Cricket News

Ashley Giles is still struggling with his Achilles tendon problem and may require surgery

Nasser Hussain is not in the Essex squad for the CricInfo Championship game against Northamptonshire

Hampshire chose full strenth side to meet Australia.

In his latest exclusive diary entry for CricInfo, England's wicketkeeper-batsman reflects on the missed opportunities that have put England backs to the wall in the Ashes series

LONDON - England's floundering Ashes prospects were struck a body blow today when Graham Thorpe was ruled out of the third cricket Test just days after returning from a six-week injury lay-off

Well to go two nil up is fantastic

'Jack' Russell has offered to come out of his retirement from Test cricket for the remainder of the Ashes series

England are anxiously awaiting news of Graham Thorpe's injured hand

Graham Thorpe has spoken of his immense disappointment at being sidelined once again because of injury

The MCC have offered half-price tickets for the fourth day of next year's Lord's Tests against either Sri Lanka or India for spectators who witnessed the final session of this year's Test

Both captains were in agreement as to the crucial difference between the teams as they reflected on the Second npower Test at Lord's

England will need to dig deep into their character reserves to stage an Ashes fightback against Australia after crashing to an eight-wicket defeat at Lord's today

England's hopes of saving the Second npower Test were hanging by a thread tonight after an exasperating day of errors and brittle performances

Mark Ramprakash was delighted with his role in the partnership with Mark Butcher on the third day of the Second npower Test at Lord's

Coach Duncan Fletcher has set England a target of 350 in the first innings of the Second Ashes Test at Lord's

Five wickets for Glenn McGrath and a fine century for Mark Waugh gave Australia a tight and possibly inextricable grip over the Second npower Test Match at Lord's

Glenn McGrath, who knocked the stuffing out of the England batting with his five-wicket haul, reckons if Australia can build a first innings lead of 150 they may not have to bat again

LONDON - A mooted one-day cricket series between Australia and India in September has been scrapped

The Super Challenge one-day series between Australia and India set down for September has been cancelled.

England spent a frustrating day battling with disruptions and distractions to give Australia the upper hand at the end of the first day of the Second npower Test Match at Lord's