Cricket News

Abhimanyu Mithun and Vinay Kumar's burst with the second new ball after fifties from Aditya Tare and Shreyas Iyer left Karnataka on the brink of their second successive Ranji Trophy final

The BCCI's sidelined president N Srinivasan will not be able to contest the election to any position in the board's annual general meeting, scheduled to take place in Chennai on March 2

UAE are one happy side having the time of their lives, a bunch of amateurs playing a World Cup. A lot is spoken about team bonding and enjoying training but UAE were infectiously bubbly on Friday morning at the WACA.

West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has been ruled out of the 2015 World Cup due to a low-grade tear to his left hamstring

Callum Ferguson's 12th first-class hundred, an unbeaten effort, powered South Australia to a five-wicket win, after Tasmania set them a target of 289 runs on the final day at the Gliderol Stadium

Four months after the death of Phillip Hughes, a homespun idea conceived by the Ireland allrounder John Mooney and his father-in-law has become the first instance of additional protection for the back of the head and neck in an international match

India will start as overwhelming favourites when they take on United Arab Emirates in Perth on Saturday as they look to maintain their position at the top of Group B

Western Australia had the upper hand at the end of the penultimate day despite conceding a first-innings lead of 45 runs, as New South Wales struggled at 5 for 65 in their second dig.

Sussex have unveiled improved financial results despite claiming that the revamped county schedule introduced in 2014 cost them an estimated £100,000

A seven-wicket haul from offspinner Michael Philipson couldn't prevent Queensland from crashing to an innings and 14-run defeat against Victoria in Alice Springs

AB de Villiers revealed he had felt 'flat' while walking out to bat, and Rilee Rossouw's positivity gave him impetus during the early part of his blistering 162*

Ahmed Shehzad is likely to recover in time from a minor ankle injury to take the field against Zimbabwe on March 1

Fiji have qualified for their first cricket World Cup at any level - the 2016 Under-19 event in Bangladesh - after finishing unbeaten during the group stage of the East Asia-Pacific U-19 Trophy in Blenheim

India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of Saturday's Group B match against UAE in Perth because of a knee injury

This World Cup has already been an unprecedented experience for New Zealand. It is not about to calm down as they face Australia at Eden Park

As if all those records broken in Johannesburg earlier this year were not enough, South Africa returned to embarrass them with another plethora

The two hosts and - going by recent form - favourites face off after a long interval in ODI cricket, promising a mouthwatering contest

After their 92-run loss to Sri Lanka, Mashrafe Mortaza found it hard to explain Bangladesh's fielding disaster at the MCG. Having tried a couple of times, he concluded: "Whatever I say will now sound like an excuse".

England have a swift opportunity to atone for their nightmare defeat to New Zealand at the Wellington's Westpace Stadium against Sri Lanka on Sunday

Nottinghamshire's director of cricket Mick Newell has risked an outcry among cricket traditionalists by advancing the view that some counties could combine their scouting and coaching resources to form a regional super academy