Cricket News

Jesse Ryder met with New Zealand coach Mike Hesson following the first Test against Australia, but there appears to be no change in the status quo with regard to his possible return

Captain Suzie Bates continued her excellent form, stroking her third fifty-plus score in four matches, to help New Zealand Women wrap up the series against Australia Women

James Pattinson's international future is clouded, after scans showed a worrying recurrence of shin stress problems, following his exertions for Australia in their recent Test series victory in New Zealand

India won both their games in the Asia Cup so far, against Bangladesh and Pakistan. Sri Lanka beat UAE but lost to Bangladesh, and another defeat will make qualification hard

Steven Smith must quickly sort through pressing questions of selection and strategy as he looks to make Australia challengers at the World T20

Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has been ruled ouf of the remainder of the Asia Cup T20 with a side strain

Giles Clarke, the ECB president, faces the prospect of being called to appear before the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee, to explain his role in the controversial ICC structural reforms of February 2014

Trisha Chetty and Dane van Niekerk both stroked half-centuries, paving the way for South Africa Women's 35-run win against West Indies Women in East London

Nottinghamshire have signed Jackson Bird, the Australia fast bowler, as a replacement for Peter Siddle who faces an extended period on the sidelines after being diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back

The BCCI ombudsman Justice AP Shah has ruled that there is no conflict of interest case that can be established against national selector Vikram Rathour and the board's media manager Nishant Arora

Pakistan tried to sink their teeth into the target and suddenly found it was more than they could chew. The top three fell early, but Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal buckled down and took Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory against UAE in Mirpur

R Ashwin believes Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah's ability to swing the ball in the Powerplay and hamper the batsmen later in the innings, has given India a whole new dimension to their attack

Specsavers has been announced as the new sponsor of the County Championship, replacing insurers LV= after a 14-year association

New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor believes he will be back to full fitness before the start of the upcoming World Twenty20 in India

A round-up of the Regional 4 Day Tournament matches that ended on February 28, 2016

Angelo Mathews praised the performance of Dushmantha Chameera after he had been tasked with filling the shoes of Lasith Malinga against Bangladesh

Pakistan and UAE will need their wobbling batting to take inspiration from their fabulous bowling to open their account in the Asia Cup

An impressive all-round bowling display from Lions helped secure them the Momentum One-Day Cup with a comfortable eight-wicket win

After they ran into early trouble, Sabbir Rahman scored more than half of Bangladesh's runs. Their bowlers followed it up by squeezing Sri Lanka in the 148-run chase, eventually picking up their second win in the Asia Cup by 23 runs

India batsman Virat Kohli has been fined 30% of his match fee for violating the ICC Code of Conduct by showing dissent after he was given out in the Asia Cup game against Pakistan