Cricket News

India's women cricketers can now play in overseas leagues in Australia and England, subject to their contracts being approved by the BCCI

Indian women cleared to play overseas leagues

Chaminda Bandara has been called in as a replacement for the injured Dushmantha Chameera in Sri Lanka's squad for the third Test against England at Lord's

Bandara called in for Chameera for third Test

Virat Kohli, in irresistible form in Twenty20 cricket and the captain of the Indian Test team, has found himself in the top ten of the global sports fame list put together by ESPN

Kohli, Dhoni the only cricketers in ESPN's World Fame 100

Chris Gayle's return to the NatWest T20 Blast was overshadowed by a superb hundred from Chris Nash as Sussex beat Somerset in a one-sided contest at Hove to make it two wins from two in the South Group

Nash, Mills upstage Gayle in Sussex romp

Paul Collingwood proved the match-winner for Durham in the NatWest T20 Blast tie against Nottinghamshire at chilly Chester-le-Street

Collingwood stars in comfortable win

Essex strolled to a seven-wicket victory with 22 balls to spare in their T20 Blast encounter with Glamorgan in Cardiff

Steyn stalled as Ryder leads Essex home

BCCI president Anurag Thakur has said that a rollback of the constitutional revamp that gave India, England and Australia greater administrative and financial power at the ICC is not a certainty

Rollback of 'Big Three' revamp not confirmed - Thakur

BCCI president Anurag Thakur has said combined teams from India's northeastern states will be selected to play BCCI tournaments across all age groups going forward, to help develop young cricketers from the region

Combined northeast teams to play BCCI tournaments across age groups

Tim Bresnan and Adil Rashid picked up four wickets each as Yorkshire completed a hard-fought victory over the Red Rose rivals

Yorkshire sing thanks to Bresnan's swing

01-Jun-2016•Paul Edwards at Headingley

Khawaja finds his peace in the middle

Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has said that the shattering death of Phillip Hughes and his Muslim faith has contributed to a more balanced outlook on the game

01-Jun-2016•Daniel Brettig

Klinger, Taylor tons power Gloucs to fourth-innings target

Gloucestershire's enterprising approach was rewarded on the final afternoon as century-makers Michael Klinger and Jack Taylor powered them to a five wicket win over Worcestershire in the Specsavers County Championship clash at New Road

Eoin Morgan has accepted that his commitment to limited-overs cricket may have ended his hopes of winning back a place in England's Test team

Morgan shelves Test ambitions for 'special' white-ball side

01-Jun-2016•George Dobell

ICC planning two Test divisions amid major overhaul

Promotion and relegation could be introduced into Test cricket as early as 2019, if ICC chief executive David Richardson has his way

01-Jun-2016•George Dobell

Jersey captain Gough credits stable squad for promotion

Jersey captain Peter Gough has said that the camaraderie within the squad since 2014 has been crucial to the side's success

01-Jun-2016•Peter Della Penna

Middlesex's glass looks Fuller after first win

The tale of an utterly one-sided contest was summed up neatly by the reactions of the two dressing rooms when Middlesex finally finished Hampshire off

01-Jun-2016•Will Macpherson at Merchant Taylors' School

BCCI advertises for India coach role

The BCCI has opened the recruitment process for the position of head coach of the Indian team, with the deadline for applications being June 10

A round-up of all DPL matches played on June 1, 2016

Ashok Menaria takes Doleshwar to top spot

01-Jun-2016•Mohammad Isam

SA independent review 'abandoned'

The four-person independent panel assigned to review South Africa's national teams performance last season has disbanded without completing its work

01-Jun-2016•Firdose Moonda

Middlesex release Ireland batsman Balbirnie

Andy Balbirnie, the Ireland batsman, has been released by his county Middlesex after he was ruled out of the 2016 season