Cricket News

While the World Cup qualifiers cannot ensure more matches per team over the next four years, it can throw up at least two or three quality sides who can then take their game forward

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was clear where India lost the game: the failure of his batsmen to show more responsibility

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to announce cash prizes for the state association that will come up with the "best pitch" and "best outfield" for the Twenty20 tournament starting April 18

Ricky Ponting has brushed aside suggestions that off-field distractions centring on Australian participation in the IPL has led to his current slump in form

Nagraj Gollapudi rewinds the Plays of the day from the ODI between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval

Matthew Hayden, Andrew Symonds and Ricky Ponting are struggling and if it was not for the men at the bottom of the order the team would be at the foot of the tri-series instead of the top

Matt Prior has spoken of his difficulty in coming to terms with the "character assassinations" from sections of the media and even the public

Australia and England began their Under-19 World Cup campaigns in style with easy wins against Namibia and Ireland, while Pakistan routed hosts Malaysia

A round-up of the latest action from the State Shield in New Zealand

Jamaica, led by a fine all-round performance by Marlon Samuels, who top-scored with 47 and took a brace of wickets, claimed a convincing eight-wicket win over Nevis to enter the semi-finals of the Stanford 20/20

New South Wales and Victoria will play in the Pura Cup final after they each earned a point by finishing their first innings level on 394

Lisa Sthalekar played the Test innings of her life, and she's not done yet, to hold off a strong England threat in Bowral and leave Australia with a 105-run lead heading into a prospectively thrilling final day

India Under-19s bowled out Papua New Guinea Under-19 to claim a 195-run win at the Kinrara Oval

A valuable half-century from Michael Clarke kept Australia afloat before a tigerish bunch of fielders backed up accurate bowlers to pull off a memorable 50-run win in Adelaide

Andrew Symonds says the loyalty of Australia's best players will be tested over the next couple of years

The Cricket Association of Bengal, where matches of the Kolkata franchise will be played, believes the present ticketing plan has not taken into the account the usual match-day arrangement with its members and fears legal complications arising out of it

It's not a tag you would want to hand any young cricketer, but Stuart Broad's success in the early days of his international career is already getting him dubbed as Andrew Flintoff's successor

India versus Papua New Guinea appears to be a huge mismatch, but for the underdogs it's a big opportunity to learn from the experience of playing against the best

The latest intake for South Africa's High Performance Programme includes a number of players with international experience as the selectors continue to assess the depth of talent available

A quirky Cricket Australia regulation has provided a last-minute hitch in negotiations to allow its contract holders to take part in the Indian Premier League