Cricket News

Bangladesh will leave Brisbane with one point from their Group A match against Australia after incessant rain forced an total abandonment at the Gabba

Mahela Jayawardene has marked out allrounder Thisara Perera as a key man in Sri Lanka's World Cup campaign, labelling him a "match-winner" and a player that can bring balance to the XI

Both teams and players have seen a lot of each other in recent times, including in the IPL. As AB de Villiers said, they respect each other, but also know the relative strengths and weaknesses only too well

Shane Warne has delivered a pointed critique of Australia's coach Darren Lehmann, suggesting he has gone beyond his station in running the team and arguing that the territory of the captain Michael Clarke has been impinged upon

England "don't look as if they will get out of the group stage" at this World Cup, according to Paul Collingwood

Sri Lanka should not have too many problems opening their World Cup account in Dunedin, but it will be the manner of the performance that will be closely watched

Darren Bravo is expected to miss at least the next two matches of West Indies' World Cup campaign after suffering a low-grade tear to his left hamstring

Two most frustrating teams of these times matched each other mistake for mistake until West Indies took the decisive advantage in the last 14 overs of their innings and the first four of the defence

The ownership structure of Rajasthan Royals is set to change after Raj Kundra, the co-owner whose involvement in the IPL corruption scandal has been established, decided to offload his stake in the franchise

Yorkshire will be able to play host to day/night matches this season with the installation of floodlights but a lower-than capacity crowd may be there to watch after safety concerns were raised about the rugby stand at Headingley

Nottinghamshire have announced healthy financial results with the continuing popularity of cricket at Trent Bridge the key driver in their pre-tax surplus of £279,160 for the year to September 30, 2014.

Assam regained some pride with a powerful batting display led by a century from Gokul Sharma to drawn the first quarter-final in Indore, but Karnataka got through to the semi-final on the back of a massive first-innings lead

Tamil Nadu fell two wickets short of registering a win against Vidarbha on the fifth day in Jaipur, but made it to the semi-finals for taking the first-innings lead earlier in the drawn match

Two days before their second group game against South Africa, India worked to a short length plan, with the quick bowlers trying mostly back of a length or full length and the batsmen trying to attack as often as they could

Medium-pacer Balwinder Sandhu claimed three of the six wickets on the last day in Cuttack as Mumbai cruised past Delhi by 204 runs and sealed their semi-final spot

Eoin Morgan has admitted England were "out-skilled" and "exposed" by New Zealand as they suffered another crushing World Cup defeat

As next opponents Sri Lanka took a rest day on Friday, Afghanistan were focused and intense in the nets under the watchful eyes of coach Andy Moles

Tim Southee, who set up New Zealand's thumping, eight-wicket win over England in Wellington with a record 7 for 33, said it was "almost the perfect performance"

With cyclones Marcia and Lam battering Queensland, the prospects for Saturday's World Cup game between Australia and Bangladesh look very grim

Australia and Bangladesh have not met each other in the 50-over contest since April 2011 and the grim weather sweeping across Brisbane on match eve suggests they may keep waiting