Cricket News

The Indian Premier League, the BCCI-backed Twenty20 league, continues to gather steam - the eight cities in which the teams are to be based will be revealed when the bids for the franchises involved are opened on Thursday

A round-up from the opening matches of Sri Lanka's Premier League

Takashinga maintained their stranglehold over club cricket with a 62-run win over Bulawayo Athletic Club in the National League final in Mutare

After Pakistan's convincing win over Zimbabwe in their series opener in Karachi, the two teams head to the unfamiliar territory of the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad, where no international match has taken place for ten years

Sreesanth was in Delhi, where it's bitterly cold, as the chief guest for the Gatorade Pacers' talent hunt but didn't allow the weather to dampen his spirits

Shaun Marsh's first one-day century was not enough for Western Australia to overcome a strong all-round effort from New South Wales at the SCG

Andrew Flintoff is heading to India with Lancashire's academy in late-February, as he steps up his rehabilitation from ankle surgery, and hopes to join his county colleagues in a tournament in the UAE in March if he manages to prove his fitness

Gatorade Pacers' second edition came to a successful finale in New Delhi, with ten fast bowlers chosen for a six-week training camp at the MRF Pace Foundation

Terry Jenner, Shane Warne's former coach and mentor, reckons India should play both Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh in the Adelaide Test

So beautiful is the Adelaide Oval that you feel like forgetting this state of series, the quiet tension enveloping the ground and the sheer anticipation of one of the most important Tests in recent times

A career-best 6 for 57 from Peter Siddle gave Victoria hope of a final-day victory but they again let the South Australia lower order get away to set the home side a target of 264

South Africa face a demanding task of three Tests in three weeks after the itinerary for their tour of India was announced

The presence of Matthew Hayden has had a calming effect on Australia over the past eight years, but when he strides back into the side in Adelaide the emotion felt will be relief

Clinton Perren did his best to avoid an innings defeat for Queensland but the Bulls still faced a mammoth task to save the match against Tasmania

Anil Kumble seeks inspiration from India's 2003 victory at the Adelaide Oval, the match which revived his career and stunned the home side

Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara is hoping to be fully fit in six weeks and resume duties for Trinidad and Tobago

Australia's keeper Jodie Purves has broken her thumb and will miss the entire series. She will be replaced by Leonie Coleman

Mick Lewis, the late-blooming fast bowler who became a key member of Victoria's attack and then set an unwanted international record, has announced his retirement

Ricky Ponting will keep India guessing about Australia's bowling attack until the last minute, refusing to say that Shaun Tait will be replaced by Brad Hogg

England Under-19s won the opening match of their pre-World Cup visit to Sri Lanka, beating a Sri Lankan Under-19 XI by 12 runs in a rain-affected game