Cricket News

Shaun Tait will have surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday, leaving him with only a 50-50 chance of playing in the Twenty20 World Championship in September

Tait to have elbow surgery

Peter Chingoka may have eased his way past the potential problems posed by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's AGM, where the board's hardline majority retrained control, but according to a report in a local paper, his troubles are far from over

Chingoka accused of intimidation and manipulation

Vince Hogg has announced his intention to resign as managing director of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union

Vince Hogg resigns as managing director of ZCU

The Zimbabwe Cricket Union held a press conference in Harare this afternoon to brief the media on last week's talks with the ICC in Dubai

Chingoka defends Zimbabwe's corner

Peter Chingoka, chairman of the Zimbwabe board, arrives in Dubai today to meet representatives of the ICC in a bid to salvage Zimbabwe's international status

Chingoka meets ICC in Dubai

Chandigarh's Sector 16 stadium is likely to host its first one-day international for 14 years when Australia tour India later this year

Chandigarh's Sector 16 stadium set for ODI

Salman Butt has been appointed Pakistan's vice-captain until December as PCB finalises categories for central contracts

Butt named Malik's deputy

Shivnarine Chanderpaul may not be the most attractive batsman to watch, but what's remarkable is his consistency

Plain old Chanders

18-Jun-2007•Fazeer Mohammed

McCullum goes home to Otago

Brendon McCullum will return to Otago for the 2007-08 season after ending his four-year stay at Canterbury

Lisa Keightley has become the first woman to be appointed as coach of the Australia women's team

Keightley to coach Australia's women

Geoff Lawson has flown to Islamabad for an interview for the Pakistan coaching job

Pakistan board eases Lawson's safety concerns

A round-up of the latest Championship matches

Hick reaches 40,000 first-class runs

17-Jun-2007•Alan Curr

Henderson replaces Vaas at Middlesex

Middlesex have signed Tyron Henderson, the South Africa allrounder, as a replacement for Chaminda Vaas who is committed to Sri Lanka's series against Bangaldesh, later this month

Kevin Pietersen wants to be a member of an England side that 'demolishes' Australia in two years time after the team's 5-0 Ashes humbling.

Pietersen wants Ashes revenge

Netherlands have announced two new faces in a 13-man squad for their Canada tour which kicks off at the end of June

Two new faces in Netherlands squad

England lost three quick wickets, including that of Kevin Pietersen, as West Indies fought back strongly in the final session of the third day at Chester-le-Street

West Indies inspired by Chanderpaul resilience

17-Jun-2007•The Bulletin by Will Luke

Chinese women gear up for Asian championships

A sign of cricket's growing popularity in China, especially among women, is that there are 19 teams in the women's National Championships this year as opposed to only six last year when the tournament was started

In a scathing attack, former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi has termed Sunil Gavaskar as a 'destructive' influence and felt he 'always liked power without accountability'

Gavaskar a 'destructive' influence - Bishan Bedi