Cricket News

Plays of the day from Ireland's win over Bangladesh

Mohammad Ashraful was in sublime touch during his innings of 35 but his dismissal swung the advantage Ireland's way

Both Bangladesh and Ireland will be desperate not to finish bottom of the Super Eights table

Even in the heavy defeat to New Zealand, Ireland were in the game for more than 40 overs. Here, that's about as long as they lasted

With the ruthlessness that everyone has come to expect from the Australians, they overwhelmed Ireland by nine wickets at Bridgetown after demolishing them for 91

Ricky Ponting has sounded a warning to his World Cup opponents, saying his unbeaten team are still capable of raising the bar

Ricky Ponting scoffed at the idea that there would be any element of complacency in Australia's approach to Friday's game against Ireland

India and South Africa will contest a three-match ODI series in Ireland at the end of June, the Indian board have announced, despite original appearances that it would be against Australia

Shaun Tait believes his time with the Australian one-day squad has boosted his rapid development as a bowler

Adrian Birrell, the Ireland coach, will look to his Australian-born captain Trent Johnston to fight fire with fire when the World Cup debutants clash with Ricky Ponting's defending champions in Barbados on Friday

A proposed one-day series between Australia and India in Northern Ireland in June and July is in danger of being scrapped

Dileep Premachandran picks out interesting snippets from the day's play

A sizzling 71-run eighth-wicket partnership helped New Zealand shrug off a start-stop batting effort, enabling them to seal a comprehensive 129-run win against Ireland

Stephen Fleming has said that tinkering with the starting XI would be kept to a minimum

A hamstring injury sustained during training has put Ireland allrounder Andre Botha's availability for the game with New Zealand on April 9 in doubt

Ross Taylor believes he has a 70% chance of playing against Ireland on Monday - provided the fickle Guyana weather holds out

The ICC intercontinental Cup final between Ireland and Canada will now not be held at Chelmsford after discussions between the ICC and Essex stalled

The day's most interesting moments on and off the field

Jacques Kallis helped himself to a steady half-century as South Africa boosted their Super Eights position with a handsome seven-wicket win against Ireland

Dileep Premachandran catches up with Adrian Birrell, the Ireland coach, on the eve of their match against South Africa