Cricket News

Worcestershire may be heading back to Division Two, but they do so in the knowledge that they have a crop of young players who promise better times around the corner

Chris Dent saved Gloucestershire from an unwanted record when he became the first home batsman to register three figures in a Championship match at Bristol this year while Glamorgan's Aneurin Donald just missed out on a county record

The most important moment in Hampshire's fight to avoid relegation from Division One of the LV= Championship came in mid-afternoon - not at Trent Bridge, but at Headingley

Kumar Sangakkara scored his fifth Championship hundred of the season before Sam Curran's maiden fifty kept Surery on track

Jack Leach claimed four wickets for no runs in the space of 13 balls to clinch Division One survival for Somerset

Jesse Ryder scored a breezy hundred, Ravi Bopara made a rather more steadfast 99 but James Anderson's four-for ensured that Lancashire remain in with a sniff of conjuring the victory required if they are to overtake Surrey

The early signs of who will replace Jagmohan Dalmiya as BCCI president point to someone from within the East Zone, which has first right to pick a candidate

Sir Ronnie Flanagan has said the reintegration of Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif in international cricket should depend not on their form but on the level of remorse for their roles in spot-fixing

Samit Patel has been recalled to England's Test squad for the first time since 2012 after Zafar Ansari was ruled out of the tour of UAE

More than a decade since his debut, Amit Mishra has finally found a secure place in the Indian team, but he isn't taking anything for granted

England's determination to maintain their recent upturn in fortunes in one-day cricket has been reflected today with the awarding of a full ECB central contract for Eoin Morgan, the limited-overs captain

Delhi have left Test bowler Ishant Sharma out of their Ranji Trophy squad because he "didn't answer our call nor responded to my text", Vinay Lamba, their chairman of selectors has told ESPNcricinfo

Former USA vice-captain Timroy Allen's career revival took another step forward on Monday with his inclusion alongside 11 other players for phase two of the ICC Americas Combine at the Indianapolis World Sports Park

Mandeep Singh will lead India A against the South Africans in a warm-up T20 match on September 29 at the Palam Cricket Ground in Delhi

South Australia's Tom Andrews and Sam Raphael will be hoping to make their Matador Cup debuts next month after being named in the Redbacks' 14-man squad for the tournament

Sydney Thunder will play their BBL 2015 home games at the recently renovated Spotless Stadium in Sydney, they will carry three drop-in pitches from their previous home ground

Allrounder Ian Holland is the only uncapped member of Victoria's 14-man squad to contest the Matador Cup next month

Fidel Edwards took a six-wicket haul but Riki Wessels' hundred prevented relegation-threatened Hampshire from taking charge at Trent Bridge

A James Hildreth century and another key innings from Marcus Trescothick saw Somerset into a strong position at the end of the first day against Warwickshire

Leicestershire's teenage allrounder Zak Chappell wrote his name in the county's record books despite falling four runs short of a century on his first-class debut