Cricket News

James Anderson was the man to breathe life into English cricket until he ran out of steam against South Africa

The wait is nearly over

Eight players have been awarded central contracts by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a deal which could net each of them as much as £400,000 over the next year

England's selectors today named the tour parties for the first part of this winter's tour

The Zimbabwean cricketers, Andy Flower and Henry Olonga, were last night honoured by the Cricket Writers' Club during their annual dinner at Hyde Park in London

After muttering under their breath about the state of the Trent Bridge pitch, South Africa lost two wickets in the opening over of the day, and a fretful Jacques Kallis shortly afterwards

James Anderson may not have done much of note in the Tests against South Africa so far, but his performances over the last season were enough to ensure that he was voted Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club (CWC)

One-nil down with three to go

England's performance was streets better today

On Thursday, the BBC website ran an interview with Nasser Hussain's brother, in which he hinted that the end of a great career was nigh

After an absence of almost two years, Darren Gough has been recalled to England's Test squad for next week's first npower Test against South Africa at Edgbaston

The England Coach Duncan Fletcher has made the following decision regarding the availability of England's contracted players to their Counties ahead of the 1st npower Test Match at Edgbaston on July 24th

Whisper it quietly, but there is an aggression and confidence about this England side that has more than a hint of Australia about it

England added the NatWest Series trophy to their cabinet with a crushing seven-wicket win over a demoralised South Africa at Lord's

Andrew Flintoff thumped a rapid 47 not out to help England complete a six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe at Bristol to book their place in the NatWest Series final

Fortunes may be about to change for New Zealand in one-day international cricket if the latest rankings are any guide

James Anderson: a wicket with his first ball, and then wrapped things up with a hat-trick Experience is the key, so the sages say, if England's young side are to compete with the best by the 2007 World Cup

England's easy win at Riverside has presented the selectors with an unfamiliar problem

James Anderson has become the youngest player ever to take a hat-trick for Lancashire, as Essex slumped to 97 for 7 at lunch on the first day of the Frizzell County Championship Division One match at Old Trafford

The England and Wales Cricket Board today announced that Lancashire's James Anderson and Durham's Stephen Harmison have been awarded six month summer contracts to cover this summer's international programme.