ahead as planned, following today's teleconference over security at the tournament

The Australian Under 19s were indebted to an innings of 113 not out in the second youth "Test" against England in Melbourne

Jim McConnon, the former Glamorgan and England spinner, died yesterday at his home in Altrincham, aged 80

The row over England's scheduled World Cup match in Harare took a new turn when the players' representative, Richard Bevan, managing director of the Professional Cricketers Association, read out a statement on their behalf