Cricket News

The second day of the three day championship match between Somerset Second Eleven and Gloucestershire ended evenly balanced, after the hosts dismissed their visitors for 244 by the close of play

Sachin Tendulkar's 113 took India to their highest score in the NatWest Series so far

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided in principle to take legal action against individuals and newspapers who accuse the national team players without evidence

Leicestershire have expressed their delight at the selection of Darren Stevens and Matthew Whiley in the provisional squad announced for the England National Academy in Australia this winter

The 2002 Red Stripe Competition will now be played in St

Kabir Ali's excellent form has earned the talented all rounder a double boost with him securing his second Hewett Recruitment Player of the Month Award and a place in the initial 20 strong ECB Academy shortlist

Aftab Habib has received a reprimand under the ECB's new discipline code following an incident during Essex's Frizzell County Championship Division Two fixture with Glamorgan at Swansea on 5th July

India's women were humbled for the second time in two days at Jersey, folding for an embarrassing 26 chasing a modest target set by the world champion New Zealanders

Somerset continued to consolidate their position of strength at the end of the second day of their championship match against Yorkshire at Scarborough

Sorry FICA, but your awards and allocation of places on the International Hall of Fame have to be taken with a hefty helping of cynicism

Pakistan captain Waqar Younis wants Shoaib Akhtar to participate in world's fastest bowlers competition in India though the cricket board has declined permission to the local boy to lock horns with Australian Brett Lee

If the latest release of the Lancashire Transco League averages is anything to go by then the South Africans are having a bumper year in the minor leagues and the Northern Titans players preparing well for the coming domestic season

BAT Sports skipper Dave Banks believes the toss could have a major bearing on the outcome of tomorrow's top of the table ECB Southern Electric Premier League clash against leaders Havant at Havant Park, 11am

Rowledge have put their Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 relegation worries aside by reaching the last 16 of the National Village Championship, sponsored by The Cricketer magazine

Mudassar Nazar was eying more victories as the Pakistan cricket team enters the most crucial phases that leads upto next year's World Cup

A phone call out of the blue may yet see former New Zealand swing bowler Simon Doull on the first-class scene next summer

The new Somerset `Hero of the Week' is Matthew Wood, who scored a century in each innings of the championship match against Surrey at the County Ground last week

Somerset gained their first win in Second XI competition when they beat Gloucestershire at the County Ground in Taunton yesterday

MELBOURNE - Having lived the boyhood dream in 35 Tests and 92 one-day internationals for Australia, Paul Reiffel may have found a way to extend his international cricketing career for decades to come

England today announced that Dominic Cork had been drafted into their NatWest Series squad following James Kirtley's withdrawal with a fractured right hand last weekend