Cricket News

Whatever Trevor Bayliss' ability as a coach - and an early Ashes victory enhances an already outstanding record - he surely has no future as a media spin doctor

It was quite fitting that, with England sealing a Test match victory with two days to spare, Middlesex and Sussex took the opportunity to fashion what is set to be a thrilling climax at Lord's to fill the spare time

Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah has challenged his suspension from official cricket by the BCCI in the Bombay High Court

Gloucestershire, with a thoroughly professional all round performance ,should win their fifth championship game of the season on the final day after David Payne rallied an injury-hit side

Trouble-shooter Chris Read guided Nottinghamshire into a strong position at New Road, helping eke out a total of 330 by making 90

Kent slumped to a 51-run home defeat in the Royal London Cup with more than 12 overs to spare to allow Lancashire - the team they will meet in next Saturday's NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final - to land a resounding win

Michael Clarke's insistence before this match that he would not retire was a mask he wore to shield Australia's Ashes squad from the doubts he was feeling about his future every time he came to the batting crease

South Africa A legspinner Eddie Leie, who had best T20 figures for a South African on debut, says he is not thinking about the IPL yet as he is not looking too far ahead

India's batting coach Sanjay Bangar believes Rohit Sharma has plenty to offer at No.3 despite two failures in the tour match in Colombo

Kaushal Silva's gritty 83 not out helped Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI hold the Indians to a draw on the third and final day of the tour game after the visitors set them a target of 411

The BCCI has asked all its state units to be more accountable, seeking relevant proof and information from them for the various subsidies they have been granted in the last ten years

Impressive bowling in the third ODI and that Zimbabwe also chased down 304 in the first match of the ongoing tour augurs well for the hosts for the only T20 against New Zealand on Sunday

Shortly after Michael Clarke had fought back tears on confirming his retirement, Alastair Cook let his emotions through as he tried to soak in his achievement of becoming just the third England captain to win two Ashes series on home soil

Joe Root has moved to the top of the ICC Test batting rankings following his fine showing in the 2015 Ashes, which England wrapped up 3-1 at Trent Bridge with a Test to play

England regained the Ashes 10.2 overs into the third day at Trent Bridge with a thumping win by an innings and 78 runs in the fourth Investec Test

Australia captain Michael Clarke is set to retire from international cricket at the end of the ongoing Ashes series

Yorkshire's bowlers dismissed Durham for 156, having been bowled out for 162 earlier in the day, as wickets tumbled in Scarborough

A nonchalant Mitchell Starc has said Australia's imminent Ashes humiliation is "not ideal" but "only a game of cricket", brushing off talk about the implications of the team's second surrender to England in as many weeks

Warwickshire enjoyed the best of the opening day in the Ageas Bowl sunshine as they reduced to Hampshire to 255 for 8 at the close of play.