Cricket News

Following England's defeat to Sri Lanka in the final Test at Trent Bridge, the former Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas has urged Pakistan to exploit England's dip in form during their tour next month

Sri Lanka have strengthened their pace attack for the ODI series against England by calling up Dilhara Fernando and Ruchira Perera into a 14-man squad. The five-match series begins at Lord's on June 17. The two replace Nuwan Zoysa and Nuwan Kulasekera in

Andy Roberts, the former West Indies fast bowler, has expressed concern over the criteria for selecting teams as well the power entrusted to Bennett King, the West Indies coach

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that they will now look into players' demands for an increase in pay. This was decided at a meeting of the board's ad-hoc committee.

Shoaib Akhtar has been told by a Pakistan board medical commission he cannot bowl for three weeks and that his selection for the tour of England rests on the recommendation of the commission.

Pedro Collins, the left-arm fast bowler, has replaced the injured Fidel Edwards in a 13-man West Indies squad for the second Test against India beginning at St. Lucia on Saturday

Rahul Dravid has hailed the efforts of his inexperienced fast-bowling attack, enabling India to get within a hairs-breadth of pulling off a historic win.

Brain Lara speaks to the media about the tense final moments at the ARG

Steve Waugh believes England have lost their Ashes-winning momentum and killer instinct after drawing the Test series with Sri Lanka

Dave Ellman-Brown, the former president and later chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, has savaged the current leadership and said that they have destroyed the game in the country

A round-up from the latest County Championship matches

Heeding a request from the Indian team management, Andy Roberts spent some time with Irfan Pathan trying to pin-point the problem areas with regard to his bowling

Fidel Edwards and Corey Collymore survived the last 19 balls of the Test under mounting tension as West Indies managed to save the Antigua Test after they had lost nine wickets

Shaun Pollock is unlikely to be available for the first Test against Sri Lanka, in Colombo, next month as his wife his due to give birth a few days before the match starts

Andrew Hall will play for the Dolphins next season, KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union (KNZCU) announced

Ben Hutton, the Middlesex captain, has dropped himself for their next Championship match, against Yorkshire at Southgate

Polly Umrigar, the former Indian Test batsman, is seriously ill and has been admitted to hospital in Mumbai

Simon Jones has flown to Colorado to consult with Richard Steadman, a world-renowned surgeon, about his knee injury

Sri Lanka's feat of drawing the three-match Test series with England 1-1 has seen them move up one place in the ICC Test Championship table

Wasim Jaffer and MS Dhoni talk to the press after the fourth day of the Antigua Test