Cricket News

Jason Gillespie, the Australian fast bowler, has signed a one-year deal with Glamorgan for the 2008 season

The Irish Cricket Union (ICU) and the ECB have agreed that Ireland will host England for ODIs in 2009, 2011 and 2013, while also confirming that Ireland will continue to participate in the English domestic structure "for the foreseeable future"

England women have departed Heathrow to head to Australia in a bid to defend their Ashes title

UAE might be languishing at second from bottom in the 2007-08 Intercontinental Cup, but they remain confident of reversing their fortunes ahead of their match against Namibia on Wednesday

Cri-zelda Brits, South Africa women's team captain, is confident her side will do well in the ICC World Cup qualifiers in Stellenbosch despite losing allrounder Johmari Logtenberg from original squad

Andrew McDonald's second first-class century was not enough for Victoria to earn first-innings points on a day when Brad Hodge's innings was interrupted by a family health problem

Brett Geeves bowled Tasmania into a winning position on the second day against Queensland as the Bulls faced the prospect of a huge first-innings deficit

Les Burdett, the groundsman of the Adelaide Oval, talks about what to expect during the fourth Test

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's vice-captain, says his bowlers did well to exploit Australia's frailties against swing and feels his side achieved a moral victory by competing on equal terms with the opposition

A round-up of day four of the third round of Carib Beer Series

Phil Jaques will put his first taste of Test defeat to positive use, declaring that Australia will be "fiercely competitive" and "as aggressive as possible" in a bid to ram home the series win

Aaron Bird is in line for his first state match since clearing his name over a suspect bowling action

Lance Shaw had a 20th birthday to remember in the Bradford League knockout final yesterday

The Pakistan-Australia series scheduled to start in March could be relocated to Australia if player safety cannot be guaranteed in Pakistan, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald

Prosper Utseya, the Zimbabwe captain, defended his decision to field

Worcestershire have revealed that last summer's devastating floods cost the club in excess of £1m in lost revenue, clear-up costs and replacement of damaged assets

Kenya's have retained the same squad who featured in the first two Intercontinental Cup matches against Bermuda and Canada in Nairobi last year, for their forthcoming matches against Namibia and UAE

South Africa have named an unchanged squad for the second and third one-dayers against West Indies

Chris Gayle will fly home to the Caribbean after admitting that his injured thumb and hamstring will not heal in time for him to play in any of the four remaining ODIs in South Africa

Saudi Arabia won the ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup, but the tournament was marred by six of the ten participants withdrawing