Cricket News

Easterns maintained their increasing stranglehold on Zimbabwe domestic cricket with a seven-run win over Westerns in the final of the Twenty20 cup at Harare Sports Club

Peter Chingoka, the Zimbabwe Cricket chairman, has given an upbeat interview to the Sydney Morning Herald, although he refused to be drawn on some of the more contentious issues affecting his country

Andrew Miller with the Plays of the Day on the first day of the Napier Test

Merv Wallace, who made his Test debut before the war and who was considered one the leading New Zealand post-war batsmen, has died at the age of 91

Kevin Pietersen ended the first barren run of his international career with a commanding 129 on the opening day in Napier, although his performance only went to highlight another woeful effort from England's top orde

Easterns have won Zimbabwe's provincial Twenty20 tournament with a seven-run win over Westerns in the final on Good Friday, but concerns over standards of play over the three days hogged the limelight

Hasan Raza bludgeoned the highest score in ICL history to ensure the Lahore Badshahs continued their triumphant march with a convincing 50-run win over the Mumbai Champs

Yorkshire ended Lancashire's unbeaten run in the Pro ARCH Trophy, winning the Good Friday Roses clash at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium by 41 runs

South Africa's coach Mickey Arthur played down concerns that South Africa will be under-prepared for the Test series against India, which they go into without any practice games

Elvin James is confident Bermuda will be in a position to host Scotland for an Intercontinental Cup match in July, providing the pitch at the National Sports Centre receives the ICC seal of approval

While the Indian Cricket League and ECB continue to spar, there is encouraging news for Mushtaq Ahmed who has received a second No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

Lawyers working for the Indian Cricket League are preparing the ground to file lawsuits against the ECB, following yesterday's news that five ICL players have been refused registration by the England board

Alfred Absolem completely destroyed the Ahmedabad Rocket's chase of 175 with 7 for 15, the best figures in the ICL to date

Some of Bermuda's most talented young cricketers will compete for an Americas XI in a mini World Cup to be held in the West Indies next month

Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president, has revealed that Sachin Tendulkar had recommended Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the captaincy

Harbhajan Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have been declared fit for the Test series against South Africa after a test at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore

Bangladesh have a great chance at sweeping Ireland 3-0

Cricket Association of Bengal [CAB] and Red Chillies Entertainment, the company which owns the local franchise Kolkata Knightriders, struck a compromise deal on ticket-sharing

Kingfisher Airlines, run by Vijay Mallya, the Bangalore franchise owner, is the latest to sign on with the IPL, sealing a five-year deal for US$ 26.5 million as the official umpire partner