Cricket News

Kieron Pollard's all-round brilliance was the centrepiece in Barbados Tridents' crushing win against Guyana Amazon Warriors in the opening game of the Caribbean Premier League, in Bridgetown

Australia may be strong favourites to retain the Ashes, but Graeme Swann believes there is little to fear from them

If John Bracewell, the new head coach, wasn't fully aware of the size of the task that lies ahead, then successive defeats to Scotland will have highlighted the challenge he faces.

For a team like Pakistan which is going through a transition, nothing could have been better than two relatively young batsmen staging a terrific turnaround

Surrey have agreed a short-term deal to bring in Dean Elgar as their overseas player for a 10-day spell, due to a spate of injuries and international call-ups

Chandika Hathurusingha, the Bangladesh coach, has said that India sending their best team for the ongoing ODI series is an indication that they regard Bangladesh as a stronger unit than last June

Rohit Sharma, amid dead-batting queries over if India were under cooked or caught off-guard in the first ODI, said the stakes both they and Bangladesh had on the line could be a contributing factor to the way things progress

Jonny Bairstow struck an unbeaten 83 as England won by three wickets on Duckworth-Lewis to take the series 3-2

Bangladesh are currently in their longest winning streak at home, and will be looking to close out the series against an Indian side still hurting from their 72-run defeat in the first ODI

Zimbabwe batsman Vusi Sibanda suffered an injury to his right ankle during a warm-up session on Friday, but is likely to recover in time to make the squad for the upcoming home series against India according to the coach Dav Whatmore

A brilliantly unorthodox 96 from Sarfraz Ahmed and a seventh Test century from Asad Shafiq turned the Galle Test around on a fourth day that exposed Sri Lanka's bowling limitations

Glenn Maxwell finally found form for Yorkshire with an unbeaten 92 but Andrew Hodd, a late replacement for England call up Jonny Bairstow, deserved a share of the acclaim

Craig Cachopa smashed his highest career T20 score to end Sussex's hoodoo against Hampshire as they thrashed the early South Group pacesetters by seven wickets

Essex got back on the winning trail to keep alive their slim hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the NatWest Twenty20 Blast, beating Glamorgan by 16 runs

Darren Stevens smashed 90 and took four wickets at Kent inflicted Surrey's third consecutive T20 defeat at home

Somerset delivered a painful blow to Gloucestershire's season by chasing their target with five wickets and two balls to spare

James Faulkner's 73 off 46 balls wasn't enough for Lancashire as they suffered defeat by just four runs to Northamptonshire

Umar Akmal scored an unbeaten half-century as Leicestershire put a brake on Birmingham's NatWest T20 Blast hot streak with a comfortable seven-wicket win at Edgbaston

There was frustration for all involved as Ireland's second Twenty20 international against Scotland was washed out without a ball being bowled on Friday

Moeen Ali lit up Road with a magical all-round performance as Worcestershire stepped up their NatWest T20 Blast challenge by crushing Derbyshire by eight wickets with 43 balls to spare