Cricket News

R Ashwin, India's No. 1 spinner, has said he is close to full fitness, which should come as relief to the team after losing both the T20I and ODI series to South Africa

The jury in Chris Cairns' perjury trial has heard that Lou Vincent needed the "release" of confessing to his involvement in match-fixing

Jos Buttler is likely to be dropped for the final Test against Pakistan in Sharjah with Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, conceding that some players are relieved when removed from the pressure of international cricket amid a struggle for form

Kumar Sangakkara has enrolled for the draft of the franchise-based T20 tournament Pakistan Super League

Inside two weeks, the UAE has hosted two dramatic Test matches showing the full flavour of longest format of the game

Two days after South Africa piled up the highest total in an ODI on Indian soil, Sachin Tendulkar has said that allowing only four fielders outside the 30-yard circle has paved the way for bigger totals

Shane Warne has said he would be keen to spend time bowling with Yasir Shah in the nets while he is on a brief visit to Dubai this week

A round-up of the NCL matches ending on October 27, 2015

Having sealed a maiden ODI series win against a Full Member side, Afghanistan will look to repeat the feat in the T20 series in the last match of their Zimbabwe tour

Virender Sehwag has become the latest high-profile former cricketer to confirm his participation at the inaugural Cricket All-Stars series in the USA next month

A 326-run partnership between William Porterfield and Ed Joyce set Ireland on course for an innings-and-107-run win over Namibia in Windhoek

India legspinner Amit Mishra has been arrested in Bangalore in connection with the case of assault filed against him by a woman on October 20

Extra grass may be left on the Adelaide Oval pitch in an attempt to help preserve the condition of the pink ball in this week's Sheffield Shield "rehearsal" between South Australia and New South Wales

Logan van Beek, who played for Netherlands in the 2014 World T20, produced the best performance of a young career to spearhead Canterbury's 304-run victory against Otago

Sudhir Naik, the Wankhede curator, has complained to the MCA because he and his assistant were the targets of an alleged outburst from India team director Ravi Shastri and bowling coach B Arun

The Rangpur franchise has appointed Shane Jurgensen as their head coach for the BPL's third season starting next month

International batsmen Aaron Finch and Cameron White have both been left out of Victoria's squad for the opening round of the Sheffield Shield season, starting on Wednesday

Basil Williams, the former West Indies opening batsman, has died at the age of 65

Chris Harris, the former New Zealand spinner, told Southwark Crown Court how Chris Cairns "almost seemed like he was not pleased" when his team, Chandigarh Lions, beat Mumbai Champs in a Indian Cricket League contest in March 2008

Groundsman Mohammad Russell has filed a general diary with Rajpara police station in Rajshahi against Mahmood Jamal, the Rajshahi official who had allegedly assaulted him